'Tis the Season

Chris noticed this great spider web just outside our back door tonight. Smart spider, made his web right by our light...lots of bugs! (He started moving and I got all creeped out. I'm such a girl!)

Bug on screen!

I was taking the camera out to photograph some goregous (!) lilies in the garden when I noticed this bug on my screen door. He cooperated and let me take a few shots and when I returned from the garden, he was gone (yay!)

San Diego Zoo

Finally sorted through the nearly 200 pictures I took at the San Diego Zoo at the beginning of the month. Now, I'm not particularly a fan of zoos, only because you never get to see what you really want to see, and photography wise, there's always a fence or bar or glass in the way of awesome photos (although don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for that separate between animals and people!!!) I went to the zoo with a good friend who doesn't like seeing animals caged. Yet despite our "eh" towards zoos, we had an AWESOME time!

You'll see I have a thing for flamingos. I think we stood there for a good 5 minutes when we first walked in, and probably another 1/2 hour just before we left!!! The koala made me happy--he looks so snuggly! I won't comment on every picture, since there's a lot....enjoy!












(This is a statue in the elephant exhibit--the have representations from all different eras. This thing scared the bejezees out of us....I can only imagine being a little kid and seeing him at eye-level!)

Frogerazzi strikes again!

I really have nothing against frogs. They're cute. They eat bugs. They just FREAK.ME.OUT. DH has learned the distinct squeal that means a frog came dangerously close to being stepped on in the yard or one who startled me while I was walking. He comes over and laughs, finding it hysterical that something so small can take my heart minutes to recover from. (He does feel bad--I think--that these little guys have made it their mission to sneak up on me!) He's gotten much better about pointing them out when he sees them in hopes I'll avoid them.

For a while it's only been one or two, pretty good sized lil frogs. Today, we found at least 3 really tiny ones...like smaller than my thumb. I'm not sure which makes me squeal louder--the lil ones or the big ones! One of the bigger guys was on the top of the back steps tonight, just hanging out under the light, waiting for dinner. I, was stuck inside, DH was outside watching him watch the bugs. (No fair, that woulda made a great pic!)

So as my love-hate relationship with the frogs in my life continues, I thought you might enjoy this shot from early summer. Just before we planted the pepper plants in the garden, I spotted him hanging out on the cool, moist soil of the pots. And from this distance, he's really cute! :)

Jeremiah was a bullfrog

Ok, this isn't a bullfrog. But Hubby thought it would be cute to refer to him as Jeremiah (after the song). This lil guy hopped out of a pile of dirt hubby was moving in the yard and put up with me, the Frogeratzzi. I think this shot is worth it!

Awwww

I saw the nest outside my back door go from this...















to this...


















How exciting! Momma Robin has gotten used to us and, while she's still a little skittish, maybe only flies away about 1/2 the time now. (This nest is literally outside my back door....in the right heels, I could touch the nest.) My neighbors all think I'm nuts, but now I think the wildlife think I'm nuts too....standing on the back steps holding branches out of the way and blindly firing to get the eggs....standing on my tippy-toes with focus lock held, waiting for the lil guy to pop his head up. He made me happy today. :)

The theme this week is flowers....and boy do I have flowers to post. I've been shooting, just not posting. I'm at the point where I'm not even going to try to catch up! :)