Crossing the parking area this afternoon I discovered a remarkable object. A monster not sure what color it’s supposed to be. Almost five inches long and seemingly afraid of its own shadow. Of course the shadow may be more frightening than the bug itself. Cami had one on her porch that had time to turn brown. It looked like it grew where it was instead of flying there. It was perfectly still and hoped to go unnoticed. Of course, a great deal of the bug world goes unnoticed, until it reaches four or five inches in length, at which point we find ourselves preferring, despite curiosity, to be somewhere else.