To clarify:
When we did the addition last year, I insisted on an outdoor shower. “Nothing fancy.” (Because I always have to reiterate that over and over with Dave. Someday, I will tell you the story about the pool.)
This is the outdoor shower. It is the BEST! You have to pull the chain (or the pink jumprope if you are lazy) for the water to come out. It is even hooked up to the water heater, though sometimes in the summer I wish it wasn’t.
When I told my friends that I hadn’t used our indoor shower in weeks, they thought it meant I hadn’t actually showered. And if you know me, then you know there might be a remote possibility of that being true. HOWEVER. It is not true. I meant that I use the outdoor shower exclusively.
And while I was in the shower last night after sweating away in the garden for an hour, I had all these visitors. First, Caveman Dave popped in for a visit:
Then Ollie, referred to by some as “the black cat,” lest we get too attached. She was very starved for attention, being that we had just returned home from Hayward. She didn’t even mind the water spraying on her:
Then this three legged green bug!
I felt so sorry for its only having three legs. It really bummed me out. I wonder if that’s what the dark brown speck is on his body… So do you just squash it and put it out of its misery? Sorry, I can never do that. Instead, I put some drops of water on the fence for it to drink, just in case it was thirsty. And it did!!
Sheila says
great pictures. the bug’s 3rd leg looks extra long – like 2 legs in one.
Michelle says
Your camera is AWESOME, or else it’s the photographer! As for the bug, I would have sqwooshed it . . . BTW, have you looked at the itty bitty critters crawling on your wooden lounge chairs? What ARE they? We noticed them on the 4th.
admin says
I know it! The legs.. er, I mean LEG, were long like a praying mantis. I don’t know what kind of bug it was, but it did seem to be doing just fine without it’s other leg. Drank some water and promptly buzzed off.
Reegs says
I know that this post is a year old…but I came across it today because I was trying to identify a green little guy that looks exactly like this one, and is currently having a siesta on my balcony. Apparently, they’re called Katydid. And, it’s supposed to have that number of legs!
Great shots by the way! Especially the one of it drinking.
admin says
Really??? They are only SUPPOSED to have THREE LEGS? That is fascinating! I had no idea. thanks!