Last weekend, before I came down with some kind of wild and wooly bug, I spent some time out at my Mom’s house out in the country. My brother was in town and we hung out for a while and saw a gator over at the Myakka State Park.
There was more critter action right in the front yard of my Mom’s house than there was at the Park. To wit:

Oh the house out in the country….soooo appealing. Love your deer pictures & the Lubber Grasshopper is a hallmark of summer out on the ranch. They’re pretty clever little insects. Good to see you’re getting back to nature.
Gropius? Hmmmmm…. didn’t he die? Well, to the current Gropius: thanks for reading the blog and for posting a comment. It’s a LUBBER grasshopper!!?? Thanks for the identification!