RDS: "With familiarity the profound becomes mundane. With passion the mundane becomes profound."...... Saul Bellow :" A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep." ......MORE PHOTOS @ saunterings.com

Monday, February 2, 2009

TODAY'S FLOWERS #27 &CAMERA CRITTERS #45

CAMERA CRITTERS #45

....................................................What are you staring at? Incredulous turkey vulture on a beach in Florida









If you don't stick tour neck out you never accomplish anything.

Painted turtle at work!
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TODAY'S FLOWERS #27

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CLOSE-UP OF COLEUS FLOWER...............................CLOSE-UP OR SWEDISH IVY FLOWER



BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE MINT FAMILY BUT REMIND SOME OF ORCHIDS








CAMERA CRITTERS









RIGHT: A FORLORN PRINCE















...........A COY PRAYING MANTIS
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TODAY'S FLOWERS #26
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......................................................... Right : Bearded Iris







........................................................Below: Japanese Iris























Right: Dutch Iris












TODAY'S FLOWERS #25

Close up views


On the left is ivy geranium


Below is perennial bachelor's button






This is the weedy "butter and eggs" flower

Invasive but pretty

In the snapdragon family

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice close-ups. Pretty flowers. I would love to have them in my garden.

Anonymous said...

Those are beautiful close-ups. Great shots!

Sherri B. said...

Gorgeous shots...I'm curious, Sauntering, do you take notes while you're out in nature taking your beautiful pictures? Or do all these wonderful thoughts about life come to you afterwards, back home when you're looking at the photo images? Regardless, I'm blown away by the way you're able to see humanity in every bit of nature...

Judy said...

gorgeous shots!! you have gotten right in close so we can see the details we so oftn miss

RDS said...

Fledgling Poet: I started with note taking, with an occasional photo, but it morphed into the reverse. Now I seldom take field notes, preferring to focus on seeing surroundings rather than myself. Sometimes the words fit the photos, sometimes the photos find the words, “fleeting thoughts” drifting throughout the day.

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