Praying Mantis

We visited my parents today at their new apartment. When we arrived they were sitting on the outside porch and this critter was perched on the top of my mom's cane. He didn't seem to want to move, but she wanted to get up and needed to use the cane. So Mr M attempted to move it, then the mantis transferred itself to his pant leg. He "walked" it out into the grass and put it there.

We had a lovely visit - we took them a few more pieces of furniture from their house (my father's recliner and their dvd player and a few other things) and we had lunch and dinner with them. Riley went along as an experiment - we weren't sure how he would behave in a smaller environment for a whole day but he was perfect. We left him alone in the apartment when we went for meals and there is lots of room to take him for walks around the building, plenty of trees and grass. It was a great day and the greatest news is that they have decided to stay. So that part is settled, now the next few months will revolve around dealing with disposition of the house. All around wonderful day.