Nature Observing

Itz been 风平浪静 these few daes after the tender period of a project Marpig am working on... coming month has no projects... gosh... don even want to think too much. Life is more than worrying and really... the rich are still rich and the poor are poorer so... f**k it!! If the world is not fair, Marpig should learnt to care less and learn to be like boh chap others!!

The dae breaks at 330am and gets dark after 10pm. Summer will soon be here!! Just been to the Museum of National History in Cardiff, Wales. Itz quite all right & interesting, specially those traditional English shops tt Marpig read bout in Enid Blyton books!! Ah!! Then, could only imagine how the shops look like when Mr Pink Whistle or Mr Stamp-About or Mr Meddle go grocery shopping!! :D Will most probably blog bout Ms Enid Blyton soon with sm pictures :)

Anyw, as it it was, the route tt Marpig took to go to work every dae would pass by a pond with lotsa resident animals such as a heron, 3 generations of moorhens and 2 generations of wild ducks!! Ah~ so, Marpig had been ard for tt long!!

Itz really nice observing the animals going bout their life and their behaviour :D Best is to see the next generations!! Gosh, bet the lives of zoologists who spend their time observing the lives and behaviours of animals are sooooooo 逍遥自在!!
3rd generation leetle moorchick with 2nd generation moorhen. Marpig wonders... where are the 1st generation moorhens which Marpig saw last yr... if they die... where will they be "buried"? Hmmm...Tada!! Itz a Western Tent caterpillar!! Was onher way back from grocery shopping when Marpig saw it on the ground. And so, Marpig puts her barangs down and took out her trusty mobile to take sm pics!! So irresistible!! Caterpillars have true legs and prolegs. Prolegs are fleshy stubby legs on the caterpillars & are on the middle segment of the crawlies. For pple who have seen the Bugs' Life, Caterpillar is the cute, gluttony and fat... caterpillar :D Saw his prolegs and his shoes? *thinking* did he wear any...

Anyw, as truth be told, caterpillars do have little gripping hooks on their prolegs called "crochets" which look so much like shoes!! Huh? the pics of the hairy crawlie above are scary? Itz not very... itz cute!! As long as one doesnt go touching it. Marpig did play with harmless green, soft, smooth caterpillar while she was in sec sch, putting them on her hands and feeding them leaves!! So cute!! Very very soft and fragile!! Could even see itz blood pumping behind itz back!! Wow!!

But!! One th Marpig did was to let it go after a few daes, reason being caterpillars turn into butterflies pretty quickly & Marpig am afraid of butterflies... ... ...

Aside from nature, itz been a long weekend since itz the may bank hol again. Since Marpig hasnt been cooking and xperimenting like she used to, she decided to cook up a storm again!! Made Stilton, leek and mushroom soup which is sooooooooooo delicious!! Ingredients include potatoes, onions, leeks, Stilton blue cheese, mushrooms. Marpig prepared and cooked it within 1.5 hrs!! Not a bad record considering one has to chop the ingredients, boiled the potatoes, peel and mashed them. Yumyumyum!!