We took a trip to the BSGA today. We weren’t sure how that was going to go because rain was expected but we went anyway. Mr. N wants to work on tree identification with the boys so it really doesn’t matter whether the leaves are wet or dry.
I should’ve remembered to bring the bug repellent. Next time I will. 1,000% DEET. Mr. N found a deer tick walking down my hair a few hours after we got home!
I don’t know how other people handle hearing about biting flies, mosquitoes, ticks and other Tormentors of the Outdoors, but those things make my skin crawl to one degree or another and I often feel like one or another of those things is on me when they’re really not. Well, today when I felt like they were on me, they really were! No spiders, thank the Merciful LORD!
The weather was perfect for our purposes. The sun remained hidden by the clouds but it never rained while we were there, though it had earlier in the day. There was just enough of a breeze to keep us comfortable but not so much of one that we couldn’t get the pictures we got. We had a good time.
An as yet unidentified bug in an as yet unidentified [FIR] tree.
Sassafras leaves. I think this is the first time I’ve seen new Sassafras leaves. I can only remember ever seeing mature ones.
I thought of you, Heidi, as I was standing Under the Pines.
Mr. N, The Little Guy and Dub scoping out the “crick”.
Our first encounter with photographable wildlife. (That fawn ran waaay too fast and there was waaay too much corn in the way even if it had been a little less … rabbity. That’s a word!)
These two butterflies seemed to have a difference of opinion about which one should get the flower. Mr. N and I both were able to get pics of this one while it was perched there.
A bee! Mr. N saw it first and we were both aiming and shooting. Mr. N urged me to at least try to capture the moment. I’m not sure if he was able to get a decent shot of him or not but this is the best of the three I was able to get.Oh, that’s right. His batteries died right then so he didn’t get the bee. It occurs to me that these last two are out of order.
A Monarch. Mr. N got several really nice pictures of this one and the two black butterflies. In fact, he got a couple of shots of the blurry black one mid-flap. One of the shots captures that one at a point when its wings are almost straight out from its body. Another shot captures the wings out in front of it. I’m sure he’ll let me post them but I have had a raging headache all evening and I don’t have it in me to edit any more photos. I do want to have a closer look at those in the near future though.
