Daily Musings - page 17

Oh, she must be miserable. I'm planning on shaving Shadow myself this weekend.

poor puppies . . . DH washes the cat . . . poor thing howls like crazym- you would swear DH was killing it. But Nicholai (the cat) LOVES DH, even tries to lick his beard (well, not during bathtime). I, on the other hand, never give the cat a bath - but Nick would still rather be with DH.

I am not a big fan of spiders and snakes but I don't go out of my way to kill them either. I have however changed my mind on one spider...the Spider Crab. I noticed it last summer and was facinated with it's ability to change colors, the crab like front pinches, ect. But this year I watched as it laid it's self in my rugosa rose bush and started changing to pink. When a bee flew in, it quickly attacked it on the neck despite 3 JP Beetles that were closer. I was mortified as I watched this bee struggle and then slowly go still. I need those bee's to pollenate my flowers and keep the cycle going!

he's trying to drag it away.

One more shot...

It's a cruel world out there, Pixie........I hate to see the loss of one of our Bee Buddies!! ....But great shots!

Wow - great action shots, Celeste!

Those are some terific spider shots Pixie. The butterfly pics are easier to look at however :)

Poor guy - nice shots though.

I try to get bug shots for Andy. I know this is the female, because I have an intimate one of them together.LOL

Saving it for Playbug, Al?

No offers from them yet - so here it is.
I went back to get a better pic of it and found it under the flower with it's mate and poked them out of there.

Is it hazy out of a sense of modesty??

what kind of offer will I get for this Al? I swear my yard turned into Playbug Mansion!

You brought the red light district home!!

I took 6 photos of it and that's the BEST one! Or was it the vaseline on the lense(women won't get that joke)

Pixie - some sort of butterfly kama sutra there.

And some are named swallowtail. Hmm.

This guy didn't have a date ;(

This guy did.

Boy - what a setup, do I get an assist?

Wow is this the mating time of year or something? What a flygirl, Andy!

LOL, I couldn't help it. My last shot is from last Summer.

For anyone who grows Garden Phlox and hates to see them fall over after heavy rain, Eat your heart out, lol.
When they get up to your knee (1st of May), cut them in half. They get bushier on stronger stems and don't fall over. This is one bunch after some tropical downpours.
Andy P

Nice phlox! Will that pruning trick work for my echinacea?

I have only 'pruned' Mums and Phlox this way.
Michaela, how are those Butterfly bushes by the fountain? Did they make it?

Whoa....this is some risque thread!! I had to go get a glass of iced tea.....and yeah, Al, I got it! :)

Great tip on the phlox, Andy....very pretty pic too!

I have cut back Joe Pye Weed like that as well. Wanted to try Echinacea this year and forgot to.

As a general rule, you can't prune single stem plants like that.

I have pumpkins!!!!

And I have Turkey's.....anyone up for Thanksgiving dinner early????

They were every where and keep getting closer to the house. These were taken off the back deck of my house.

When they started chomping trough the pumpkin patch and to close to the flower beds...I shooed them back into the field. Bye-Bye Mr. & Mrs. Turkey, come again......around Nov.

Celeste, Your spider and bee pictures are outstanding, especially the third one where the J. beetles are right nearby doing their own thing.

BigAl, That's the prettiest picture of a fly that I've ever seen.

Andy, Beautiful phlox.

Loretta

Wow, I've heard the song "birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it" but I never actually visualized it!!! Great shots, everybody, if a little prurient!

xxxx, Carrie

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Boy, Celeste.....I guess you DO have some turkeys!! Are they Chinese turkeys from South China? lol

You know....I thought I heard one say "Moo Goo Gai Pan".

Pixie - nice pics. What sort of damage do the turkeys do? I know my parents get them at the birdfeeders.

I caught a Goldfinch today.

Ah nature isn't it wonderful. Great "instructive' shots everybody. Some very graphic stuff here. We get some wild turkey here too at the bird feeder. I had to move it once 'cause they scratch at the ground and can really chew up any plants nearby. They sure can run fast though when they are on the move.

Pixie - will those turkeys be featured on your Thanksgiving table this year?

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Almost every kind of local wildlife has been out at that feeder at one time or another. Skunks, fox,ducks, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, deer and the strangest thing I have seen out there is a Fisher. Weird giant weasel. Very vicious claws that he uses to climb up trees and descend head first after savaging a squirrels nest, empty at the time, lucky squirrel. Here is a family picnic I got a snap of last year.

Oh my goodness - look at all those guys! I don't think I have ever seen so many of them together...usually they just wander around all alone here. Great photo!

ngam, aren't those fisher's nasty sounding too! Really fierce creatures that you don't get to see very often....i'm not complaining!