Sunday, September 28, 2008

Unidentified critters

More from Fernwood Garden, our friend wood turtle emerged from nowhere to feast on a scrap of cantaloupe left by the tool shed for our wild ground hog neighbors.


Here's a stunning character from Fernwood Garden. It made its way to the garage door of our house, and was almost wiped out because I initially thought it was a twig. Its beautiful body symmetry caught my attention just in time. What a pleasure to observe the diversity of life and the work of evolution. Can't even begin to name the slender little fellow, 5-6 cm in length and body no wider than a millimeter. What does it eat to survive? The sap of plants? The nectar of flowers?


Photographed somewhere on a side road or park in Rochester, NY, by Sam. It certainly looks like a member of the Russula family, but I am not too sure yet. Need the eyes of an expert.

Carla Bruni


Six years late in checking out Carla's music, and probably because of the annoying media hype about her thing with Sarkozy. I thought she was just another mindless body. In reality, her lyrics has meaning, thoughtful, even philosophical mixed with a bit of sex craze (Raphael). The music is good, her voice smoky and sexy is fine by me. On the overall, a refreshing entry to the French music scene. She had an English album but Ahem! I will stick to her French.


If you are not Francophone and have not listened to her 2 albums, click below for a few samples:







In youtube: