Just call me "Snap" Happy today!!

I know your thinking....More photos, ugh! LOL but here we go agian...I cleaned and refilled the hummingbird feeders tonight and decided to try and get a decent photo of the hummers that visit. I was only able to get a photo of the berylline hummer, the rubythroat was too shy. I can't be positive but the little hummer below, I think, is the one that stayed on our porch during the cold spell we had this spring and he's just hung around. He's so cute and rules over the feeders. This is the first decent photo I've gotten of him but he let me sit pretty close to the feeders with my tripod and watched me from the fence. They need their evening feed before sunset so are a little more tolerant of me.

Berylline Hummingbird (male)
Berylline Hummingbird fluffing up.

While I was waiting for the hummingbirds to come around I thought Wow the Moon, lets see what happens when I take a photo of it, Ta-Da! Not real great, but I can see the craters, lol...yes I'm really bored!

This is a yellow-billed Cuckoo...They are around here a lot in the summer but really shy of me and the camera. He's quiet a ways away so it's not the greatest photo but I can tell what it is and really the first decent shot I've had of one. I had to yell at Michael and Fred to stop in their tracks so I could get a photo before he flew away. I got some pretty dirty looks for my request but ignored them and took this photo, lol...

Well the sun has set and I am done for the day....Enjoy!

Water droplets, Blooms and Birds!

I loved this one with the reflection of the house in the water droplet on the plantation lily.
I have been trying for several weeks to get a photo of the beautiful red cardinals flying around the house but to no avail. This was one in flight but just to far for my camera for a really decent view. I still thought it was a pretty neat one.
A red poppy in one of my flowerbeds!

I know more photos, lol...guess I'm a bit bored today and in between rain showers I've been going outside and experimenting with rain drops...

Flood Photo and Normal Photo of Kids Pool

This is a photo of the kids pool on the creek when it flooded in April. Not as bad as the flood in March when I couldn't even stand where I was when I took this photo as it was under water.

This is a photo of the kids pool I took today and it is back to normal. I told Michael we'd go fishing this evening but with the storms we are getting right now I don't think we'll be doing any fishing today! I so love it down there, it's so peaceful and quiet! If you see that bank to the right, in the March flood the water was over that bank and the sand/gravel bar in the middle of the photo was under about 8ft of water. I am always amazed at the power of water!

Bugs, Bloom and Fish!

Checker Spot Butterfly on Bloom at Creek

White tailed Dragonfly at Creek

White Top Sedge also known as Ghost Grass. This is not a wildflower but a sedge grass that grows in wet areas. I thought it was beautiful.

Bluegill and Sun perch in the Kids Hole at the Creek.

If you look closely in the upper left corner there is a bass. I was calling him spot as he has a spot on the left side of his head. He chased off a mud turtle as I was standing there. I didn't know fish would chase off turtles but this one did!

We had taken the tractor and mule down to fix the Hog trap and Fred was going to shred. While Fred was doing something to his disc with help from Michael I went on walk-about and got some photos down at the creek. I was found a little while later by my not to pleased husband with son in tow...Oops! Caught again..lol...Sometimes it is so peaceful to get away from my chatter-box son and get some nature photos and just watch everything in motion in peace and quiet! It doesn't happen often but even for a few minutes it's nice :o) Michael and I drove the mule back up to the house and left Fred down there to shred. But after 5 minutes at the house I noticed the sky getting dark so Michael and I jumped in the truck and got to Fred just before a torrential rain...So here we are sitting at the house and waiting for the rain to pass so we can go get the tractor and bring it home!

Daddy and the Camera

Okay Helen so maybe it isn't just the camera...My good friend Helen keeps telling me my photos are fantastic and being modest I keep telling her it isn't me it's just the camera...While I was taking a nap today Daddy decided to try his hand with my camera and get photos of Michael playing outside in the yard...When I woke up I noticed someone had had my camera out and not saying anything I checked to see what photos were on it...This is what I found, lol....Bless his heart Daddy tried...he said he was trying to hide so Michael wouldn't know he was having his photo taken...I suggested that maybe next time he rest his camera arm up against something to keep it steady...I also think this proves just how busy Michael is during the day!! I kind of like that last one and I know he has no clue what he was doing to get that blurred effect around Michael, so I didn't ask! Heck he doesn't even know I put these up for everyone to see...I'm proud of the fact he didn't cut any heads off on this photo shoot! Maybe with practice he'll get better too but I will say "Good try Daddy"!!

A boy and a horse!

Michael balancing on Julie!

Michael loves to ride Julie!

Lantana bloom!

Michael has been wanting to ride Julie lately and we went for a walk this morning. Michael on Julie and me leading her and of course taking photos! Not an easy task but he is doing so well about balancing and hanging on. He really puffs up like a little rooster when he is on her, I think you can tell by his smile in the photos that he is having a blast! The lantana bloom was me practicing with my Super Macro setting on my camera...I thought it was kind of neat.

Random thoughts and photos for Thursday.

We've had thunder showers today and finally got some rain. Only 1/2 inch but better than none. Ebony, (who is deathly afraid of storms ever since Hurricane Claudette and the house falling on her), was trying to bust into the house this morning. Kind of scary when a 80lb shepherd is in a frenzy and beating against the doors...I finally managed to get to her before she attempted the front living room window...I made her go in her dog house and she's spent all day in it!

Michael and I were watching the deer in the driveway this morning when he spotted a cardinal in the Crape Myrtle...I think it is funny how he is starting to notice birds and things in nature in general...I took pictures of the deer and the cardinal but they didn't come out well. I then went outside and decided to play with the Super Macro on my camera and took photos of the water on the flowers in the garden.

Michael got it into his head this evening that he wanted to ride Julie. So we went outside and I put him on Julie and we went for a walk. It started raining so it was a short walk. I told Michael we'd do it again tomorrow and maybe I'll try for some photos! He loves being on Julie but doesn't ask to ride her much. I suppose horses aren't in his blood like they are mine because when I was his age I'd have been out there constantly trying to ride Julie :o) I so want to get him a pony, something his size! But Fred and I have made a pact...he can't have his bo-flex until we get our house built and I can't bring another equine home until the house is built...It is hard on both of us but we are sticking to it!! lol we have to keep reminding each other too!!