{"id":4706,"date":"2017-09-11T17:42:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2017-09-11T17:42:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:42:35","slug":"bugs-just-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2017\/09\/11\/bugs-just-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugs just for fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is this little guy thinking? \u00a0Building a stairway to heaven? \u00a0He keeps spitting out the mud, extending his tunnel out into thin air, with absolutely nothing within 10 feet of his little tower. \u00a0Too funny. \u00a0It seems like little creatures like these usually have a ingrained instinctive goal that makes sense, but maybe he&#8217;s like me, sometimes, when I get so busy doing what I think is vitally important that I lose sight of how it&#8217;s going to connect up ahead in real life. \u00a0In other words, sometimes I waste precious time.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugstermite.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4709\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugstermite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugstermite.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugstermite-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then the next day there popped into my vision these gorgeous bugs. \u00a0I suppose that they have a instinctive mission to destroy something I hold dear, a flower or vegetable or a book left out on the porch, but my goodness they are beautiful. \u00a0They didn&#8217;t hold still much, they kept regrouping, for why? \u00a0I can&#8217;t know, as our dear Maddie would say.<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugs.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4708\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugs.jpg 337w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2017\/09\/blog-bugs-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=4706&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is this little guy thinking? \u00a0Building a stairway to heaven? \u00a0He keeps spitting out the mud, extending his tunnel out into thin air, with absolutely nothing within 10 feet of his little tower. \u00a0Too funny. \u00a0It seems like little &hellip; 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