Ever seen a box turtle take a bath?

Well take a look and see!

Having been a particularly dry, hot summer, I put out a little dish of water for her to "soak" in, since we don't have a pond or natural source of water of that kind.

Then I gave her some strawberry, her favorite treat.

 Which she promptly trundled off with to eat off camera.

Tea cozy

Ah hah! I found some pictures that I meant to post a while back! Well, no time like the present . . .
This is a tea cozy that my mom knitted for a friend of hers. 
Practical and just the cutest thing . . .  now that's a good gift.



This one is my favorite!



Have you ever seen a Beagle descend stairs?

They look funny!

Tailed Blue butterfly

This little critter spent the night on the outside wall of our house, giving me ample time to photograph it. Once I saw it I knew what kind of shot I wanted, a sideways shot with  the butterfly sharp with the background and foreground blurred.

 Easily enough achieved . . . 
Though I think the picture is more interesting flipped on it's side. But you know what I should have done? Gotten right underneath and used the same depth of field, but gotten its cute little face! Oh well....always next time...

Lastly, I'm doing a photo challenge, creative flash photography, so on the spur of the moment I used my flash, and I rather liked the result.

On a side note, school has started, so my posts will probably be less frequent, even though I doubt I'll be taking less pictures. =D
Cul8tr Alig8trs!

Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly!

So happy to get to see this butterfly again and take some better pictures, especially now that I know more about it. (If you want to see what I learned, you can read the blog post Here)
It was floating gently from blossom to blossom on our Mimosa tree, sipping the nectar from the fluffy flowers. (If you haven't seen a Mimosa tree before, you can click Here for my earlier blog post.)


Having got my "specimian shot", I then went for more unique compositions.

 





Here I purposely put the butterfly in between myself and the sun, so the wings would light up.



 I found this one amusing, it almost looks like the butterfly just dive-bombed onto the flower.   = D
In reality it was a little windy and the Swallowtail had a very bumpy lunch. Probably something like eating while on a galloping horse...!



Beagle in the sun

Laying on the apparently comfy, crunchy dead grass.  =)



When Daisy is happy, she'll roll around on her back and wave various paws in the air.  =D



Leaves, Needles and and a Hopper

The Maple trees on my street were positively glowing the other day, in the late afternoon sun and calling my name . . . after all, I have pictures of red, orange and yellow maple leaves, but none of them in summer when they're green!
Easy enough to remedy . . .

Then we had a brilliant sunset and I got a nice silhouette of a pine tree.

And this is the "hopper", on my brother's car.  =)

But it doesn't say anything about whats on top of the mirror!

Lastly, a window in the sky . . .
 

Green Dragonfly!

Yes, I finally saw and caught on my camera a green dragonfly!
Looking it up on wikipedia it appears to be a Green Darner, because of its resemblance to a darning needle.
Does it resemble a darning needle to you? I'm having some doubts . . .  =)

Sepia bugs n' Trees



This one is for my friend....  =D



You can find the little Petunia caterpillar right?





The End!



Sepia portraits