I Heart Faces-Week 21 Pets (ANYTHING goes!)

In the immortal words of my friend, Sue G, when it comes to birthday pictures, I got nuthin'. And since that was the main theme of I Heart Faces this week, (and since you can't just "create" a birthday to take pictures of, and I REFUSE to go over the edge and make a pretend cake so I can get a good picture...), I thought I just might sit this week out. But then, I realized that it was also Pet Week again, and once again, "anything goes". Hey, my Bug Hunter has made a pet out of things you would NEVER imagine being a pet, from snakes to spiders to crawfish. But when he brought this whopper home in his backpack, well, he nearly sent the mom driving carpool that day off the road when he told her to look at what he'd found on the playground. Just in case you're interested, it's a Hickory Horned Devil, which eventually turns into a Regal Moth. About as big as a cigar, but far more interesting, at least in my book! A day after BH brought it home, it dropped that horned head (FREAKED me out) and pupated; it looks sort of "Darth Vaderish" to me. According to the info that we found on the Internet, it can take up to two years for the moth to emerge; since this was found in September of last year, we have a looooong way to go. For now, I'll just put this out there as possibly the coolest pet that BH has ever had; and since we only had to care for it for one day, it was definitely the easiest!

Now, you know the drill; head over to I Heart Faces to check out more entries in the Pets category, as well as Birthdays (THAT should be fun!).