Creepy Crawlies

One morning during our holiday I got out my camera and went for a walk around the property to take some photos.  While up in the orchard I noticed some wasps buzzing around one of the trees.

Man, do those wasps love them some cherries!

This little dude was far too into what he was doing to care about me taking his photo, and I must say I’m quite pleased with myself that I got so up close and personal.  I’m really not one for bugs, spiders, flies or any type of creepy crawly, which was a challenge because my in-laws live in the wilderness, with NATURE… and nature is dirty and scary.

By nature I mean every bug imaginable, more flies than you could ever imagine in one place and creepy looking shiny eyes staring out of the woods at you at night.

Ok, the eye thing is an exaggeration.  There were no eyes, there was a label on a far away tree that when a flashlight was shined on just looked like eyes.

Still, that was enough for me.  Just the possibility of some creature sitting in the edge of the forest watching me.  My imagination went wild and suddenly a plastic strip on a tree turned into an entire forest of creatures ganging up to take us out. Lead by the biggest, meanest wild boar mankind has ever seen.

I won’t even go into how much the random flash of the motion detecting spotlights made me want to run for cover.

Maybe I really am a city girl at heart.