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Mishmash Monday

It has been one of those days and we will leave it at that………..so I present to you Mishmash Monday.

A hand held shot of the moon being eating by a cloud. — A hand-held shot of the moon being eating by a cloud.

A Long Horned Grasshopper Nymph hanging out on what I believe is a Horse Nettle.

A Butterfly soaking up some rays after the rain.

A lovely spotted Spotted-Touch-Me Not after the rain

I set this shot up to capture the water droplets and as I pushed the shutter button....the wind showed up. Nicely framed by Natures. — I set this shot up to capture the water droplets and as I pushed the shutter button….the wind showed up. Nicely framed by Natures.

Though I have not an opportunity to get to know my D60 better on the up side I have done some work around our place. Sorry no photos on that end but trust me I am truly saving you from being underwhelmed. What I did get to do was do a quick walkabout this evening with my Canon Powershot SX10is. Here are a few since the last time!

This wasp is either bring home dinner or getting ready to go fishing. Dinner I think, no?

The Monarch Butterfly is one cool Butterfly. Every Summer I marvel at these wonderful butterflies but there are less of them to marvel at it seems recently. One blogs I follow, Her Way at Crabtree Gardens, has a passion for these Magnificent Butterflies as well. Check her place out and hear her thoughts on this subject.

I cannot shot reds of yellows very well. Just can not do it. So as I was checking out one of the Blogs I love, Googsy Photography, I came across this beautiful yellow Tulip he had captured so very well. I commented how I have trouble with the color yellow in my captures. His gracious reply with words of encouragement had me pursuing a great capture of yellow flora. Well the above capture is not great but I wanted you to see this little yellow flower just because…it is really tiny! That is my wedding band for a size comparison.

Smooth Phlox taking in the last golden rays of the day on our place.

I have been in pursuit of a good shot of this Dragonfly. I saw it for the first time on our place a few weeks back. I have been on the lookout for it since. Today as I standing on the path to the creek it showed up just outside optimal shooting range of course! And as you see it is green. So is grass. We have a lot of tall grass on our place so it was challenge to get my camera to focus on the Dragonfly not the grass. I lost a lot of the battle but this capture was worth it. Notice its lower left-wing: Part of it is missing. Trust me it did not affect its ability to fly and allude me!

One Till The Next Time

Yesterday I was hoping to get a few hours of face-time with my new-to-me Nikon D60. But as it is more than not in life that did not work out. I did get a few moments to capture the Trumpet Vine I discovered while mowing along the upper fence line. I plan on getting out there today with the D60 but if not here is one till the next time!

I used my Canon Powershot SX10is on this one.

A Butterfly On The Fly

I know this is Butterfly but have not had time to identify it yet. Time is short and I am late so here is a Butterfly on the fly. Enjoy the day!

I used the long end of my optical zoom on my Powershot SX10is for this one.

The Simple Act of Being

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore — I used my pops FujiFilm S700 in this capture.

This is my 350th post as a photo-blogger and I am thankful for many things because of the privilege I have to share my world with you. One of the things is the kind words shared and advice given. The other is the window into a larger world by your sharing with others your life’s as well. If I had not taken the first step, the simple act of being if you will, I would have missed out on some really cool stuff. So let us live best we can, breath deep and be still when stuff goes nuts and simply learn the simple act of being.

“The Butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough” Rabinranath Tagore

I Float Like A Butterfly

I took this last Summer with the Fujifilm FinePix S700 that my pops gave me.

A Sleeping Lady and One Cool Bee

Since the Sun rejoined the party I decided I would go for a little walkabout this morning. The objectives were simple. One: Get to know the full range of my Canon Powershot SX10is a little better. Two: Get a handle on manually focusing my D60 since it does not focus how I think it should. Three: Enjoy this wonderful cool and sunny morning. Mission accomplished.

Since most of my photos are from my Point and Shoots I have not been using my DSLR equipment much at all. I bought them for portrait shooting and have a class I am taking in the Fall to get lined up on that end. Well enough babble. Here are two I took this morning with my Powershot SX10is. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed just being out and surrounded by nature!

Here Comes The Sun….Not!

Since we suffered through a horrific drought last year I welcome the rain. On a personal note though, I would like to see a few hours of sunshine here and there till the true dog days of summer decides to settle in. Since I have no sway over the weather, I guess I will have to deal with the lack of rays. So today I headed out with The Bride to look for a few photo ops. Below are a few from the day.

A Yellow Finch The Bride spotted for me.

I used my Canon Powershot SX10is is pursuit of some photo-therapy on this lazy, rainy day.

Sweat Bees And Lilies

I have had few opportunities, due to the rain and my responsibilities, to get my photo fix in this week. After discovering a lovely garden of Lilies I decided to take the shot even thought the conditions were less than favorable. I downloaded the pics and was rooting through them hoping I had done the subjects justice. Well not so much it seems but I had hoped to capture a pattern that I have noticed in the last few years of my photo-journey: Sweat bees love Lilies! Well at least around my neck of the woods they do. So here are two of the best of my mess!