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~

 

Bees, Dragons and Posies From Down the Lane~

It has been another one of those weeks for me, just waiting on my Cardiologist appointment this coming Friday. 
On Mother's Day morning, to add to the stress, I was on my way to church in the pouring down rain, and was traveling in my lane when along came a driver head on in my lane.  I blared on my horn, screamed at the top of my lungs, ( not that he could have heard me ) for I knew it was going to be bad, and slightly turned my wheels toward the ravine on my side of the road.  By doing this, I avoided a head on collision, but got hit in the back left quarter, to the tune of $4,000 damage.  
The young man said that "it was entirely his fault, as he was grabbing for a couple of things from his dashboard..." 
Fortunately neither one of us got hurt...except for my feelings, which was a blessing!  My morning with family at church had also been wrecked, as it took over an hour for the police to arrive.
I am really, praying that an event will be caught on the Heart Events Monitor and that we can get to the bottom of what is going on with me. 
My biggest complaint is deep fatigue.  I am sleeping better than I have in a very long time and waking up exhausted, no energy and taking naps...so unlike me and so depressing, as everything is getting further and further behind. 
I take my walks every day to visit the hawk nest and as I come and go, I take photographs along the way, of what I happen upon.

 

 

 

 

Aah, now this was pretty neat.  I took this with my 70/300 lens, hand held, set on macro.  It is a male Eastern Amberwing, Perithemis Tenera, as well as some species of Damselfly.  Any help with ID would be appreciated.

 

Nearly all of the flowers were taken in the gardens across the lane.  Mona has beautiful flowers, but is away for now, and not available to ID these beauties~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above Mosaic was done by Mary at the Little Red House.
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