Today, I have a theme: Green. Inspired by this gorgeous green Sweat Bee. With my unsteady hands and little “snappy” camera, I can rarely capture an image with such detail but I lucked up with this one. For many years it seemed the Cuban Brown Anoles were edging out the Green Anoles around our yard but…
Backyard
June Around the Neighborhood
I haven’t been online much this summer – a decision to spend more time with friends and family has kept us on the road. I’m still a little behind but have a few photos from our time in June around the neighborhood. I’m still upset about the beautiful chickens we found roaming through the nearby…
A Hot December
Happy New Year! I’m trying to stay upbeat here but December was way too warm. I spend a lot of time in the bamboo in our yard and I have never seen so much life in December. Also, our pear tree is blooming, there are all kinds of tiny spiders and frogs out, mosquitos are…
End of Summer
We recently marked the official “End of Summer” on our calendars but it’s still awfully hot here. I just cleaned off my computer hard drive and found some images from summer that I had forgotten all about. The shedding lizard looks like it’s wearing a little hoodie. And look at this lacewing larva feeding on…
Life in the Bamboo
June, 2015 ~ For the past two months, whenever we’ve been home, I’ve spent about an hour a day wedged in between the stalks of giant “punting pole” bamboo, trying to catch a ladybug in the act of hatching. While I’ve seen it twice, and got passable pictures one of those times, what I really…
Blossoms & Bugs: April Edition
The yard is in bloom and the bugs are out. There are so many nasturtiums that we decided to sugar some of them and decorate a cake. This peachy color was new this year and ended up being my favorite. We ate some of the leaves in our salad. The caterpillar wasn’t eating the banana…
Photo Friday: Reflection – Water Lilies
This week’s Photo Friday challenge is Reflection. Last year’s water lilies were so beautiful but we had a very cold winter so it will be interesting to see what made it.