Yes, it is true my many readers (who number less than my fingers), I have been neglecting my blogging duties during the Summer season. However, I think often about blogging and take many pictures - like this one about my new MN Lake Cabin pet It-Sam.

I discovered this exceedingly cute critter (just look at his little head-wings!) while drinking my first morning of MN Lake coffee and sitting in the "keep the bugs out" mesh enclosure built by my father-in-law to ward off the MN bird-bugs. As my first MN lake pet of 2008, I decided to name him Sam. However my mother-in-law commented that a more appropriate name would be "it" - thus the crafty name of It-Sam was agreed. Although similar in size to many of the local MN mosquitos, It-Sam is actually "some kind of big bug".

Sadly, it is likely that It-Sam passed away sometime last week, though we are confident that he lived a full fluttery life.

As seen attacking this parked auto (believed to be a BMW of posh origin), this London leaf was spotted and photographed before it could flutter off to do more damage to London transportation. These dangerous leaves are rarely spotted, but feared by all District and Circle Line Underground riders and operators alike. Usually rumored to be at their most vicious in the Autumn season, the fearsome London leaf are known to attack innocent above ground Tube tracks.

Usually informed about a random London leaf attack when the announcement "Leaves on Track"  is broadcast on station loudspeakers, District or Circle rail passengers live in fear of the London leaf during the Autumn commuting season. "My blood runs cold and I shake a little when I hear that London leaves are in the area" said Alfred Nigel Puddle, a frequent passenger traveling on the Circle Line "but I know that train officials are doing their best to protect the trains from future London leaf attacks."

Unfortunately London Underground officials declined to comment on the type of danger posed by the dangerous London leaf due to public security. "Our top priority is keeping passengers safe during a London leaf attack", said one unnamed Earl's Court station master, "not getting them to a particular destination."