Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hooded Praying Mantis in Panama

Here are some Pictures of the Praying Mantis Cindy found this week.


















 Here he is being set free in the Jungle!

















on the coffee table.



on his back for the belly view! 

He is about 7-8 inches long!

OOPS-

Sunk to the frame after a hard rain!   Took a couple hours to dig it out.  Great exercise though!
Ciao for Now

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ty IS growing in Panama







.Here are a couple of Cap.  

Wolfe Spider





We were digging up a plant to move it the other day and out pops this gigantic wolf spider with sack of babies in tow.











nice sunset in Panama



Here is just a nice sunset as viewed from our back yard!

Lots of catching up to do.

Wow, how time flies when you are having fun!!!  I cannot believe how long it has been since I posted something here.  We have had our hands full.  So I am going to throw some posts up which are not chronological, but hopefully still fun.


By the way, hope everyone is feeling healthy and well.


Well lets start with a picture of My beautiful wife riding horses.  I am sure she will a lot more to share on this but this gives you an idea of the idealistic setting.









One of the beautiful trails they journey on.



With the monsoon style rains, there is always plenty of investigative work to do searching for those pesky little leaks.

And it is indeed reqarding when one is found and stopped.

The plants Cincy planted a few months ago along the driveway are beginning to really take off.   Here the once ugly left side of the driveway, is coming to life with Bamboo and all kinds of color!!









Been a while since we posted the bug or critter of the day.  Here are a few to check out.  from multi-pedes to a dangerous coral snake:



Found this guy slithering through the living room!




Never a dull moment.  here is what is left of a bird who did battle with the fly trap!!!



 And a couple more caterpillars from June!







Well there is simply no end to the wonders of living in or near a jungle. 

Moving onto a new adventure, meet Noah, Gris, Scratch and Doug.  two roosters and two hens.   Darn, now I gotta build a chicken coup!!

Well, that pretty much wraps up June.   Of course there is a lot more going on but these are some of the neat highlights.
Ciao for now
Blake