Oh that dog!

No story to tell...the picture says it all...he makes us laugh!

The thing crawling in our carport...

Okay, so by now you know me...I'm a city girl. YET, God uses nature to remind me again of just how big He is...how much bigger than my thoughts His thoughts are... Well, as disgusting as I find this particular creature, I find myself amazed by the Creator...Isn't He SO creative?


Here's what it looks like when it coils up...



Here's what it looks like when it goes belly up. Those orangey-kinda things are some sort of feet...

So, being the city girl I am, you know I didn't try to touch it! I called my friend, Margaret, who is far more adventurous than I am! She couldn't come over right away, so I took the pictures and emailed them to her. Here's what she found out about it...It's a GIANT LEOPARD MOTH in the larval stage! And here is what it will look like if it makes it to maturity:

Okay, so I've only lived here since March, but I've been visiting here consistently since last September...And I have never noticed anything like this before! I thought it was pretty cool to see a fox, hawks, vulchers, owls, bats, armadillos, all kinds of birds, and a bunch of fruit producing trees/plants, but I must say that this is particularly amazing to me...It makes me think..."What else has God surrounded me with that I have never noticed?"

I'll be contemplating this question and hope to share evidences with you soon!

Here's something I did think of, spur of the moment...At 1:00 we are scheduled to do Science. It's not my favorite subject. SO, I had Brianna pull out History...and while she was doing that I went out to get my bike ready for our ride this afternoon...and that's when I found the larval moth. When we were supposed to be starting our Science lesson...WE ARE STUDYING FLYING CREATURES OF THE FIFTH DAY OF CREATION!

Even when I am purposely pulling myself off course GOD is faithful to show me He really does know what He's doing and I should just ask Him and then obey Him! Well, we're off to sketch the moth for our field guide! Hopefully we'll have some live photos to show you in the spring of the mature moth!