http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 22:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html#comment-1387369 octolover Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152671#comment-1387369 i have a tiny person in my life (a not-quite-1-year-old-cousin) whom i may just get this for, as she loves being read to, and i think it's important to impress upon younguns that bugs are living things, too, and can be beautiful and interesting just like anything else in nature.   i'm biased, i supposed, because my favorite book as a kid was the golden guide to insects.  :) i have a tiny person in my life (a not-quite-1-year-old-cousin) whom i may just get this for, as she loves being read to, and i think it’s important to impress upon younguns that bugs are living things, too, and can be beautiful and interesting just like anything else in nature.
 
i’m biased, i supposed, because my favorite book as a kid was the golden guide to insects.  :)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html#comment-1387289 WillieNelsonMandela Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152671#comment-1387289 Man, I love fireflies. Probably the coolest bug ever. Fun to look at, they don't bite or sting and they always draw pleasant memories of childhood summer nights. Man, I love fireflies. Probably the coolest bug ever. Fun to look at, they don’t bite or sting and they always draw pleasant memories of childhood summer nights.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html#comment-1387283 show me Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152671#comment-1387283 Wonderful pictures, but last I checked, Fort Wayne is in Indiana, not Michigan. Although it is somewhat close to Michigan. Wonderful pictures, but last I checked, Fort Wayne is in Indiana, not Michigan. Although it is somewhat close to Michigan.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html#comment-1387122 suburbanhick Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152671#comment-1387122 How delightful! I used to love spending hours laying on my stomach on our lawn, just watching bugs go about their business. And the ones in my mom's garden! How delightful! I used to love spending hours laying on my stomach on our lawn, just watching bugs go about their business. And the ones in my mom’s garden!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html#comment-1387054 Paul Renault Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152671#comment-1387054 That ant on the leaf tip looks like it's already infected by the cordyceps fungus.  I wouldn't worry too much about killing it. That ant on the leaf tip looks like it’s already infected by the cordyceps fungus.  I wouldn’t worry too much about killing it.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kid.html#comment-1387044 SoItBegins Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=152671#comment-1387044 Wow. It's beautiful. Wow. It’s beautiful.

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