Don’t forget about Friday Ark #131.  The ship is boarding throughout the weekend, so visit often.

WOW!  Just wow!  Chris talks about his garden, about the pests that plague it, about the death of invaders vying for control of the earth he tills and tends—and about how his view of it all changed with the death of Zeke, his dog.  What a magnificent, thoughtful introspection about what to many is a simple act.  Go read it.  You won’t regret it.

Via Dark Roasted Blend comes a very interesting page about a praying mantis killing and consuming a humming bird.  There are a couple of photographs that present a rather fascinating—if not daunting for the squeamish—view of what precise and calculated killers these insects can be.  Very cool.

The latest edition of Good Planets is now available for your perusal.  Head on over and enjoy a photographic celebration of our little corner of the cosmos.