What's brown and sticky?
Our new pets!
Some friends kindly gifted us with some funky, weird, beautiful little stick insects. We have 3 and yesterday's task was to build them a home...Flex and his Opa built a frame out of metal (we are lucky enough to have a bunch of great welding equipment in the shed - I dream of huge junk sculptures!!), and Flex and I then got busy with mesh and sewing needles to create the perfect enclosure. We had plans for converting an old TV into a 'living TV' but it all got a bit complicated....the critters are now happily swaying on their juicy new gum leaves and enjoying a bit of morning sun. They are ever so cute and strange! Flex has been studying them intently and I have to admit they are captivating - especially the way they sway back and forth to camouflage themselves....They are nearly as crazy as our wwoofer Sun in the pumpkin soup eating photo ;)
If you want to find out more about keeping these fascinating critters there's some info here at the Australian Museum's website.
Our new pets!
Some friends kindly gifted us with some funky, weird, beautiful little stick insects. We have 3 and yesterday's task was to build them a home...Flex and his Opa built a frame out of metal (we are lucky enough to have a bunch of great welding equipment in the shed - I dream of huge junk sculptures!!), and Flex and I then got busy with mesh and sewing needles to create the perfect enclosure. We had plans for converting an old TV into a 'living TV' but it all got a bit complicated....the critters are now happily swaying on their juicy new gum leaves and enjoying a bit of morning sun. They are ever so cute and strange! Flex has been studying them intently and I have to admit they are captivating - especially the way they sway back and forth to camouflage themselves....They are nearly as crazy as our wwoofer Sun in the pumpkin soup eating photo ;)
If you want to find out more about keeping these fascinating critters there's some info here at the Australian Museum's website.
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