#79 Secret of Life

"I think I've discovered the secret of life -
you just hang around until you get used to it."

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#79 Secret of Life Greeting Card

The bug spoke to me...what can I say? :)

I guess this proves I can write a verse to go with any picture...LOL

#41 Keep Going Greeting Card

The verse reads: We all have those days when we want to throw up our hands and give up, but we don't. We get up, we dust ourselves off, and we keep going...because we know someone out there believes in us and our abilities.

INSIDE: I Believe In You. Keep Going! You Can Do It!

Bugs on Steroids!

I don't want to gross anyone out or anything - and no - I'm NOT putting these on cards...(I don't think...LOL)...but I just had to share what I just saw out in the carport. The first photo is a big ugly bug on my CAR TIRE. And get this...he is *dead*. That is just a shell! So I'm sitting here thinking two things: 1) Where are these bugs getting the steroids? They seem to be getting bigger and bigger each year! and 2) Where did his "insides" go? Hmmmm....the things I can sit around here and ponder on my day off.



Now here is photo #2. This guy was sitting there on the carport when I went out. He is about 3" long! I snuck up behind him and shot him. I must have literally shot him, because the third photo is of what I found 10 minutes later when returning to the carport - he was about 5 feet further from where he'd been and upside down!



Okay, back to your regularly scheduled day...hopefully bug-free!

InJoy,
Jai

#6 The Edge, a dragonfly, up close and personal!

When you have come to the edge of all light you know, and are about to drop off into the darkness, one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.

Yesterday I frustrated myself trying to photograph a hummingbird visiting my flowers. I haven't been able to photo him yet! But this big ole dragonfly was more than willing to pose for a photo. I actually have photos of his face up close and personal, but I chose this one for my photo for the day because of the intricate, lacy pattern in his wings and the streak of golden yellow on his tail. Here's a close up photo of that effect:

InJoy,
Jai

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#1 Dinnertime! A frog enjoys his dinner

It's amazing what you can see on your street that's cool enough to photograph. Can we get 365 days of neat things? Sure thing! Keep watching....:) Both my daughter Allyson and myself photograph things here - right on our corner lot - all the time.

I'm sharing one of my recent favorites as my photo #1. Allyson says, "Mom, the tree frog is on the window!" I asked, "Did you get a photo?" "No." Well, of course I had to rectify that! By the time I got the camera and got to the door to go outside, the frog had jumped off the window. I saw him on the porch, so I waited to open the door to see where he was going to go...he jumped right toward me and landed here on the small accent windows alongside the door.

Gently, I pushed open the door and stuck just the lens outside and started shooting. I got this picture totally by accident...it was the first one I shot and I had NO CLUE the little guy was sucking down a bug the size of his little belly!

I've titled my first photo for this project "Dinnertime!" (we think his eyes are bigger than his stomach!).

InJoy,
Jai

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