Moore Tokens » Praying Mantis http://mooretokens.com token: [toh-kuhn] (n.) - 1. something serving to represent some fact, event, feeling; 2. a memento; keepsake; 3. an expression Tue, 05 Jul 2011 05:23:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Praying Legacy http://mooretokens.com/index.php/2008/09/praying-legacy/ http://mooretokens.com/index.php/2008/09/praying-legacy/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:56:06 +0000 admin http://mooretokens.com/?p=210 We have often speculated that our tiny little backyard has traces of radioactivity; plants and insects seem to grow unusually large there. In the case of our hydrangea bush, we welcome the over-sized growth. Here’s a bud from June that eventually became massive.

<small>A new bud on the horizon</small>

Growing to become ridiculously large

It’s more pale than some of the other flowers, but beautiful nonetheless.

More pale than some of the others

Some of the flowers are so big that they cannot stay upright without the support of the surrounding leaves.

Some of the flowers are so big that they cannot stay upright without the support of the surrounding leaves

While documenting the mutant flowers, I stumbled across this little guy…

So cute

Keep praying, my friend

I couldn’t help but wonder — How large will he grow to be? And is he the grandchild of this praying mantis we saw knocking on our door in 2006?…

Knocking at our door

(This one was probably about 6 inches long.)

Probably about 6 inches long

Upon closer examination, I really do believe the two are related. They had similar features and mannerisms. They shared the same work ethic. And they both spoke with a British accent.

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