Greetings from a Grasshopper

I meet a grasshopper this week in my garden. Seems to be an end-of-the-summer type of thing. The meeting didn’t last long before he bid me farewell and flew away…kind of like how summer has gone by so quickly. Until next summer…  

Camouflage Dragonfly

I found a red dragonfly taking cover from the rain on a brick ledge. S/he blends in so well and reminds me of one I made friends with a few years back.  

Hungry Honey Bee

Enjoying the yellow daisies in my garden, I saw a friendly honey bee stopping for a bite to eat.  

Wasp Visiting a Rose

I found a wasp flying around some roses. He was pretty fast, but I was able to snap this photo as he enjoyed the rose.  

Flying to the Flowers

On a recent outing, I found a wasp flying about in a bunch of penstemon flowers. It was interesting to watch her/him travel around.  

Ladybug Landing

During a lovely lunchtime picnic with a friend, a lucky visitor stopped by and hitched a ride on my shoe. Here’s a quick snapshot.  

Stealth Dragonfly

Speaking about enjoying our yard (like last week’s bunny), this stealth-looking, red dragonfly was happily flying around for about twenty minutes while I was outside. Awesome, right? It seemed like s/he understood my trying to take a photo and flew really close to me and then around the yard again. So the dragonfly was either [...]

Green Grasshopper

I made a new friend the other day with this green grasshopper. S/he was attached to the passenger-side window of my car. Before leaving, I made sure that s/he was no longer on the car and couldn’t help but take a photo of her or him safely on the ground. Bugs are so interesting! Of [...]

Iridescent Insects

I haven’t seen the rabbit family in a couple of weeks, although my neighbor said that she saw one in her yard just the other day. Instead, I found a new set of interesting visitors: two iridescent insects on a plant in the back of our garden. Here’s a close up of one of them. [...]

Bumble Bee

I saw a huge bumble bee flying around and enjoying the marigolds in our garden.  

Grasshopper in the Garden

The morning was not complete until I meet a friendly grasshopper bouncing his way around the marigolds in our garden.  

A Butterfly Moment

I finally got a photo of a Monarch butterfly. I have been trying all summer. They move so quickly!  

Visiting a Sunflower

While spending time in my garden, I noticed bumble bees visiting my recently opened sunflowers.  Here’s one in flight.  

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