You can't tell what it is??? It's a worm in diapause. Obviously.

The half hour cats are not as good as the fifteen minute crows.

Generously, from CC

I didn't have a wasp photo for CC's lovely poem... a bee has to do!

A haiku from CC

blue magic on dry hard soil -- ring of creeping thyme blooms out to in

...which follows on from yesterday's post.

Companion Crone suggested that a recent post could lead to a new appellation - 'the Worm Friend' - and that this could be the name of a...

OK, I know this is a cylinder, not a sphere. Give me a break!

A test for the squizzels.

grass inflorescences, mix of grey, green purple husks — wind frees the pollen