Our animal friends of PKWS

My great aunt used to read to us from this wonderful book called “Our Animal Friends of Maple Tree Farm.” There were stories about the horses, goats, chickens, sheep, and cats that lived at Maple Tree Farm, plus entries for cows and wildlife. Consider this my first installment . . . The land monitor was at Baan Ling- it actually came down one of the trees- no idea how it got there though. The stick insect hung out outside my room for several hours one day, but I am not sure it knew it hadn’t chosen very good camouflage against our white-washed house! If you look closely at the cicada you’ll notice that it is molding (eew). All of these species of cicada are slowing down which is a relief to my ears- you literally cannot hear the monkeys over them once they get going- and a special treat for the macaques, because now they are slow enough for the macaques to catch and eat. Our monkeys are far less omnivorous than the macaques so I haven’t seen anyone I know eating them!