September 11, 2008

  • Bugs Galore

    Dear Folks,

       Bugs have been an even bigger part of our lives here lately.  Just two days ago, we snapped up a five-dollar bug sucker gun from the local E-Mart, a South Korean knock-off version of K-Mart. 

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        My children run about the house sucking up fruit flies, which we harbor in abundance.  It is a battery-operated thing-a-ma-jig which safely sucks them up into a clear chamber, after which you can sashay outside and release them on the wind.

       My Flagship has been watching one large female praying mantis now for nearly two weeks.  He stops by it to feed it a couple of spiders on our walk to school each day, from the final bus stop. 

    Take a close look below and you may see an ordinary moth on my sandals.  We took a dip in the creek at Stone Cole Valley.  Hint:  the moth is on the left sandal, up near the toe. 

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    Caterpillar Hangs Loose.  I believe I will not do this anymore, clutter our family photo album with insect photos which do not have a child's shiny face beaming behind the little critters.  Wifey fully concurs on this point.  For that matter, she does not like to keep photos of our children with their backs to the camera. 

    My father enjoyed photography but had the same sense of low valuation on a a shot of a child's back.  I do not.  I believe I can remember who they are in the future, given that we have only five, and I like seeing the things they do from behind.  It is interesting the way they move.  I can imagine what they are thinking, when they are out on the prowl, looking for insects.  

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    Above left, My Flagship is holding some kind of loosely connected cocoons.  He decided to leave it there in nature, than to schlepp it out of the park. 

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    Mom and The Little General are snoozing in the early morning.   It seems to run in the family, as my mother always did enjoy a good snooze.

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    Here is My Shining Knight, amusing himself with an empty water bottle in another park a couple of weeks ago.  To the right is a picture showing a fuller perspective, with My Dandelion walking along beside the grass where we set up camp for the afternoon. 

    Really, all we did was throw down a mat, but as you see below, My Little General felt all at home and had himself a good long snooze.  He loves the outdoor air, and is quite docile when you take him outside.  But he can whine indoors if no one is holding him.  Funny how that is. 

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    Love, Padooker

Comments (2)

  • Fresh air and space gives us less to fuss about.  I agree about back pictures, but then I love perspective too. 

  • I believe he senses something different about the freshness of the air.  I don't know for sure.  But there is a dramatic difference in his attitude when I take him out, so I frequently take him out for just a few minutes, often not even slipping into shoes, just barefoot on the brick walk outside our home.  When we lived on the eighth floor we did not have that luxury, to so easily slip outside. 

    Now, we live on the first floor, and I like it.  At first, when we moved, my wife was learly about the ease with which other South Koreans would be able to just casually walk by outside and spy on us, stare in through the windows at night.  I believe now she is used to it, though.  

    In South Korea, there is a lot of dust and grime, so people don't like for people to wear shoes into their houses, for good reason, as the grime is everywhere.  There is very little grass around schools; students play soccer on dusty sand. 

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