Green Gem~Ebony Jewelwing

Howdee all,

In my last post I mentioned I took a gazillion photos of this gorgeous metallic green

~Ebony Jewelwing damselfly ~

(Thanks Donna and Kerri for the ID)

Try as I might..

I could not capture the metallic green color.

It looks shiny blue here..when it should be green!

Gurrrr

My facebook friend Donna says ...”infuriating to photograph because one can never capture its metallic beauty.”

She is sooo right. I could not capture it as it was.

It was lovely and shiny shiny bright metallic green..

An amazing gem of a creature....

Anyone else have luck capturing this beauty?

Jeff and I are busy helping our daughter with her wedding plans.

 

I missed a cool Swarovski trip I was invited to this past weekend.

I appreciated the invite…

It was fun following everyone's updates from the trip~though, it did make me very jealous. :)

Still happy that I stayed here to deal with any last minute issues.

20 days and counting…

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.