The “Ankle-Breaker Crab” (Coenobita iversonii) is a species of carnivorous land crab found in the Caribbean Islands. It closely resembles the ordinary Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), but is distinguished from its more common cousin by its habit of living in special titanium-reinforced shells, and its diet, which consists primarily of hikers. Coenobita iversonii are… Continue reading USVI: The Ankle-Breaker Crab
Category: Pictures
USVI: All About the Beach
Here’s the second in a series of vacation-picture posts, this one providing pretty much what you would expect of a vacation in the Caribbean: it’s all about the beaches, baby: Well, actually, our trip to the Virgin Islands was really mostly about the snorkeling:
USVI: Mise En Scene
I took a rather large number of pictures on the recent trip, and I’m very happy with at least some of them. I’m uploading the raw images to Flickr, but I’m also cropping and tweaking them in GIMP for posting here. Because, well, it’s my blog, and if I want to try to make you… Continue reading USVI: Mise En Scene
Why I Haven’t Been Blogging
Because for the past week, this has been the view from my balcony: We’re back in the Capital District now, after a travel day about which the less said the better, but for a week there, damn, life was good.
Small Victories
Here’s my achievement for the week: OK, that may not seem like much, but this is what it looked like before I started:
A Bunny Made of Cheese
A commenter in the “Bunnies Made of Cheese” thread points out a graphic that’s too good not to put on the front page (click for the original large image): Nobody tell the dog, ok?
Clifford Johnson Tribute Post
Here’s a picture of some pretty flowers: These are from the ornatmental cherry tree in our front yard. Like all the other similar trees in the neighborhood, it’s absolutely exploded over the past week. Also, I rode my bike a bunch this weekend:
Are You a Cardinal?
You bet your sweet ass I am.
Stop and Smell the… Weeds
The other day, I was talking to our neighbor in the back, and she said “Your flowers are coming in really nicely.” “Um, thanks,” I said, “but I sort of think those might technically be weeds…” They are pretty, though: Close-up below the fold:
In Which I Commit Carpentry
Here’s a project from a couple of weeks ago, that I forgot to post: “Big deal,” you say, “It’s an ugly box.” Ah, but what’s under the box?