Nature suffers when insects and spiders eat.
Caught in a Spider's Web
Caught in a Spider's Web
Destruction of a Rose
Nature suffers when age hits just as in animals and people.
Many Ages

Someone suggested that I could fill the spot of jimmyneutron in my posting yesterday.  He is one of my mentors and heros, but I could never take over for him while he is gone.  He knows far more than I do about nature.  I enjoy nature, he knows nature.

I have been reworking some shots and looking at some new ones to try to decide on something to enter in the local fair.  What do you think of these?

Yellow Rose BW with colored center
Yellow Rose cropped
Did you like the full color or the partial color?
Queen Anne Lace 4
Queen Anne Lace 2 original
New Daisies Below the Old
It is Mine said the Spider
Red Star inside of White
Being Careful
Which of the four spider shots that I have shown did you like best?
Sorry for so many questions in this post, but these are things that I have been wondering.  Jo

I will let the pictures tell the story.
The daddy of a discovery.

This is for my son Michael...
who has never met a bug he
did not make friends with...
and for my daughter who wish he wouldn't.

If you dislike photos of spider on spider crime...DO NOT LOOK
Don't Talk With Your Mouth Full

Is Close Enough...?

It was very foggy this morning; great day for a walk!  I didn't get very far before I turned around and went back home to get my camera.  I hope you enjoy the gallery; it even has some ~shudder~ spiders in it.
Morning Walk

I don't know why, but I keep getting drawn back to these darn spiders. Each time I see them out there I want to take another shot. I showed some of the spider pics to a guy at work yesterday and he said he saw one just like that in his garden. I asked if he took a picture of it, he said, "No, I took my flipflop off and smacked him" Oh well, different strokes, etc.

Here they are:
Web
Occupant
Underside Shot
Spider & Shadow

And a few odd's 'n ends I picked up yesterday:
Orange
Yellow Wildflower
Knothole
Fungus

As the summer season winds down I keep telling myself "enough insect pics", but the opportunities keep coming and I cannot resist.

I don't know what kind of spider this is, but found him to be beautifully colored Spider After taking several shots of him, I noticed his shadow on the fence Spider Shadow It is not a writing spider, as this one is Writing Spider

These little green worms (Larvae?) showed up on a scrub pine. I have no idea what they are, if you know, share it with me. When you see these on a shrub the first instinct might be to spray them with insecticide, but, I do not do this because it might just be my next year's best butterfly shot  Unknown Worms

And this struggling dandelion seed got caught up in the web Caught in the web

I cannot resist and opportunity for a grasshopper shot Grasshopper 1 Grasshopper 2

And finally, I want to share this story with you. I took my newspaper, coffee, and my Sausage-Egg-Cheese bagel to the deck for a little relaxation. I went back into the house for a napkin, and came back. In this photo, DO YOU SEE MY BAGEL?! Gargoyle well fed Gargoyle does not realize it, but death lurks very near, and if he had taken my coffee, well, enough said. I hope the little jerk enjoyed the bagel and I hope it runs his cholesterol up!

It's that time of year when the spiders make their showing, I can't name them all, but one I did call Ralph ;-) Enjoy!

Marbled Orbed Weaver
Daddy Long Legs
Spider?
Spider On Deck
 Spider under Twig Dogwood
Spider on Deck 2
Web in Flower Bed
Wolf Spider
Lunch on the Web
Spider Basking
Writing Spider

Spread 'em!