Monday, July 15, 2013

postcards from the country house


We are in the middle of our last week long grandkid visit so here's a few pics from the yard:

this big anole was hanging out in the arum lilies

along with these two little hatchlings.

I have seen far too few butterflies this year.

hairstreak on okra

monarch on zinnia

cicada

zinnia

emerging bromeliad flower

plumeria

plumeria



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16 comments:

  1. The BugJuly 15, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    I love everything about this post! But maybe the anoles best :)

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  2. turquoisemoonJuly 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM

    All are good photos, but my favorite is the cicada!!! very cool...

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  3. SkippyMomJuly 15, 2013 at 4:27 PM

    Either you have a better camera [I am thinking "YES"] or your cicadas are much prettier than ours.

    Wallene was just following our "skink" around the flower boxes [the little lizard in the first pic] We named him Pasquale [as in the movie "Tangled"] and we were tickled to see your gorgeous shots of the ones in your yard.

    Meanwhile, who needs TV?- we have been watching "Squirrel Wars" here in the backyard for the last hour. It would be pretty funny if they weren't so ferocious to each other.

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  4. Joanne NoragonJuly 15, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    Turning over our last flower garden I find myself in deep conversations with the eleven year old granddaughter who hopes some one of the grubs we unearth are cicadas. She puts them all back, "just in case."

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  5. TexWisGirlJuly 15, 2013 at 5:40 PM

    LOVE the anole photo! wow! gorgeous look around! enjoy that grand!

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  6. GailJuly 15, 2013 at 6:33 PM

    I wish we had anoles!

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  7. Ms. MoonJuly 15, 2013 at 7:12 PM

    Gorgeous.

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  8. Rosaria WilliamsJuly 15, 2013 at 9:57 PM

    I'm guessing these grandkids do not sit and learn skills as your older grandchild did! Don't get too tired.

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  9. TaborJuly 16, 2013 at 3:37 AM

    Time to take photos and be with grandkids. Good summer!!

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  10. OmaLindasOldeBaggsandStuftShirtsJuly 16, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    love, love, love the photos. It must be wonderful to live where those particular plants grow. Beautiful. Happy grands visit time, Oma Linda

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  11. Out on the prairieJuly 16, 2013 at 12:14 PM

    magnificent finds, I went back over them a few times

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  12. KerryJuly 16, 2013 at 8:48 PM

    Great shots Ellen. Those anoles are photogenic little guys:)

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  13. Linda SueJuly 16, 2013 at 11:15 PM

    OMFG! These photos are blowing my tiny mind! How did you get so close??? You must have an invisability cloak- I want one...The anole top photo WOW and the cicada WOW. ART STUFF! so beautiful!

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  14. Steve ReedJuly 17, 2013 at 1:05 AM

    Great photos! That first shot of the anole is especially mind-blowing. Is plumeria the same thing as frangipani?

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  15. Reya MellickerJuly 18, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    These are gorgeous! Love the cicada of course.

    What kind of camera/lens do you use? I'm about to upgrade my equipment - am trying to figure out how much I need to spend.

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  16. HilaryJuly 21, 2013 at 11:02 PM

    Oh that first image of the anole is just amazing. What a lovely shot.. they have such beautiful eyes.

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