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When two Grandhunks ask to take you to lunch ...
and at American Grub, win-win!
Like all California restaurants, dining has moved outside.
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| Grandma, GH#1 (Jordan) & GH#3 (Zack) |
Downtown Old Tustin is charming, even on the sidewalk.
As you may know, I usually forget to shoot the food.
Not today with 2 Grandhunks to help me.
The guys started with garlic cheese nuggets, with rave reviews.
Zack got the extreme club sandwich, he sid best ever.
Jordan picked the Guilty Burger and said it was the best ever.
I got the Antonio Burger, my favorite.
Sandwiches come with a tiny cup of potato salad,
and we got a side order to share, it is amazing.
We came back to Grandma's little house.
Jordan, 6'6", extends beyond my chair.
And, Zack, 6'5", extends beyond the couch.
The fact that they are at home here, warms my heart.
But all good things come to an end and they leave for home.
Thank you GH#1 & GH#3, aka Jordan and Zack!
What a great day! Grandma's understand, right?
2GN2S
Meet 'Mad Hatterpillar, caterpillar using old heads for defense
In
the dense eucalyptus forests of Australia, deadheads forage leaves and
wriggle their bodies around. No, these aren't Grateful Dead fanatics
stranded since the psychedelic shows of the 1970s.
Native to Australia, Uraba lugens
is a strange caterpillar that stacks its molted heads atop each other.
With every molt, the stack becomes an increasingly tall, tapering tower
since every head is larger than the last.
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| Uraba lugens' headpiece can stack up to 12 millimeters tall — nearly half its maximum body length of 25 millimeters. |
That's
how this freaky creepy-crawly got its nickname,
the "mad hatterpillar."
This morbid headgear serves as a
diversion when hungry predators are
about.
Like all insects, these caterpillars go
through stages
during which they shed their outer skin, including their
heads.
Depending on the quality of the food available to them,
U. lugens
go through eight to 13 larval stages, or instars,
on their way to
becoming pupae, said Dieter Hochuli,
a professor of the school of life and
environmental sciences
at The University of Sydney in Australia. That's
the stage during which the larvae, within their cocoons, transform into
adult moths. Other
caterpillars would normally shed their skin and heads
and leave them
behind. But U. lugens, and a few other
species of caterpillars, just
can't let go of its molted baggage.
"The molted head capsules start stacking early but they are not always
visible, as the smaller ones get dislodged over time," Hochuli said.
"It's not uncommon to see caterpillars with at least five old heads
stacked on top of the one they are currently using."
TMI?
Just because ...
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amaranth hilux |
A smile for Wednesday ...
6 comments:
How nice to see you together with your grandsons! Having grandchildren is the greatest gift we can get when we grow old.
Happy afternoon, dear Jacki!
P.S. your collage is top!
I love this green. It is so rich and bold. Great composition! :-). Lucky you to have grandkids who want to spend time with you. :-)
Thank you Elenor, yes, I agree that having grandchildren is the greatest gift. And I am so blessed to have them near. And, to have them have the desire to be together is priceless. Wishing you all the best. Thank you for taking your time to view and give feedback, I so appreciate you.
Thanks, John. "% easy pieces" was just that. Sometimes it takes a while and sometimes it just falls together with ease? And yes, so blessed that these giants want to spend some time with me, it is a treasure.
Grammy is looking good. I think I gained some weight just looking at those food photos. And where do you find all this unusual stuff? I hope they won't be in my dreams tonight!
Thanks, Carrol. This little restaurant is in downtown Old Tustin, and is a bit pricey but everything they make is amazing. I don't get enough exercise anymore to balance out the good food that Erin brings me.
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