Thursday, May 31, 2012

Insect Eats Its Heart Out!

This is one of the first pictures taken with my "new" used camera after my old one died rather spectacularly ... I am still getting used to the differences ...

But soon it will feel at home in my hand!!!

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

"Bugga Bugga Bugga"


When my kids were little, all insects were "bugga bugga bugga"


Even pretty ones like this cinnebar moth. 
Or is it cinnabar moth?

I'm not sure what kind of "bugga" this one is, but he posed just long enough to get a picture!


And this intriguing "bugga" is worth enlarging - he's quite photogenic!

"Bugga Bugga Bugga!!!"

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Of Rainbows and Surprises ...


I was driving back from an errand in Portland when I saw this beautiful spot of rainbow in the sky overhead. I pulled over at the top of the hill, and managed to one shot before needing to move on.

 When I got home, I rushed outside ... only to find the spot of rainbow had encircled the sun!
 
On the news last night, our local weatherman explained that this is a "refracted" rainbow ... which he explained as a somewhat rare phenomenon where the sun hits ice crystals and refracts around them instead of through them (as with usual rainbows).

P.S. - Do you see the heart in the trees???

I looked at my pictures on the computer ... and that's when I got the surprise!


There was an airplane flying through my "sunbow"!!!
(if you enlarge the photo, you will see it even better!)

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Springtime walk ...


The fruit trees are blossoming!


The grass is growing ... fast!


And look what else I saw ...
A little deer behind!

I just realized this Springtime theme fits in perfectly with Tablescaper's "Seasonal Sundays" - where the theme this week is "Spring"!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Ladybug Colors ...


Her colors are what first caught my eye ...
I'd never seen a ladybug like this before!

As I focused my camera on her, I noticed she was sitting on a leafy heart!

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