A bug, and pretty blue sutures

These insects were thick thick in number all over these flowers. Windy as hell -- the whole bud and bug waved in and out of the viewfinder so I gave up trying to get the shot I wanted, but this single speciman was close enough to crisp focus to share.

Given my luck with the one spider photo, see earlier posting, when I found a spider on my shirt while sitting on my balcony earlier this week I carefully dragged my finger behind it and sure enough it came away with a string of web. I let it down gently on the balcony floor and ran to get my camera -- it was TINY and a brilliant red/orange and very shiny and I hoped to identify it with a good macro shot. As I was setting up the shot the spider moved, catching Ruby's attention who then promptly ate the itsie bitty spider before it could ever again go up the water spout.

Ruby was spayed today. Gawd, my worry levels! -- I got all weepy taking her to the vet this morning. She's drugged asleep on the floor at the moment so I took the opportunity to snap a shot of her surgical wound and pretty blue threat holding her feminine viscera in place. Here's hoping she doesn't bother the sutures forcing the need for the stupid cone-over-head solution. I apologize to Ruby for showing one of her nipples here!