By Jiminy, it’s a cricket!
This fellow was sitting out enjoying the indian summer sun the other day. I couldn’t believe how big he was…easily more than an inch long.
~”When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.”~Jiminy Cricket
November 14th, 2011 at: 2:59 am
Nice shot! Our crickets in CA are lighter in color and smaller (and very fast and hard to photograph!!).
November 14th, 2011 at: 6:36 am
Sweet….they’re good luck y’know. Or so they say. Over an inch? Golly that IS big.
PS…love the blog post title. Clever.
My link for today is: GARDEN FLOWERS
November 14th, 2011 at: 3:08 pm
Love your post title! – Wow that is a pretty good sized Cricket. Great photo.
November 15th, 2011 at: 4:03 am
He certainly is a big one! I will miss them once the frost comes.
November 19th, 2011 at: 10:56 pm
By Jiminy, it is indeed! What terrific shadow shot for the day! And I love his words! Hope your weekend is going well, Tes! Enjoy!
Sylvia
November 20th, 2011 at: 12:01 am
Ah, the addition of shadow antenna make the bug look even more fierce.
November 20th, 2011 at: 10:23 am
I love seeing this great shot of the cricket. We have not had many of those, but worlds of locust.
November 26th, 2011 at: 8:11 pm
Not only is he BIG, he has given us a fine shadow. I think it makes him seem even larger. His body is filled with texture which sadly does not make him too appealing to me. Quite a fine macro shadow shot. genie
Where is my shadow,
I cannot find her anywhere,
I’m so lonely without her here.
If the lighting’s right,
and I am out in the yard,
I bet I’ll see her again.
That will make me smile,
My loneliness will end
I’ll be with my friend.
November 27th, 2011 at: 8:33 pm
Even little crickets give fine concerts—and big ones just boom out those basso profundos!
SHADOWY DELIGHT
Shadows above me, shadows below,
Shadows beside me, wherever I go;
Shadows each morning, shadows at night—
Shadows, O shadows, you’re my delight!
© 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
Ants, Shadows, Sunflower
December 11th, 2011 at: 1:14 am
Jimminy crickets, those little blighters are multiplying like rabbits here and eating everything in sight. Last year it was a locust plague with grasshoppers and crickets galore and now something has already stripped my roses of their leaves.
December 11th, 2011 at: 7:56 am
Not only is he Big…but supposedly a great good luck charm too.
Crypt Shadows in New Orleans Cemetery