Friday, June 10, 2011

Metamorphosis

Brisbane has been shivering for the past few days. Our winters are usually so mild that it's a bit of a shock to the system. Thursday morning I woke up at 4:45 for our hill session and it was 13.5C. That was the warmest it got all day. The nights have been cold and may have involved some sharing of body warmth just for practical purposes.

So when I woke up the other morning and saw little white patches all over our back lawn (okay, the term lawn is used fairly loosely here. It's more like a back weed bed) the first thing I thought of was SNOW!

Only problem with that is IT NEVER SNOWS IN BRISBANE. Not ever!!

Maybe frost?

The only way to find out for sure was to go for a closer inspection. So I rugged up and faced the brisk morning air to find these





And what are they? This last pic shows what it is before metamorphosis.



Who'd have thought that a dog turd could look so pretty and delicate?!
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14 comments:

  1. AmyJune 11, 2011 at 12:28 AM

    Ewwww!!! I'm glad I ate my breakfast already, Char!
    Enjoy running in the cool weather this weekend...and no more poo pics, please! ;-)

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  2. UnknownJune 11, 2011 at 5:02 AM

    Poo is funny..... And apparently, it can be pretty.

    :P

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  3. Black KnightJune 11, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    ...and often some humans could have the same metamorphosis...
    Great pic!!!!!

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  4. AnneJune 11, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Yuck! I'm with Amy...no more poo pics please :)

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  5. ShutUpandRunJune 11, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    What a beautiful specimen of code brown.

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  6. Amanda@runninghoodJune 11, 2011 at 8:04 AM

    This is disgusting!!! ha ha!

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  7. JillJune 11, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Oh my....that was pretty funny. I'd have no clue about that either!! Haha.

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  8. MarleneJune 11, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    OH YUCK!

    13.5C sounds just about perfect to me.

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  9. ajhJune 11, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    So not what I was expecting! Glad you didn't give it away in the title.

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  10. AnonymousJune 11, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    Oh my goodness...it does look like snow at first!

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  11. MichaelJune 11, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    Hmmm...first post I've seen with pics of dog poo. I don't think I have ever thought of it as pretty.

    Enjoy the nice weather.

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  12. UnknownJune 12, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Lovely, lovely, lovely. I was totally INTO those and thought they were seed pods or something. BLAH, you got me!!!

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  13. EwaJune 13, 2011 at 6:33 AM

    I can tell you don't ever have snow in Brisbane.
    But this is really strange looking. I would say pretty if not for the fact that I know what it is.
    BTW, 13C is NOT cold. ;)

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  14. UnknownJune 13, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    13 degrees is perfect running weather!!!!

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