don't be afraid to get close...

the only good thing about early morning frosts

~for a photographer anyway~

is that it tends to stun anything with more than 2 legs

{who am I kidding...early morning frosts stun me too}

anyhow

I kept getting closer and closer to this sweet little guy

~who I swear was looking right at me~

thinking the worst thing that could happen

if I kept moving forward

would be a full out super leap

straight to my forehead

where little sticky grasshopper legs would get caught in my bangs

but nope

he sat perfectly still

on that milkweed pod

~

wishing he was a grasshopper that had been raised down south

*

{click on the largest photo to really see those sticky grasshopper legs}