meet dennis

My latest craft craze has been making paper. More on that another day, for today I would like to introduce you to Dennis, my paper making buddy. I have a basin that my pulp and water sit in while I'm working on this project and on this particular day a grasshopper ended up in the water. He appeared to be fighting his way out, and I was on my way out to run some errands figuring he would be gone by the time I got back.



Lo and behold, I returned and there was the grasshopper, sitting in the corner of the water as still as can be. Being the good samaritan that I am, I helped the little fella out of the water, saving his life! He would have been sitting in there for quite some time; I believe I was gone for at least an hour. Immediately after releasing him from what would have been an early death he started to dry himself off. I love how you can see him actually doing this in some of the pictures.

I named him Dennis after Dennis Hopper, funny right? Dennis stuck around for at least half an hour, wringing out his antenna, walking along the water hose, and even letting me pick him up and hold him. I think the only reason I was allowed to handle him was that he was still too soaked to hop away. Eventually he was all well and jumped back home, but Dennis made my day a little brighter. :)