As Seen From Along a Stream and the River~

Here is in hoping that you shall not tire of my visits to this pond/stream in the bigger city;)
I may have already shared with you, that the pond that I usually take lots of Dragonfly and Damselfly images at, was mowed to the ground and the only thing that remained was pond water and fish. 
We have to travel further to get to the pond and stream I am sharing in this post, but I also came upon a whole family of 3 Green Herons there, and to my friend Phil Slade...a huge sigh...this is were I saw the Kingfisher and missed the shot...I will not give up though!

The husby and I have returned to this place twice now, and have not seen that beautiful Kingfisher again, but here is for hoping!
Next time, many more Dragonfly and Damsefly shares, along with birds...got to love those birds!

Remember to double click on the image, to view a larger slide show of the images shared ~

I am linking up with Mary for:

"Mosaic Monday"

at: 

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com
and

I am linking up with Stewart at:

Wild Bird Wednesday

(http://paying-ready-attention-gallery.blogspot.com.au/)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week, I had the pleasure of spending some time with a new friend who lives along the Ohio River. 

Vicki Bangs is a very talented woman, and I will be sharing more on that my next post. 

One of the creatures that frequents her big back yard is this Great Blue Heron. 

These images were taken at a greater distance than my 70/300 lens was comfortable with, yet I still liked the artsy look of these and thought that I would share them as well this post~

And one Green Frog ;) closes my post.
Happy wWek, Happy Blessings, and Always Stay Safe~

 

Let Me Begin With a Hummingbird Moth~

 

 For the past two weeks,I have been feeding the cat and pond fish across the lane from my home while the neighbors are away.  

I always enjoy photographing in Mona's garden and on this particular day, I saw one of my favorite visitors...

A Sphinx Moth, and. or Hummingbird Moth.  

They are truly such lovely, delicate creatures~

 

 I think either this autumn, or next spring, I must invest in a Butterfly Bush...
for then I might get such lovely visitors my way~

Below is a Fiery Skipper center and another species of Skippers along side~

* Note...there are so many species of Skippers, and I am just not certain what these are.
 

 We have oodles of the female Common Whitetail Dragonflies, flitting around~

 

 Before Mona left on her vacation journey, she called me on the phone one afternoon to say that I just might be interested in the 3 frogs she had just seen by her pond.  
When I got there, this is what I saw...3 American Bullfrogs, all piled on top of one another~

 

 One of the smallest butterflies seen here is the Pearl Crescent taking in the nourishment of a purple  Cone Flower~

 

 

 Such a handsome adult male Bullfrog below.  I love that deep voice he drums out~

Below is a gorgeous Spot-winged Glider Dragonfly.  
I had never seen one of these before, and it was an amazing species, taken right across the lane from my home the other day~

Below are Knock-Out-Roses taken at my next door neighbor Sue's garden.  I have to take so many of my summer images elsewhere, for the vast part of my 2 acres is shade trees~

 

 

Miniature Hollyhocks~

Below is the ever present summer resident, the Cabbage White Butterfly~

 

I enjoy so much watching butterflies, the way they glide from flower to flower.  

Their beauty is amazing, such gifts every one of them.  

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail below, such elegant beauty~

 

 

 

I am linking up with Mary at:

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Please join me, and Happy Mosaic Monday~