Shelter-in-Place conversation that would not happen under other circumstances:
Jim (walking back to guest room where I am reading): Hey, there's a mosquito or something on our window.
Taffy (still limping from earlier accident, so this is a big deal): Really? Worth walking all the way to the living room to photograph?
Jim: Maybe, but you'll need your macro
Taffy: Darn...that means changing lenses and moving the tripod (feeling this is a huge task)
Jim: Your choice...
..... *** Taffy changes lenses, moves tripod, photographs bug, and then thinks of ways to get Danbo involved....back to study to get Danbo team...back to window to photograph...back to guest room to process photo...back to kitchen to show Jim...more discussion and possible titles for image that had P3 in it.
Tell me this would ever have taken place in the Before Times!
Danbo 30-shots2020 image is in my main album: https://365project.org/taffy/365/2020-04-12
I think your mystery bug is a mosquito. I posted one a couple of years ago and discovered later that it was a male and his fancy eyelashes were to attract female mosquitos. http://365project.org/onewing/365/2018-09-01
This chap was on my car door and was massive.
Cool photo. As a matter of curiosity, how high up is your apartment? How high do bugs fly, I wonder? Lockdown gives us plenty of time to ponder such things!
@golftragic About 4 weeks ago, I was exercising at home, side-steps up and down the hallway. My foot planted and I fell, twisting to avoid hitting a wrought iron and marble long hallway table. Damaged my knee, hip, and groin muscle. It's been a mess -- basically a week in bed, about 10 days using a walker, then mostly using a walking stick. Now can get from one room to another on my own, limping, since yesterday...but need the walking stick by the end of the day. So I haven't left the condo for anything since about March 15th. Long recovery predicted but at this point, I'll be happy to just be able to walk normally.
@redandwhite Hi Catherine...good question re the bug's flying height. We're on the 33rd floor of a 37 floor building. I don't know how high that is in feet or meters though. We've seen sparrows on the balcony occasionally, and other birds flying by. Spiders show up outside as well as some bugs, which always is a surprise.
@taffy Oh Taffy, how ghastly, and what a terribly complex collection of injuries, soft tissue takes so long to heal properly. You are the second person I know who came to grief doing this exercise, my other friend actually broke her femur up near the hip and was in hospital then on crutches/walkers for months. I'm ten years older than her and have steered well clear of that exercise ever since unless done against resistance while standing holding on to something very firm. In normal times I attend a weekly clinical pilates/exercise rehab class at the physio practice I go to, and have a treatment fortnightly to try to keep my wonky bits functioning - I call it my grease and oil change. Physio clinic is now physically closed, of course, but now offer online exercise classes using Zoom with your usual practioner. First one last week and it worked very well indeed, she'd obviously put stacks of thought into how-to and we did 40 mins of good exercise using only thera-bands. Since you must be a patient to attend classes with this clinic the physio knows everyone in her particular class well and what their needs and limitations are. So good to be able to so this stuff in one's own home, and to see familiar faces at the same time. I do hope your healing goes well and that you're able to get back to some semblance of normal soon. In the meantime, stay safe, the situation in the States sounds pretty bad so indoors 37 floors up seems a good option despite potential for cabin fever.
Well you at least got your exercise for the day. Priceless narrative but I know it hurt to go through all those steps. The worst thing to me is that you really can’t go to a medical facility for x-rays to find out what happened. I hope everything starts feeling better soon.
Your close-up makes this bug look good. Sounds like you’re on the mend and have been given plenty of time to relax and heal due to circumstances which are beyond our control. Guess that’s the silver lining. Be assured you’re not missing much right now.
The only before/after element missing is a roll of tp! Boy do I understand the "do I want to move/not want move, is it worth it debate!" But you did get a good macro out of it! Hope you continue to mend.
Well, I researched this because these flies are swarming around my house right now. They are "Crane Flies", here's the Wiki link about them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly
I built a credit union branch in a city close to a lake oh 20 years ago. The first spring/summer these flies swarmed the ATM machine and jammed it up regularly. They aren't quite that bad this year but they are close to it!
Beautiful bug shot! I was not so lucky. Saw a lady bug on my orchid plant, told the feral cats to keep an eye on the bug while I got my macro lens. By the time I got back, the lady bug had flown home. You are right. In ordinary times, this would not have been nearly so exciting!
This chap was on my car door and was massive.
mending continues at maybe a more rapid pace
I built a credit union branch in a city close to a lake oh 20 years ago. The first spring/summer these flies swarmed the ATM machine and jammed it up regularly. They aren't quite that bad this year but they are close to it!