Wilderness Wednesday: Golden Sunsets

Tags

nature, nature photography, photography, sunsets, Wilderness Wednesday

Bursts of gold on lavender melting into saffron. It’s the time of day when the sky looks like it has been spray-painted by a graffiti artist.

Mia Kirshner, I Live Here

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Start of Fall

Tags

Fall, nature photography, photography, sunsets, Wilderness Wednesday

To say it was a beautiful day would not begin to explain it. It was that day when the end of summer intersects perfectly with the start of Fall.

Ann Patchett

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Monarch

Tags

butterfly, garden, nature, nature photography, photography, Wilderness Wednesday

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Mud Between the Toes

Tags

frogs, garden, nature, nature photography, photography, Wilderness Wednesday

Growing up, I liked to look at my Mom had a Golden Book of Poetry. My favourite poem was this one:

Mud is very nice to feel
All squishy squashy between the toes.
I’d rather wade in wiggly mud
Than smell a yellow rose.

Nobody else but the rosebush knows
How nice mud feels
Between the toes.

– Polly Chase Boyden

While this little guy doesn’t resemble a blond pig-tailed girl with rosy cheeks in a pink sundress, I think he shares her sentiment. Cool, sticky mud between the toes.

Dad noticed him and knocked on the window. I had to creep into my Mom’s garden, barefoot and still wearing my nightshirt, to take pics, so I got to enjoy the mud too! 🙂

It’s supposed to rain today. I wonder if anyone else will play in the mud?

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Alfalfa Butterfly

Tags

butterfly, nature, nature photography, photography

Yesterday afternoon, I sat (inside) watching 2 white cabbage butterflies and 1 alfalfa butterfly dancing in the sun. They both looked like tissue paper tied to a string that was being jerked by an unseen puppeteer. They rarely sit, preferring to flit along the surface of the ground.

I ventured out with my camera, sweat running down my back, and my patience paid off.

The alfalfa or orange sulfur butterfly is identified by a small dark mark on the upper wing, which rounds into an oval spot.  They are found in fields, along roads and in residential gardens.

Butterflies are not insects,’ Captain John Sterling said soberly. ‘They are self-propelled flowers. -― Robert A. Heinlein, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Backyard Butterfly

Tags

butterfly, nature, nature photography, photography, Wilderness Wednesday

This little fellow quite enjoyed my lilac tree earlier this week. He (or she) is a common angle wing butterfly, possibly an eastern comma or gray comma butterfly. Markings for both make it difficult to identify without seeing it with its wings closed. This butterfly is gray and brown when its wings are closed, but  brightly coloured when opened. This guy has had a close brush with a predator – note the ragged back wings.

Just living is not enough’, said the butterfly, ‘one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.’ Hans Christian Anderson

Happy Wednesday!

Wilderness Wednesday: Dynamic Duo

Tags

animals, dynamic duos, humour, nature, nature photography, photography, squirrels, Wilderness Wednesday

Laurel & Hardy. Lucy & Ethel. Laverne & Shirley. Shaggy & Scooby-Doo.

All comedic classic duos that captured our hears and made a lasting impression.

I have 2 more…teen squirrels. A couple of red-headed, thundering scamps whose adorable cuteness make your heart melt (so that you overlook the poop). As each day passes, these rascals are exploring their world more and more. They can hang upside from the brick and swing from my chair like nobody’s business, and my clothespins have never tasted so good.

We’re not sure 100% if there are 2 or 3 teens, or if Mama has finally lost her baby belly and she’s joining in the fun, but they sure are entertaining!

This is my best side

Double Trouble

Did you say something?

Pretty pose

Sharing Secrets

Keep a low profile

Scheming…

Who me?

Yeah, buddy! I’ve got my eye on you!

Happy Wednesday!