Canada is a pretty sterile land during the winter. Most animals hibernate once the thick blanket of snow has fallen and all you get to see is a few rabbits. But once the flowers bloom, it feels like we are on Noah’s Ark. Even though we live in the city, a fifteen-minute drive from the Parliament, we have all kinds of animals show up around the house: rabbits, squirrels, skunks (we don’t often see them but we smell them!), many species of birds and insects.
Canadians often joke about being a mosquito country, and each city claims to have the biggest bloodsuckers. I find Canadian mosquitoes annoying but pretty dumb: they buzz around, tease you and then land on something (preferably a white wall) and wait to get killed. Ahem…
I was trying to get a macro shot of the flowers that just bloomed outside the house when a small ant decided to pose for the picture. Curious little critter!
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Darn, even the mosquitoes are polite. They don’t hurt you and wait for you to kill them 😛
😆 So true!
Wow, what a great picture, I love it!
Thank you! I’m still working on my macro skills.
Beautiful picture!
Thank you! 🙂
Hey, good macro. I will be looking for you on Macro Monday.
I should participate, shouldn’t it!
Really cute … when they remain outside!
Tell me about it… I always take down spider webs at home, they wave them amazingly fast.
What’s in the background – the yellow thing?? Nice shot.
That’s a flower. Couldn’t tell you which kind, I never know the name of flowers!
Wow! You made the ant looks like an art!
They are interesting little creatures actually!
That’s gorgeous shot, Zhu ! Good macro.
Thank you!
Fantastic shot!
Oh, I remember coming back with a good few mosquito bites last year…
Oh yes, it’s a typical Canadian souvenir 🙂