Ok I actually kind of want to nerd out for a moment!

Over the past decade or so, part of how I've taught myself some photography (typically with phone camera and occasionally with added lenses, I don't think my DSLR could do macro well tbh) is through one simple act: facing my fears of spiders and creepy crawlies. I've actually grown to love spiders, saved 4 carpenter bees last year and had them crawling on me, picked up a jumping spider in my hands to bring outside even last summer! This is all wild because just 10 years ago I would be screaming bloody murder over the sight of most insects.

Well, I keep noticing these guys hanging out at the pool. At first I thought it was so odd then found them interesting. This evening, this fellow was taking a little break and let me get up close and personal for a little shoot!

From there I took to the interwebs to research. What I found out is that these guys, yellow paper wasps, are docile, defensive rather than aggressive, and their water obsession? That's actually the little worker dudes gathering droplets of water to cool their nests and to help hydrate their small colony, typically of around a couple dozen fellow paper wasps.

So cool! These little nature architects use natural resources for their own HVAC systems in the desert! How freaking cool is that?!

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Morning Masto fam jam. Woke up an hour before my alarm went off. I hate when that happens because it means that I haven't gotten the maximum amount of sleep in the time I have allotted to do so. Anyway, it's a road trip to Toronto today to see the rheumatologist. She took some x-rays of my elbow last time I was there. Now she probably wants to go over the results and see how ravaged my elbow joint is. Hope everyone has/is having a #TerrificTuesday.

Morning all. I enjoyed lounging around and doing nothing so much yesterday that I think I'm going to do the same thing today. I did want to go to the mall and look for a new wallet. But I think I'll do that on Saturday. Just here working on a grocery order for my friend. If you're in Canada, happy little Bratz going back to school day. Anywhere else, hope everyone has lashes having a #TerrificTuesday.

Morning all. Today's lunch/dinner will be shrimp chowder. Definitely looking forward to that. Also definitely looking forward to meeting with the crisis manager next Wednesday regarding my housing situation. It's just an intake, and I don't expect miracles to be worked in a day. But at least it's a start in the right direction. Unfortunately I have had to spend most of this month Waiting for my name to come up on the list. But fortunately my social worker was able to work some magic and get me close to the top because apparently this kind of thing takes months. So it's a middle of the road glass half full or half empty kind of situation. I am choosing to pursue the glass half full approach because anything else just makes me feel depressed and hopeless like I did last night. Hope everyone has/is having a #TerrificTuesday.