The Giant Bug.

ohkay, this is barely a post at all, but i just wanted to write down all the things i saw at Edwards Garden today - just to remember to take photos of them when i go back [since i didn't bring my camera along with me today :(]. i cannot believe i haven't been there before yet, seeing that it's just at Leslie and Lawrence. anyways, some friends brought me there today and there were quite a few things that were interesting to note.

first off, Edwards Garden is a botanical garden with innumerable trails all throughout the area. it's actually quite peaceful there - you can't hear the cars go by or anything, so if you just feel like jogging around or having some quiet time, it's a great place to be. we saw a few animals this time around - ducks, chipmunks [which run extremely fast], and what appeared to be a small-beaver-without-a-tail [the same animal that ruins the flowers in my mom's garden! i'm thinking maybe it's a groundhog? :\] we also saw tons of different insects - from a daddy-long-legs that was externally digesting an ant it recently caught (:|), to a purple inchworm (dangerous? perhaps. not likely. but i've never seen a purple one before), to one GIANT and i mean GIGANTIC dragonfly! omg we seriously thought it was a fake model they stuck onto the plant! it was way too saturated in colour, the eyes were so big and translucent, and it didn't move for the longest time - no twitching, nothing! so one of us touched its wings ... didn't budge. so, yah, we thought it was fake. but he touched it again - and omg did that thing fly like crazy! yes, i did scream. but in my defense, it seriously looked fake!

agh, i wish i had my camera. i could've taken a picture of that dragonfly that i will probably never see in my life again! i swear it must've eaten its entire family to become that big. but in any case, hopefully i will go there again soon! but in the meantime, all i leave you with is this sad picture-less post :(.