Today's Flowers - Post 83

Rose "John F. Kennedy"

A rose in my garden. The bush is currently blooming for the third time this year.

Today's Flowers is a weekly Meme created by Luiz Santilli, Jr. and may be found here. Please visit to see others' lovely flower photos. If you have a flower photo of your own to share, please join us.

Camera Critters - Post 82

Come Into My Parlor

Said the Spider to the Fly.

(click to enlarge)

I discovered this Orb Spider (9/24/08 correction: not an Orb Spider, but an Argiope aurantia, commonly known as the Black and Yellow Garden Spider, Writing Spider or Corn Spider) lurking among the leaves of my day lilies, waiting for some tasty (to her) little bug to wander into her "parlor." She stayed here for several days, until the rain from Hurricane Ike destroyed her web. I've not been out to the garden yet to see if she's rebuilt it.

Camera Critters is the creation of Misty Dawn. To see others' photos for this week, visit here.

Sky Watch - Post 81

Not a cloud to be seen anywhere today! Hooray!

We've had quite enough rain lately, thank you, so it's nice to look out my front door this morning and see clear, blue skies. To keep you from having to look at a totally blue photo, I included a couple of trees in my shot. Thanks to cooler weather, the maple tree across the street is beginning to get a few tinges of fall color. For some interesting information on what causes changes in foliage color, visit Jeannelle's post today on her blog Midlife by Farmlight .

Sky Watch was created by Dot and is now brought to you by our friends Imac, Klaus, Sandy and Tom. Visit the Sky Watch Friday home page anytime after 7:30 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time on Thursday

Thank you, Luiz Ramos! - Post 80

I am honored to have received a blog award from Luiz Ramos, the author of Natural Shot Photos which originates in Brazil. Luiz and I cross paths on several weekly memes, and I greatly enjoy his photographs of beautiful flowers from his garden, and sights around the Rio de Janiero area. Pay him a visit; I think you'll enjoy it, too. Thanks, again, Luiz!

ABC Wednesday - Round 3 - "I" - Post 79

INCREDIBLE

photo by O.J.Moser

I've outlived my threescore years and ten, and have seen a lot of things. One thing that I had not seen until Monday of this week was this: a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar in the actual process of changing from a squiggly, voracious worm into a jade-green chrysalis which will protect it as it metamorphoses into a beautiful butterfly. My daughter, whose photo of the pupating event is shown, has about 20-25 chrysalides in her home, along with another dozen or more Monarch Butterfly caterpillars. She's sort of a nature nut, and her children are fascinated by all this (as is her mother.) I hope to be present when the butterflies emerge; I haven't witnessed that before, either.

While watching this transformation, all I could say was "incredible, just incredible." With this in mind, my ABC Wednesday's "I" post was created.

ABC Wednesday was created by Mrs. Nesbitt. Please visit the ABC Wednesday site to view others' interpretations of this week's letter, "I."

Today's Flowers - Post 78

Last week, my Today's Flowers post was a single "Spider Lily" that was growing outside my front door. It was the only one that bloomed in my yard. This photo is of a section of my daughter's flower garden. She has hundreds of "Spider Lilies" growing amidst her other flowers.

Today's Flowers is a weekly Meme created by Luiz Santilli, Jr. and may be found here. Please visit to see others' lovely flower photos. If you have a flower photo of your own to share, please join us.

Camera Critters - Post 77

Butterfly on Buddleia

Camera Critters is the creation of Misty Dawn. To see others' photos for this week, visit here.