Sandy tolerates so much from the barn cats lol. The kittens go after her tail and play around her legs and stuff. She just stands there and lets them do whatever lol. I'm sure she'd let a cat chill on her back if one wanted to lol

only frame that matters i spose

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Sherman Hills, Iowa, 10/30/26

The subject beetle is probably 3-4mm in length. Camera is a Canon EOS 700D with a standard 200mm zoom lens and a 40mm lens spacer

Sunning, I think.

Yay electromagnetic spectrum! Yay Pusheen! Yay you!

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Eastern Water Dragon from today's walk

Got the proper camera out since my last post and snapped this one today. Close up shot as well.

I've got a bunch more which I'll post another time.

Crow searching for materials for its nest.

A 13th century monument in the Indian capital. Consists of spiral staircases to reach the top but entry barred post a travesty multiple decades ago

The first Jack O'Lanterns were carved from Turnips (or arguably rutabagas)

According to legend, Jack was a wicked man, who managed to cheat the devil himself, and as a result, Satan agreed that he would never take Jack's soul to hell.

However, being such a wicked man, when he died, Jack found himself unable to gain entry to heaven. He pleaded with the devil to take him, but he reminded Jack that per their agreement, he could not take him to hell, and so with nowhere else to go, Jack would be doomed to wander the earth for all eternity.

Jack asked the devil to at least give him a lantern to light his way, and the devil tossed Jack a burning coal, which jack stuck inside of the turnip he had been eating when he died to use as a makeshift lantern.

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When my wife and I first moved in together, we had a small apartment without much room on our patio for Jack O'Lanterns. Undeterred, I went back to the original concept and started carving turnips, which fit much better on the outside of our windowsill.

To hollow them out I use a forstner bit that's a little bigger than the LED tea lights I stick in them.

I think they have a lot more character and are a lot creepier than pumpkins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gnome_(nuclear_test)