A garden peek...
Jul. 15th, 2025 05:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cairistionaI took Boom out for a walk and while he paused to do some business, I felt something watching me. I looked over at the flower pots and saw this...
We haven't seen very many pickerel frogs yet this year. I think all the rain we've been getting means they're staying scattered out in the woods. During drought, they all come flocking to the house and our well-watered flower beds, but right now, all of nature is well watered.
I also finally snapped a decent pic of a common whitetail dragonfly:
They flit away as soon as you get within ten feet of them, so unless you have your camera ready to go, you end up with a picture of a rock. :/ This one is a male--the females have white bodies (hence the whitetail name). I have no idea why, but they remind me of WWII fighter planes. XD
We still don't have many butterflies or honeybees, but there have been lots of fireflies this year. So that's something, I guess. But it's weird to go out to my pollinator bed and see NO pollinators. *sigh*
Happy Tuesday, all.
We haven't seen very many pickerel frogs yet this year. I think all the rain we've been getting means they're staying scattered out in the woods. During drought, they all come flocking to the house and our well-watered flower beds, but right now, all of nature is well watered.
I also finally snapped a decent pic of a common whitetail dragonfly:
They flit away as soon as you get within ten feet of them, so unless you have your camera ready to go, you end up with a picture of a rock. :/ This one is a male--the females have white bodies (hence the whitetail name). I have no idea why, but they remind me of WWII fighter planes. XD
We still don't have many butterflies or honeybees, but there have been lots of fireflies this year. So that's something, I guess. But it's weird to go out to my pollinator bed and see NO pollinators. *sigh*
Happy Tuesday, all.
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Date: 2025-07-15 07:47 pm (UTC)During drought, they all come flocking to the house and our well-watered flower beds
Such smart little froggies.
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Date: 2025-07-16 05:10 am (UTC)Beautiful dragonfly picture! My absolute favorite bugs. <3 It's so funny how they can be so easygoing on one hand - I've had them come and sit on me frequently when I'm reading outside - and yet so camera shy when you actually try to get a decent photo of them.
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Date: 2025-07-16 10:59 am (UTC)