Me myself and what I saw…

Howdee all,

Jeff was in Connecticut. It was a beautiful morning for a walk..

So off I went.

 

A guard rail full of Queen Anne's Lace.

Looks like a window box.

Seed head of Queen Ann's Lace.

I love it..so luscious and pinky..

Dragonfly of some variety that I should know..but I don’t….YET

It was lovely and shady under the trees..much cooler than that sunny area.

But the sunny area was full of activity..

A White-breasted nuthatch at the edge of the woodlands

The field grasses were glowing..

A song sparrow greets me….ok..so maybe it wasn’t greeting me, but it did ask me about the weather..

A lady bug checks out the edible foliage..

ok, maybe its not looking for edible foliage..maybe its just going for a walk…I don’t know…I just write this stuff..

Look at this purdy vine ..it has lovely spikes of white flowers and leaves that look like maple leaves..

I liked the curly tendrils..all different..

I left the field and into the woodlands again..

A Mallard family mucks about in the tiny stream..

Yeah… I don’t know if is a family..maybe they are related or maybe they just met~ ….once and a while I make up what I think could be happening.. Its my blog and that’s what I do..hee hee

Oh lookie here…I watched this fella and took a gazillion photos..

I could not for the life of me capture the brilliant metallic green..It looks blue here.

More photos of this later. (I did not make up what color it was)

I continued on..to the end of the path…this Mallard is the last critter I saw before my walk took me out of the woods and into Lexington Center..

Its sniffing its tail feathers…Really! 

Shhhhh Don’t tell….

Howdee all,

Shhh…

Don’t tell my sister-in-law

  There is a spider in her garage…   (Hi Margie)   ;)

With a big beautiful web..

Shhh..don’t tell her…

The afternoon sun was shining on the web ..

I tried getting a clearer photo of the spider but it was washed out by the sunlight.

Look at that web detail ..

Do you know how a spider makes its web?

Look at the little dots…

I found its web amazing..

A work of art..

and a Death Trap..

New Hampshire weekend..

Howdee all,

This past weekend Jeff and I went to New Hampshire to help our daughter and her fiancé firm up some loose ends for their wedding.

In between visits to the florist, hairdresser and photographer, etc.

I took a few photos.

Isn't it bee u ti full?

I have been sooo busy and have taken no time to ID these..

If you would like to hop in and give me an ID…. please feel free…

Otherwise, I will just wait and ID these when my mind is not centered on wedding plans….and just enjoy these lovely insects without names…

Beauty in blue…

I think this below is the same as the first photo above, just with wings opened  ..but not sure..

 

Saturday evening after a nice dinner we all went for a walk..

the Cedar Waxwings were cleaning up and getting ready to rest for the evening…

 

The sun was setting…

We watched the Great Blue Heron..

and  savored this beautiful New Hampshire sunset.

While our minds were full of wedding plans..

Surprise in the woods-

Howdee all,

Took a muggy morning walk today..

I saw a large bird fly in front of me..my first thought was hawk..
I didn't expect to see an owl so close to the pathway.
See the owl in the above photo?
It flew there after initially landing in a tree directly above our heads..
Barred Owl

Jeff and I turned around and watched it fly to another nearby tree..

We watched it..

It watched us...
We didn't approach the owl..
I took a few more photos.

We then turned around and continued our walk..
We didn't see the owl on our return walk.
What a great surprise.
I hope it found a nice place to sleep away from the path.

Moving on...

Howdee all,
Another month goes by...and it's time to move our Homey and head to Massachusetts for the month of August.
We will have to find another spot to walk..

Bluff Point

The month of August will probably go by in a flurry.
Last minute wedding list of things to do.
Before we know it -September will be here and Samarrah and her Jeff's wedding.
Happy Times!

Its not a hummingbird..

Howdee all,

While at Salem Country Gardens I spotted this hummingbird looking critter..

I knew it wasn’t a hummingbird but wasn’t sure what type of Moth it was..

I did some reading online and think this is a

Hummingbird Clearwing
Hemaris thysbe and not gracilis or diffinis

Please let me know if I am wrong with my ID

Try as I might I just couldn’t get a good photo of this Moth..

 I should have played with my settings on my camera …

OH well..

I got a few ok photos to help with ID

Identification: Adult appearance is variable; Hummingbird mimic. The thorax is olive to golden-olive in color dorsally, yellow ventrally; abdomen is dark burgundy (sometimes almost black) both dorsally and ventrally, with light olive to dark golden patches dorsally. Wings mostly clear with reddish brown terminal borders and dark scaling along veins. While wing maculation is too variable to be 100% diagnostic, thysbe typically has thick terminal borders and the discal cell is typically covered or bisected by dark scales. However, thysbe can always be distinguished from gracilis and diffinis by two characteristics: 1) the lack of any banding on the lateral side of the thorax; 2) thysbe always has yellowish or pale colored legs.

 

gracilis has red-brown bands on the underside of the thorax, and the red upper surfaces of the legs. In the slightly larger species, Hemaris thysbe the underside of the thorax lacks the red-brown bands, and the upper surfaces of the legs are off-white. Also in H. thysbe, the outer edge of the forewing transparent area is irregular with red-brown projections emanating from the outer margin, particularly at mid wing

 

It was fun watching this interesting moth..

A Beautiful thing..