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katiefooleryThe other day, in further un-told adventures of the water leak in the front yard, I happened to be pushing my way through the rather considerable weeds along our back fence when I noticed something bright green on my left hand. I do believe I uttered the word: "Bleh!" and shook my wrist furiously until the green flew off. It was only then that I realised it was a baby praying mantis, so I went and grabbed my camera in order to take a picture. It was truly tiny - no longer than five centimetres in length. Goodness, they're creepy looking things, though.
In other insect-related news, some ants decided to pay a visit and trekked all the way in to picnic at Pickle's food bowl. Needless to say, they were bundled out in short order, never to return, or so I hope.
Votes are now open for the 2006 Australian Blog Awards, although if you're inclined to go and vote, pack yourself a picnic lunch and take a drink. Either that, or just put your top two or three preferences in and leave the rest to be automatically sorted. I probably shouldn't say that, but after arranging eighteen votes in order for the Best Designed Blog section, I was too exhausted to vote on anything else.
In writing competition news, the KSP SF/Fantasy Awards are now open for 2006! I've already managed to bully two people into entering and I think I already have a story lined up in my own head for the competition. Entries close on the 26th of May, so all those Australian writers of SF anf fantasy have plenty of time to get some stories together to submit. In a further bonus, entry is free if you're 20 and under.
In other insect-related news, some ants decided to pay a visit and trekked all the way in to picnic at Pickle's food bowl. Needless to say, they were bundled out in short order, never to return, or so I hope.
Votes are now open for the 2006 Australian Blog Awards, although if you're inclined to go and vote, pack yourself a picnic lunch and take a drink. Either that, or just put your top two or three preferences in and leave the rest to be automatically sorted. I probably shouldn't say that, but after arranging eighteen votes in order for the Best Designed Blog section, I was too exhausted to vote on anything else.
In writing competition news, the KSP SF/Fantasy Awards are now open for 2006! I've already managed to bully two people into entering and I think I already have a story lined up in my own head for the competition. Entries close on the 26th of May, so all those Australian writers of SF anf fantasy have plenty of time to get some stories together to submit. In a further bonus, entry is free if you're 20 and under.
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on 2006-01-20 05:38 am (UTC)Ants are everywhere at the moment. I was trying to install my ram and they were crawling all over the tech desk - why?! It's not like there's any food there!
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on 2006-01-20 08:20 am (UTC)We kept getting them in the library work room last year. There's absolutely no food left out on benches, but still they come in. Silly things.