i am back

i was away from the blog world for a bit. a trip to france and other things kept me occupied. but i am back. i saw an image this morning that couldn't keep away, and i had to share it with all of you.

i lifted my trash can from the wet grass this morning and noticed several slugs on the plastic. slugs must love the smooth, dirty plastic of the garbage can and it's lid. i counted more than 23 slugs of a variety of sizes. i felt mildy unsettled for unsettling them. as soon as i placed the can and lid in their proper spot near the recycle bin the slugs began to move.

here is a picture of some of them.



i thought about the worms too, but didn't see many this morning, although they are out as well. worms are of the phylum nematoda, where as slugs are from the molluska phylum. so there you go; one may think they are similar, but they really aren't, but then again they are...