As some of you may be aware, I collect frogs. I put together some of them tonight. The larger dancing pair is the base of a lamp in our guest room, and honestly, I don’t remember where I got the smaller dancers. They were likely a birthday or Christmas gift many years ago.
You’ve seen our grapevines before, so I thought I’d try something a little different. Fresco effect with vignette. I kind of like it.
I assume they are butterflies, but either way, they were very busy gathering nectar this afternoon. If anyone can identify them, please do so in the comments. Thanks! EDITED: Thanks to Emilio we now know that these are Western Branded Skippers (Hesperia colorado). (Or they are Hesperia nevada – it’s hard to tell)
Handsome!
Getting nectar from the flower.
In this last one I was able to capture her (him?) eating the nectar.
A little green, but mostly, it’s hot and dry.
I just needed one day without any drama. Can’t say I quite had that, but it was close. Laundry, the Olympics and sleepy kitties.
I’m home again. Nina is sticking close…
ISO 400, f/1.8,1/50s, 50mm
I spent most of the day at the hospital waiting for a particular surgeon to show up. At four o’clock we still hadn’t seen the whites of his eyes. Since Mom came a few hours after I did, and Ta-Shi needed to be fed, I left and headed home. Fortunately, the hospital is about five minutes from the house and I arrived in no time at all. I fed the dog, grabbed my camera, slapped on my 50mm lens, and did one last shoot around the patio.
I fly home tomorrow morning.
I actually took this photo yesterday. Sorry. I spent the whole day at the hospital. Mom has a number of wind chimes hanging around the patio. I like the texture and the color of this bell.
One more day here, I think. Still, I think I’ll be back again next week. Major surgery is likely in the works. This is so hard.
Carissa Snedeker Photography 