I love mushrooms! Stuffed mushrooms. Fried mushrooms. Raw mushrooms. And of course, I love photographing mushrooms. Here’s a very interesting looking mushroom spotted recently at the Ft. Worth Nature Center & Refuge. I’ve never seen anything like it. Rather than … Continue reading Mushrooms!
I have a Passion Flower vine I’ve written about in the past. I have a love-hate relationship with it because it has taken over the backyard. But it’s also so pretty and fragrant. The butterflies are a bonus. But if … Continue reading Passion Flower Crown
I have a collection of unusual items on my shelves and as long as I can prove their usefulness, I’ll probably continue to collect them. Among the items, is this dragonfly. I don’t remember where I found it but it … Continue reading Dragonfly as Art
I was talking to a friend recently and he commented he doesn’t have a lot of photos with bees. I didn’t realize I had this set of photos—they were tucked away in folder from 2010. Generally I take more photos … Continue reading The Industrious Bee
This photo was taken at the Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens. Now before you conclude they don’t maintain the place let me explain. They have many areas with well groomed gardens, trial gardens and water features. There is also an area that is more ‘natural’ and covered with trees, a worn out trail and yes, underbrush and an occasional dandelion. To get this shot, I had to get down on my knees to get a better view. Even though it’s a weed I think it turned out quite nice. Camera: Big Bertha (Canon EOS 5D Mark II) Date: March 2012 Continue reading When was the last time you admired a weed? Never?
My neighbor knows I like spiders. In fact, she found a spider in her yard and threw it over the fence to my yard—because she knew I’d appreciate the ‘guest.’ That is how I had a ‘pet’ garden spider in … Continue reading The Summer of 2007—the Season of the Spider!
I ‘planted’ myself in the middle of my flower beds—or what used to be until grass took over. My goal was to remove the overgrown grass and stray weeds. That’s when I noticed this spider scurrying away from me. When … Continue reading Spider Photo Shoot
I had planned on taking the easy way out with this photo. The original title was going to be Beetle. But I felt guilty for being lazy so I did a Google and Wikipedia search. This is a Cottonwood Borer. It is a wood borer—it uses trees as its host to lay eggs. It takes two years for the larvae to mature. The larvae pupate and once metamorphosis happens, they eat their way out of the tree. And I thought it was just interesting for being a black and white speckled beetle. Camera: DSC-H2 Date: July 2008 Location: Ft.Worth Nature … Continue reading It’s just a pretty beetle.
I remember taking photos of this butterfly at the Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens. It was near the rose garden and the corridor where the wisteria grows. Technically I wasn’t chasing the butterfly but I was carefully stalking it. It’s not … Continue reading Black Swallowtail Butterfly
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