Wednesday 22 December 2010

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

This appeared outside the dining room door today:

 I suppose it's a friend for Jelly. What I don't like is the way its eyes follow you round the garden:

Actually, I don't suppose those are its actual eyes. I don't like that sharp thing on the other end of it either:


Is this divine punishment for my secret addiction to Sour Fruit Snakes?

5 comments:

  1. Great shot! Love it zmkc.

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  2. My wife sometimes entertains with the distraction of folk beliefs that other may call religion. She would say that these strange creatures in your rustic backyard are spirits of the dead who have come to visit the living. Any suspects?

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  3. I suspect these are sour fruit snakes (Annoyedeus Gayus Serpentes): they look harmlessly flamboyant but they have an acid tongue.

    Have a boldog Christmas, zedders!

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  4. Dammit, Geoffrey, if only you'd told me sooner: I've just hurled my father and my best friend into the bush
    You too, Gadjo - will you be doing any Christmas dances?

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