YAY!! finally finished the 9th installment of LookOut from pingpong. / Now I can pass it on to FireRabbit. Phew. Just a seemingly calm and peacefull scene in this one =) Check out the rest of LookOut series here . or shortcuts here: 1. Lookout!: Search 2. Lookout!: Mystery 3. Lookout!: Reach 4. Lookout!: Evil Emerges 5. Lookout!: Battlefield 6. Lookout!: Not Over Yet 7. Lookout!: Beyond the Gate 8. Lookout!: Is the battle over? 9. Lookout!: Greetings! Friend or foe 10. Lookout!: Currently peaceful, will it last? 11. Lookout!: Fallen Flight 12. Lookout!: Taken
This Mimosa Tree blossom is not only an attraction to Butterflies and Hummingbirds, but it is so delicate and so colorful and it’s like a Mini – fireworks display – nothing short of an explosion of color! this tree came as a volunteer and was not even noticed for a few years…......my friend Bonnie Barry wrote a story once about a volunteer Mimosa Tree and has graciously consented to my using it along with this image….Bonnie, Thank you!!! You can check her works by just typing in Miracles in the search field. / / ____ Joyce, I thought you might like this little story I wrote years ago about a mimosa I loved. All the best, Bonnie Mimosa While I was watering the wilted caladiums near my angel statue, I looked up and noticed the mimosa in all its glory. Here I was working diligently to make the caladiums grow, yet there it stood, radiant without human effort. How many other plants had I set in this same spot through the years? The angel’s trumpet . . . impatiens . . . . those unusual little two-tone flowers whose names I can’t remember. All of them curled up and died. The soil was awful here; roots were knotted through the area; the trees sapped all the moisture. I’d wasted many a dollar on this spot, yet there was the mimosa looking down on me in gentle amusement. I had not planted the mimosa. I had never tilled the soil for it. I had not even watered it through the three-year drought. Yet three years ago it had been little more than a naked stick poking from the ground. The only reason it stayed put was that it was too close to the hurricane fence for Tommy to lop it as he mowed. The mimosa was a gift, a pure gift from God. I couldn’t claim any part in its flourishing. Either God’s wind had blown its seed to this corner or God’s birds had unwittingly deposited it. Only the miracle of nature could have made it grow like this without human care or cultivation. Yet now it produced all the color and vibrancy, all the grace and beauty that I had tried to achieve through the years with no success at all. / How like my life, I thought. Sometimes all my strained efforts are fruitless, yet in the midst of the sterility, God drops a single word, a single thought, and everything is suddenly alive and beautiful. Apart from Him, I can do nothing, yet I work like a Trojan to do it anyway. Maybe the gifts are rewards for my efforts, and maybe they are just freely given out of pure love. Who knows? Whatever the reason, the Source is undeniable. ___ “Every good gift and every perfect endowment comes from the Father of Lights,” (James 1:17) the mimosa whispers to me in gentle and amused remembrance. / __ / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © 2006 Joyce Dickens: Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action!
A tiny flower with a huge amount of detail, although not a rare flower, not many people have seen a wild one.
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Taken amongst the spring blossom blooms, with further out of focus blooms giving a good background, I was lucky enough to capture the bee during its daily routine.
A bee on a cosmos flower /
This image was captured at Enniskillen Orchard which is a part of the Hawkesbury Harvest and the Sydney Farm Gate Trail. / The photo is straight from my camera, which is one of the reasons I am so happy with it, everything just seemed to work! / This is what I consider to be the first successful insect macro I have taken, I was really happy with the composition.. I hope you like it! / As always it is best viewed large.. / Taken at lifesize (1:1) with a reversed 50mm f1.8 nikon lens..
This was one of our new Lotus flowers we are going to grow more of. The bee’s and Hummingbird’s seem to love them. When I was out this morning and I came upon this.. A Humming bird flew in and right out again.. Did not like the bee that was checking it out. Hope you like the flower and its visitor.. Enjoy Nature Year Round On Your Wall
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A Bee photographed on a Spring evening. © 2008 Adam Spence. All Rights Reserved. Digitally watermarked.
Plus a bee and my Crown Fritillary butterfly. ;) Just a bit of fun with these lovely Japanese Anemone’s at my friend’s garden. ;)
When you think of all the obstacles a little bee has to go up against… hungry birds, pouring rain, having to fly miles to find that perfect flower, knowing that your only defense against those who would harm you is going to rip your guts out and leave you to die an agonising death (so what was the point FFS?)... They really are the adrenaline junkies of the insect world…. I am slowly conquering my fear of bees, and learning to appreciate them for the little miracles they are :)
Straight from the fuji finepix As Is / /
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright This rose capture is straight from the camera!
The heady perfume must have drawn this early Bee to it- I caught it as it nestled its head into this lovely pink Hyacinth!! / Sure sign that it’s getting better! and Spring is here!!! taken with a Fuji A600 Finepix Digital Camera. / Featured in Bee and Wasp Passion Group- September 2009
A macro of a bee in our garden, doing what they do best.
Cherry blossom tree in the Jardin du Luxumbourg, Paris. Spring is here! Featured in European Everyday Life in March 2009 and That One Great Shot in April 2009. Please also see:
A lovely pink Columbine flower. Many thanks to Scott and Pat for the helpful info. Blooms in Spring Nikon D90
Best Viewed Large All Rights Reserved / @ Julia Wright This rose has the most gorgeous old fashioned perfume / you could ever wish to smell in a rose it is heaven scent!
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