Tag: Nature

Project 366: Day 280 The Face in the Pod

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Friends came over this morning, and we went exploring through the ‘nature preserve’ across the street from our house. My friends and I explored the area together last spring. This time, the landscape was showing early signs of fall.

We came across several magnolia trees filled with pods, small reminders of the flowers that bloomed during the warmer months. The bright red seeds of the magnolia trees were beginning to escape the flower pods, looking to get planted before the winter.

Do you see the face? The pod is sticking its tongue out. I guess it doesn’t like being watched while ‘popping’.

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Project 366: Day 365 Our Legless Neighbor

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Another day and another capture just before the sun sets.

I am not a fan of spiders. Generally speaking, if the critter has more legs than I have then I’d prefer to keep it at a distance. However, I am a fan of snakes. If feeding snakes weren’t so heart wrenching, I’d let my boys have a snake as a pet. Alas, I had a pet snake for years, and I just can’t deal with the death of another mouse.

While outside with the boys (and camera), I saw our neighborhood rat snake crossing the street. I’ve seen her several times, but this time I had my camera with me. And, when she was sliding by me, I reached out to pat her, which put her in defense mode. Brilliant!
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Project 366: Day 264 More Wires

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I’m not too jazzed about either one of these pictures; however, I’m afraid it is all I have at the moment.

One shot is of the sun, believe it or not. This morning started quite foggy and gray. While stopped at a red light, I noticed the sun covered mysteriously by clouds. I stared into it, thinking I was looking at the moon. I liked the cloudy effect, combined with the wires. Shortly after I snapped the picture, the clouds were gone. Literally. Once the sun reached a certain place in the sky, the fog and clouds disappeared. It was amazing.

The second shot was just one of those, “Let’s see how this turns out” kind of shots. If I look at it for too long, my neck starts to hurt.

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