joe’s recent deep dive into science, combined with our family’s weak spot for animals of all kinds, means that we currently have 14 pet snails which are fed wild thyme and lettuce daily. and we have had two successive pet prying mantises, which are fed live crickets and grasshoppers every 4 days. the first mantis was named april. the second was named may. this was may’s last meal. she liked every part of the grasshopper except the wings and drumsticks. joe is deciding whether or not to go out in the vines and look for june.

grasshopper leftovers

autignac, france