Wednesday, July 28, 2004
The Cicada Killer Wasp (or Sand Hornet) (they're actually hornets... wasps are the mean part of the family)
well boys and girls... here's my neighbour that moved away last year and returned this year. believe it or not it's a very gentle creature towards humans... i sit by her often and just watch her buzz around, spread her wings on the bricks and HUNT.
i kept finding a curiously large hole in my yard last year and THIS year in my garden. well, this solitary creature digs a hole to bury its kill and lay her eggs... read about this gorgeous creature here. it's amazing. sorry the pictures i took aren't that great... i was just glad to see her back in my life. xoxo
what a looker!!!
she's huge!
bzzzzzz in flight on the hunt!!
look at that hole she dug!
the final resting place for the cicada and
where junior will be born- from out of
the cicada's body!! RAHHHRRR!!!!!!!!
and coming sooooooon...
drunk in london!!!!!!!
you'll love it!
xoxoxoxo
write to me... i love all of you.
toddicus
- Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Monday, July 19, 2004
Glenwood/Washington Cemetery
hi everybody. i go to this cemetery to relax, get some sun, study names, dates, visit with the dead, and of course, write poetry. one of the largest trees in texas is here and some famous people too. enjoy the pics and links. xoxo
look at this monster!
from the fagaceae family... this is quercus virginiana.
or... texas live oak.
branches you can walk right up! and i always get kicked out
of the tree by security!
i can't even fit the whole thing in the picture!
PSC - Penis Size Counts - arms outstretched!! sorry. bad joke.
i just thought that up when i saw my shirt in the picture.
right out of lord of the rings!
here's the original sign with all the info- somebody, or the groundskeepers, broke it.
naughty angel!
howard hughes is buried here.
looks like florida, but it's texas, kids.
this is the old section, washington cemetery in houston,
not the adjoining glenwood cemetery.
had some help from this patootie...
...caught me in a wanna-be model pose.
have a great day. or night. whatever time it is. hope you're great.
xo toddicus
- Monday, July 19, 2004
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
GALVESTON ISLAND
this is where i head to refresh, start over, write, contemplate, etc...
i thought maybe you'd like to see some of the things i see when i'm there.
CHECK OUT this "shit statue"... now, wouldn't you think
they would have thought of this considering...
so shitty!
"hey! these seagulls keep shitting on me! why am i so happy?"
covered in shit front and back.
there are beautiful homes on the island
this is the bishop's palace.
i'm moving into this room...
the old galveston cemetery... lots of history here.
thinking about dead people.
there's a big trumpet in old galveston square.
no one knows why. maybe the ol' mardi gras thing...
in case you've never crossed a street before. idiots.
ignore me... check out that sky!!
this is monica. she works at the ocean grill.
she got me drunk on bloody marys and coronas with lime and salt.
thanks monica.
a very sleepy gargoyle.
luuuuuuuuuuuv my car.
had a great day in galveston... goodbye!!
XOXOXO
stay tuned for new poetry this week...
- Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Monday, July 12, 2004
NO NEWS
just nice stuff.
enjoy.
send me mail. tell me a secret.
i won't tell. really.
xoxo
toddicus does moz
hey lover!
i saw a living armadillo the other night...
not a dead one on the road.
he (she?) let me pet him/her.
interesting texture, i must say.
- Monday, July 12, 2004
Sunday, July 04, 2004
JUST BECAUSE...
i've been taking some fun pictures lately. enjoy these. i do.
hand in the sky!!
can't a hand dream?
fantastic sky in my neighbourhood after a recent storm...
michelle took this.
always drink wine after a storm.
go see what everything looks like.
i love produce!!
one of the "lost" pictures from the cooking update.
cowgirls in my kitchen. enough said.
japanese hibiscus in my backyard.
just proof that it's not marijuana as suggested by
my dearest kelly.
some strangely beautiful stuff after a rainstorm
at a gas station in arizona.
penis cloud in arizona. made me laugh.
baby pomegranate
- Sunday, July 04, 2004