who’s there?
giant stick.
giant stick who?
giant stick mantis knocking at your door. can you come out to play with me?
aussie grandson m welcomes a friend who came knocking at his door one fine morning
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
I have my glasses on.... 
Cute! I love the quote:-)
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ty )
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oh to be young and brave lol I don’t mind holding them…but on my face…erm no thank you! 🙂 x
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the innocence and complete trust of youth is awe-inspiring )
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Cute kid. And brave. I wouldn’t be smiling if I had a creature like that stuck to my face, when I was his age… Who am I kidding. I wouldn’t smile now.
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me either )
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Those stick insects are fascinating aren’t they Beth? 🙂
He is trusting it on this shot but thankfully they are tame…
Have a lovely weekend my sweet friend 🙂
Andro xxxx
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indeed and you too
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🙂 😉
Andro xxxx
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Normally the young ones scream when they see bugs this size 🙂
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not this one, they played together for much of the day )
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Oh my goodness I would be creaking out!! Lol cool bug, brave child
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stayed friends and played together most of the day benjamin )
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Yay. So brave 🙂
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They have such a wide variety of unique wildlife down under, and aussies are a tough lot! Even in my boyhood days, I’d have totally been creeping out had I had that visitor up close and personal!
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yes, they pretty much can accept all that nature surrounds them with )
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Too cute, but there is no way that bug would have stayed on my face.
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😉
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I would be black and blue from punching myself in the face to free me from its clutches.
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funny, people would probably think you were attacked by the mantis )
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whoa! Round One goes to the Mantis.
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absolutely
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Love it!
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Oh, to be so inocent.
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no fears, no worries.
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Gotta love youth and boys!
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they seem to live it fully, without regard to consequences, a double edged sword.
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Eeeewww talk about beauty and the beast! It humbles me though… the innocence of nature. If us adults don’t ruin it… he won’t have a phobia like I do. That one would be a huge one for me! I am sorry to have to admit. My mom told me once that I had no problem touching bugs when I was little. What the heck happened?! I probably could do without picking them up… lol. But I’d love to not be so freaked by some of them. My hat is off to the wonderful photography and the fact that they made it great for that brave little boy who had no idea that they might be a little creeped out. lol
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We are definitely connected through our love of nature and grandkids! Thanks for this lovely aussie child/mantis post!
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so true and thank you )
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Best “Knock, Knock Whose There”….ever!
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happy you enjoyed it )
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My grandkids would flip over that! But I don’t know if either of them would put it on their face.
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kids always surprise us with their approach to the world
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cute pic!
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Augh! I may not sleep now for picturing bugs on my kids!
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eeek! good one, Beth 🙂
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i know! not sure i could do the same )
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oh my, i would freak!
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oh, i think most of us would )
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Ha, I’d hope so
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Ah that’s lovely. Such joy and trust.
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i thought it clearly showed that as well. thanks for reading and following ) beth
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