Two snails (which may be Helminthoglypta dupetithouarsii) have taken up residence in the bird of paradise plant on my patio. They are helping me to figure out how to use the macro feature on my camera because they pose for me!
I used my Olympus Digital Camera OM-D E-M10.
Snowbird of Paradise 
Some people select very strange pets! How about a fish or two? I’m hoping this finds you feeling much, much better!
I have thought about getting a pet, but they would make travelling difficult. 🙂 I thought I was better yesterday, but today I am sick again. This flu is the gift that keeps on giving.
Oddly enough, we have seen an explosion of snails for the first time in 15 years in our garden. Very strange.
Though I have not noticed any crawling over our strelitzias.
They appear here when it rains, but otherwise I never see them. Have you have more rain recently?
Tons of rain.
But the King Crickets usually take care of the snails, and they have been very scarce this year.
[…] Among the many things they eat are snails, and so it would make sense to conclude that they are the reason that my patio snails disappeared. Today, however, I saw three snails! It has been raining all day and these three snails surfaced. I was pleased to see that some have survived, but I hope the possums didn’t see them. I’d like to keep a few around as my own garden pets. […]