Friday, July 17, 2009

who are you?

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The moisture in the woods has called the toadstools up.

Some have been nibbled.

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I came upon this caterpiller, near the river.

At least he wasn't sitting on a toadstool!

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....but he did inspire me to pick up my old and tattered copy of Alice's Adventures...

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one of my favorite books to read and reread...

Caterpillar: Who are YOU?

Alice: This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. I -- I hardly know, sir, just at present -- at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.

advice from a caterpiller or chapter 5

....(YOU ARE OLD FATHER WILLIAM)

...takes on new meaning for me these days....

14 comments:

Unknown said...

I love Alice in Wonderland.

Phiala said...

I'd never seen one of those before, so I did some hunting. That's an elm sawfly larva, and not truly a caterpillar. The adults look a bit like enormous bees.

Valerie said...

What fun associations!! You must have grown up in Pa. (as I did) to know the "You Are Old Father William" song. I don't know anyone else who knows it.....or can make sense of it. But I love it.

Valerie said...

BTW..."do you think at your age it is right?"

Phiala said...

Valerie, Lewis Carroll wrote that poem for the book. :)

cyndy said...

Phiala: Thanks for looking it up!
Now I understand why he was not in my butterfly and moth book!

Valerie:at MY age?! Watch out, I shall have to kick you down the stairs!

Lisa at Greenbow said...

Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorites too Cyndy. As a matter of fact we had a AIW croquet party a few years ago and everyone dressed a part. It was a blast.

What a wonderful mushroom. WOW and big. The larva is cool too.

Manise said...

Lovely larva and toadstool. I happened upon a very cool insect yesterday- a phantom crane fly. Managed to catch and photograph it!

judy said...

Oh! That was fun. I went and read the chapter and tried to sing the song.
I went looking for fungi yesterday.

Cathy said...

Lovely... I need to see what is lurking in my garden besides the toads

I have dragonflies but they are too fast to photograph.

Leslie Shelor said...

Lovely photo of the not-caterpillar! And I was imagining Alice the minute I saw the mushroom photo!

elizabeth said...

"SERPENT!"

Thank you for the link - I have bookmarked it for afternoons when my work is finished but the clock won't send me home yet!

Leigh said...

Gosh, it's been eons since I read Alice. Your caterpillar looks perfect for the part though.

Pablo said...

I like that racing stripe on your caterpillar!

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