Wild

We had a pretty good weekend. Saturday was our 2nd annual family reunion (paternal) at the Metroparks off Reeves Rd. in Willoughby. That evening was the reception for Scott & Melissa at La Vera party center. I was surprised on how nice the party center was. I had never been there before, so I didn't know what to expect. My only complaint was there were too many mirrors. I know, it is supposed to open up the room, but it's tough taking pictures when the wall is covered with mirrors. So, anyway we had fun and danced a lot, and I thought the food was good except for the eggplant, which I normally like. Surprisingly I had zero hangover and that was good because there was much yard work to be done.

I have been trying for a week and a half to get my grass back to where it should be after not cutting the back yard for about a month or so. We found yet another snake in the front yard before we started, so we captured it and held it in a net until we were done. After cutting the front we started working on the back. It wasn't long after we started on the back that I noticed something flying around. I knew it was a mantis as soon as I saw it, so I stopped the engine and went over to get it as soon as it landed. Not that I have contact with mantids very often, but this one was the most active one I've ever seen. It crawled really fast and flew away from us often. Luckily for us, friend Matt gave the boy a bug observatory (plastic bucket with a lid %) for his 4th birthday, and we used that to hold on to the bugger until we were done cutting.


We let him (I think it was a him) go into the over grown vegetable garden a few hours later. Cool, huh?