A while ago, I happened to look out my bedroom window and saw this strange little bug hanging out on my screen. I zoomed in and caught him (or her) staring at me. It was actually a little unsettling.
Until next time…
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~A.M.
Recently, as I was working on my computer, one of my cats, Kenzi, was sitting on my windowsill and suddenly took off into the hall. Typically, when one of them does that, it’s because they see something in my yard and are chasing it to another window in the house to watch it. That wasn’t the case this time.
After Kenzi ran out of my room, I heard her in the hall growling. Not wanting there to be a fight between her and one of my other cats, I went to see what her problem was. When I stepped out into the hall, Kenzi was crouched down with her ears back and her tail swishing back and forth. She was looking at my other female cat, Abby. So, I looked too. At first, it didn’t register what I was seeing, I thought Abby had found some kind of green cord to play with (which confused me because I have nothing like that lying around the house), but when it started flailing around, I realized that it was a little garden snake. A snake…in…my…house…! [O_O]
Now, I’m not afraid of snakes, but I’m not fond of them either. Though, I was pretty surprised to find one in my house and what freaked me out was the fact that I didn’t know how (or when) it got in. But, Abby, my good little hunter, caught it for me, and Kenzi let me know. Luckily, I got to Abby before she could kill and eat it. I grabbed a plastic shopping bag and picked the little guy (or gal) up. I got this photo before I went outside and released the snake into the bushes on the other side of my yard.
Now I’m paranoid about snakes getting into my house. But, I’m confident that if one does, Abby will catch it and Kenzi will let me know.
Until next time… Beware of snakes!
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~A.M.
I don’t know about any of you, my dear readers, but every now and then, I find myself stuck in a rut. Mostly it’s creativity related, but sometimes I look at my surroundings and think, “I need to change this s#!t around.” And by that I don’t mean getting out of the house for a “change of scenery,“ I mean, physically rearrange the furniture kind of change. So, recently, that’s what I did. I completely rearranged my space. And because I got into this mode (it actually took me several days to even figure out a new layout that would actually work), I didn’t really spend much time on my photography, or my writing. My writing has been suffering long before I got into this little “have to change my space” rut, but that’s a whole other headache of a story for never.
Anyway, I apologize that I don’t have any story or words of wisdom to share with you folks this week, but here’s a picture from my archives for you to enjoy… So… Enjoy!
Two Fawns that were in my front yard with their mother!
Until next time…
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~A.M.
Posted in Animals, Life, Miscellaneous, Photography, Wildlife, Writing
Tagged Life, Photography, Writing
As those of you who follow my blog know, I’m an avid hiker. I always get excited when I find out about a new trail (especially when it’s one nearby where I live that I never knew about).
Recently, I found out about two new trails (both were rather short, only about a mile each) not too far from my town. If that wasn’t awesome enough, on my way to find the trail head, I passed this little pond/lake/stream area and notices something I‘d never seen before. At first I wasn’t sure what I was looking at. The water was littered with greenery and little blobs of white. Pulling off to the side of the road and getting out of my car, I realized that I was looking at lily pads and wild Lotus blossoms! I’d only ever seen Lotus blossoms in pictures and in nature documentaries on TV. I’d never seen one up close in real life and I had no idea they even grew in the wild in Maine. Needless to say, I was super excited! They were beautiful!
I got a little creative with this shot in post production…
Now, this wasn’t meant to be a pretty shot, I just wanted to give folks an idea of how many there were (and this is only a fraction).
Then, on the first trail, as I was hiking along, I came across this little guy (or gal). Again, I’d never seen anything like this and I’ve seen my share of insects.
I saw a green one on the second trail…
But backtracking to the first trail, I came across an old abandoned truck, but I’ll tell you about that next week and share some shots I took seeing as this post is already pretty image packed.
So, folks, go take a hike! You just never know what you’re going to find when you get out in nature! [-_^]
Until next time…
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~A.M.
Posted in Animals, Hiking, Nature, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged Hiking, Lotus Blossom, Metallic Blue Dragonfly, Metallic Green Dragonfly, Old Rusted Truck, Photography
And no, I’m not talking alien abduction, though that would certainly qualify as an unexpected encounter!
Anyway, on a recent hiking trip, while I was standing by my car getting my gear together (like a girl scout, I’m always prepared), I happened to see movement in my periphery. When I looked up, what should I see walking along the road toward me? This gal…
Good thing I had my camera handy.
Until next time…
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~A.M.
Posted in Animals, Hiking, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged Deer, Hiking, Petit Manan Wildlife Refuge, Photography
Audrey May Photography 