Monday, August 22, 2022

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week! 

"Every day is a chance to be better."

Ponce De Leon Lighthouse, Ponce Inlet Florida


Rules of Life

"Smile, Be Kind, Don't Give Up, Don't Compare, Avoid Negativity, Make Peace With Your Past, Take Care Of Your Body And Mind."


"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday, August 20, 2022

Saturday's Critters # 453

 Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

My critters are from our yard and neighborhood.  The butterflies are loving the Buddleia, sometimes I see the Hummingbird fly into the bush to perch near the feeder. The Grand-dogs will be with us until my son has his fence built, it seems it takes a while to get HOA approvals. 


1. July 27th , our butterfly bush is filled with the yellow and black Tiger Swallowtail butterflies. I finally saw a Monarch at the same butterfly bush and a Admiral Butterfly.  




"Butterflies are nature's angels. They remind us what a gift it is to be alive."

2. July 27th, the Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. 





" Happiness is found in the warm sun and butterflies."

3. July 27th , my first sighting of the season, the Monarch butterfly. 





4. Aug 1st, a walk on the fire road with the grand-dogs. Winnie the Corgi needs to stop and rest during the walks. 





5. Aug 2nd, I sat on our deck and just watched the butterflies at the Buddleia bush. I was happy to see a Monarch butterfly visiting again. Others in the mosaic are the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Black Swallowtail. 





6.  Aug 2nd, same image as in the mosaic above, the Black Swallowtail butterfly.





7.  Aug 3rd, a few of my backyard birds, the Northern Cardinal, Mockingbird, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and the Tufted Titmouse.

A few of the birds like the Mockingbird and the Cardinal were in our blueberry bush.




8. A Blue Jay sitting in the back yard pine tree. 




9. Aug 3rd, a Tufted Titmouse perched in the butterfly bush waiting to hop over to the deck railing for a peanut. 





Thank you for sharing your critters and post!

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.



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I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!

Monday, August 15, 2022

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday!

Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week! 

"Hope is the last thing ever lost."

Iceland Glacier




"Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive."

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

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Saturday, August 13, 2022

Saturday's Critters # 452

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

On July 30th, hubby and I took a walk at North Point State Park. I posted numerous times about our visits to this park. Usually we see some great birds there, the Little Blue Herons are missing this time. We saw adult and juvenile Bald Eagles, many Osprey, Great Blue Heron,  Green Heron, Tree Swallows, Turkey Vultures, Belted Kingfisher, lots of turtles, a black rat snake, DC Cormorants, Tern and Gulls, various butterflies and dragonflies. 

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1. Below top row: Green Heron, Gulls with domestic white Geese and one Tern, Great Blue Heron. Second row adult Bald Eagle, juvenile Bald Eagle and the two Osprey. Last row : Dragonfly, Belted Kingfisher, Monarch butterfly and Slider Turtles. 





2. This Green Heron below has something in it's mouth, small fish or maybe a frog. 





3. A distant view of the Green Heron with two Slider Turtles. 





4.  A Slider Turtle with a dragonfly. Can you find the dragonfly?




5. I tried zooming in on this adult Bald Eagle.




6. The juvenile Bald Eagle was hanging out on a tree. 





7.  A view of the Chesapeake Bay is at the end of the Black Marsh Trail, we could see lots of Gulls, a tern and  the domestic White Geese seem to be out of place.





8. Below a beach at the park, out in the bay are an Osprey and Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron and some gulls.




9.  An Osprey was seen perched on a tree branch.





10. I am guessing at these id's of various dragonflies top row:  Autumn Meadowhawk, a Green Darner, bottom row two different Blue Dashers.




11. There are lots of the Slider Turtles in the wetland areas of North Point State Park.




12. I found just one Great Blue Heron in the marshy area of the park.





I hope you enjoyed my photos and visit to the park. Thank you for sharing your critters and post!

Thanks to all my visitors and for your past and present comments. Stop back to see any replies to your comments. I appreciate everyone who loves and respects wildlife. Thank you for linking up a critter post.



Here is my linky:


I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!

Monday, August 8, 2022

Happy Monday

Happy Monday!


Wishing everyone a great day and a happy new week! 


"Like a waterfall, life doesn't flow backwards."



Cumberland Falls Resort State Park, Kentucky

Advice from a waterfall
Let your cares fall away
Roar with excitement
Go with the flow
Make a splash

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

Comments off, enjoy your day!




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