Hello, Mother Nature, I have quesions for you....

Whenever I'm out and about, in the garden or on one of the numerous local nature trails, I'm always looking, always thinking, always curious, about what I see around me.

So, I thought it would be a good idea to write my questions down and send them to Mother Nature and see if she can answer them!!

Let's start with what I saw this morning in my garden:

.            There were several ants scurrying around looking for food to take back to their nest. Then I saw the MOST incredible things: two ants carrying a dead caterpillar, one at the head one at the tail! I'm always impressed with the strength of the ants. I often see them carrying food in their mouths that looks bigger than them, and I wonder about the strength of their neck muscles...........but I have NEVER seen teamwork before with one ant helping another!

My question, Mother Nature is: do ants pair up to carry heavy food, or, was one simply dragging the caterpillar and was joined by anoher ant.................? Did the ant who found the caterpillar yell out in ant language, "Hey, give me a hand, please!" And was the request heard by another another who rushed over and picked up the tail end of the caterpillar?

Oh, of course I didn't have my iphone in my pocket. I rushed indoors to get it so I could take a photograph, but when I returned to the garden, the ants had gone................hey, hey.

Well, reader, have you ever seen two or more ants working together??

.         Another question about ants.............I did write a book aboutg them way back in the 1960s, and thus did a lot of research........but, now that my brain is getting older, I've probably forgotten a lot.
The little white things ants carry in their mouths: are they insect eggs? Do ants ever eat anything when they are out and about, or do they take what they find back to the nest and then enjoy a family dinner?

It's June - pandemic and protest time........

As I was sitting and typing this morning, gazing through the window at the beautiful bright blue sky, I had a thought:

Wouldn't it be great to have a photo of myself standing by the tree that is lit up by the morning sun.......I could send it to friends in the UK.

OK, but what do I do about the birds, the ants, blackbeetles, grasshoppers that are out there in the tall grass? Oh, I know - I could send out Bertie and Fifi to kill the birds, and I could get some pepper spray and get rid of the insects...........then I coulkd stand in front of the tree and have my photo taken!!

YEAH!!