The Beauty Of The Changing Seasons

[Lady Cannafan]

Can't wait to see what you all come up with over the weekend. I sure hope your weather is as nice as it is here. Never did get the lawn mowed, between harvesting plants, cooking, and taking my walk...I'm whooped! I will procrastinate on the lawn till tomorrow.

 

[yuyo]

i am so jealous
your cam is awesome always so clear and vibrant
keep up the good work

 

[Lady Cannafan]

i am so jealous
your cam is awesome always so clear and vibrant
keep up the good work

Yuyo! I'm quite jealous of that LED light you won too. ;-) Thanks for poppin' in.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

My walk this morning was cool and comfy. This time I had bug spray.

I managed a couple of pics on the way to the woods:

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Just before I got into the woods I found another nest of baby spiders:

Little did I realize while I had my hand up there with the camera, Momma was just down the branch and quite irritated with me. She was about an inch across. Sceert the beejesus out of me. LOL

 

[Lady Cannafan]

So off to the woods I went. I got all the way to the back of the property and heard a horn in the direction of the house. Then I heard a log splitter start. Dang! The guy who is loaning me his splitter showed up with no notice (my Dad's splitter wasn't beafy enough for what I had left). So the rest of the morning was shot tossing wood and splitting.

I headed out to the store later, and managed some wildflower pics along the roadside though:

 

[Lady Cannafan]

And this will be my entry #2 for this weekend. This grasshopper stayed so perfectly still for me that I feel he deserves the honor:

They almost look like they are put together with random rusty metal parts. LOL

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Hmmm......now that I look at that grasshopper really close....do you think that's a "skin"? Do grasshoppers molt?
That would certainly explain why he stayed so still.

 

[PeeJay]

I got shots of elk, praire dogs, and redwinged black birds this moring.

 

[Lester Freeman]

Wow! That Grasshopper is ready to eat. Beautiful

 

[Lady Cannafan]

I got shots of elk, praire dogs, and redwinged black birds this moring.

Ooooh, Prairie dogs? They are so cute and comical.

Wow! That Grasshopper is ready to eat. Beautiful

ROFL, from what I can see on close inspection there isn't much left to him "inside". Besides, I just had early dinner.

I'm heading out to see if I can get a shot of the snapper. He surfaced a while ago, so I know where he's hanging out today.

Wish me luck!

 

[PeeJay]

Good luck! We're going to head out this evening for some more wildlife stalking, too.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Thanks Peejay,
I didn't get the turtle but I got a fast shot of the blue heron. He's a quick dude, so these are not the greatest of photos:

 

[Lady Cannafan]

It must be critter day. The dragon flies were really cooperative today, check out the deep color of these two guys!

And my buddy came around again while I was taking shots of the other two, this time he sat on something more interesting:

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Okay, here's my final 3 entries:

 

[GardenFaerie]

All of you have beautiful photos! You all win. My camera crapped out. I don't have the zoom or macro function any more. I actually heard it pop and break when I was using the zoom. Piece of junk, anyway. Now I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital with great macro ability. i'll wait for my big camera.

 

[Lester Freeman]

Nice trio Canna!

Ok here are my 3 photos that I took today. Can't wait to sit out there in the chair and watch the plants rustle in the wind. I love nature

Methuselah coming out of his hole in the morning...(on top of him you can see foliage from 3 different plants, one is the Juniper, one is the Ivy, and one is the Jasmine )

Red Onion Flower

Flowering Mint

Not super exotic or anything but I don't think people get to see onion flowers very often The mint sure is a great companion plant to have, especially when it flowers. Those mint flowers are growing off a mint plant that is like a regular weed growing on its own accord. I sure do love "regular weeds"

Have a good Evening my friends!

PS All pics taken with camera phone

 

[brightlight]

All of you have beautiful photos! You all win. My camera crapped out. I don't have the zoom or macro function any more. I actually heard it pop and break when I was using the zoom. Piece of junk, anyway. Now I'm in the market for an inexpensive digital with great macro ability. i'll wait for my big camera.

Hi gardenfaerie. Pls. keep me in mind if you find an inexpensive camera with good macro. My Canon elph has macro but it seems to have a mind of its own as it goes back and forth between regular and macro. Not reliable.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Hi gardenfaerie. Pls. keep me in mind if you find an inexpensive camera with good macro. My Canon elph has macro but it seems to have a mind of its own as it goes back and forth between regular and macro. Not reliable.

I have to agree there, my digital camera has an "auto macro" and I absolutely hate it, pretty much useless for me. Next one I get there will be a separate user choice macro setting or button. The older digital has it, but it's only an 8MP camera. I miss that feature.

 

[Lady Cannafan]

Beautiful shots Lester! That onion flower is really awesome, love the lighting. Makes it look like a moonlit shot.

I have mint growing wild here too, but I've never seen them flower. Hmmmm...maybe a different variety? They sure do smell nice though, and taste great in cooking too.



I would love to borrow Methuselah for a few days, I'll bet that would put a huge scare into this snapper in my pond. He would probably leave the county for good.