Stabbone and McGraw: The McBone Bugwatching Journal; A Great Big Green Winged Creature

Friday, July 15, 2011

The McBone Bugwatching Journal; A Great Big Green Winged Creature

This, easily the biggest bug I've ever seen, came bonking against our window with enough force for me to wonder what kind of bird was trying to get in. Twice the size of a hummingbird and just as beautiful, the exhausted insect rested long enough on the front stoop for me to shoot a few photos with my favorite tool of espionage, the 'camera phone.'

What can this be but a really good Friday omen?

Goodnight, friends, and happy weekend.

nwb

2 comments:

Tim Lesher said...: That's a Luna moth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actias_luna

We had one in our house the week after we bought--like you, we thought of it as a good omen!; July 16, 2011 at 12:17 PM
BillBow Baggins said...: Did you think it was a bat at first?

That house is bound to be a very good house for you. Thanks for reading!

nwb; July 16, 2011 at 6:11 PM

The Legend of Stabbone and McGraw

In 1967 the world's most powerful criminal super-genius, Stabbone, stole ten trillion dollars worth of gold boullion. Police, baffled as to the whereabouts of Stabbone's purported impenetrable underground lair, called on top investigator Rock McGraw to crack the case. Working tirelessly day after day, McGraw eventually tracked Stabbone to an abandoned latex mask factory. While McGraw radioed the boys for backup, Stabbone made his daring escape. In the chaos that ensued, both disappeared. Thirty years later, the case of Stabbone and McGraw remains a mystery, though some say that McGraw remains undercover, in relentless pursuit of his evil arch-nemesis.