Bugs for Boys!!!

Good morning!  If you are a regular to this blog, then you know that I like to take my grandson, Andrew, on "nature hikes" every afternoon.  I like to let him touch the plants and flowers in God's mighty kingdom.  Usually, this can be accomplished along the walkway between our front door and the driveway.  I even like to "zip line" him over some flagstones that my husband put down.

A couple of weeks ago, Steve suggested that we go on a real nature hike to a nature preserve just down the road from our house.  On our way there we discovered that someone was keeping a family of emus in a wooded lot along the road.  When we got to the preserve we took this photograph for our daughter's weekly series, "Where's Andrew?".

At the end of the hike, as we were walking back up our street, I noticed that the biggest, most grotesque & nastiest bug I had ever seen in my life was perched on Steve's shoulder.  I screamed so loud that the neighbors probably thought I was being murdered!!! 

Steve told me that it was just an old click beetle and that I'd better get used to it.  I had no idea what he meant until he reminded me of all the "gifts of nature" (snakes, worms, lizards, bugs & so on) that our son, Danny, had brought into the house years ago when he was little.  I had completely forgotten (and I'm sure you will all understand why I decided to forget about such things!)

I decided that making this layout would be good therapy & prepare me for that unavoidable day in the future when Andrew starts bringing me treasures from the back yard.  I can hardly wait!!!

Have a lovely and blessed (and bug free) day!