18/366: Hood Ornament
19/366: Jagged Edges
20/366: Frosted Barbed Wire
21/366: Damselfly with Lunch
22/366: Mexican Hat Blossom
23/366: Golden Leaf on Pond
24/366: Emerging Poppy
26/366: Golden Bearded Iris
28/366: Glowing Campion Pod
30/366: Glowing Manzanita Leaf
29/366: Moss on a Branch
31/366: California Poppy with Droplet
32/366: Dreamy Mushroom
35/366: Orange Beads (+1 in a note)
36/366: Cafe UFOs
37/366: Bumble Bee in Flight
38/366: Magical Poppy Scene
39/366: Drizzled Feather
41/366: Queen Anne's Lace Bokeh Pearls (+2 in note…
42/366: Prayer Stones
43/366: Deep Pink Dogwood
44/366: Elderly Mushroom
46/366: Golden Echinacea (+5 more in notes)
47/366: Pacific Gopher Snake Hatchling (+4 more in…
50/366: Ripening White Oak Acorn (+1 in a note)
52/366: Frosty Screw
53/366: Elegant Erythronium (+5 more in notes)
54/366: Curious Mushroom with Something to Say
51/366: Creamy California Poppy
58/366: Yummy Yellow Daffodils (+1 in a note)
59/366: Wasp on Fallen Morning Glory Flower
60/366: Sugar-Frosted Mushroom
61/366: The Magic of an Opening Poppy
62/366: Wood Whorls
63/366: Glowing Green Fruticose Lichen
64/366: Love in a Mist
66/366: Magnificent Lavender Bearded Iris Bud
70/366: Queen Anne's Lace Bud
72/366: Lovely Little Mushroom
76/366: Tiny Sweat Bee on Thistle
77/366: Twinkling Weeds
81/366: Moss Covered with Droplets
84/366: Wild Grass Close-Up
85/366: Poppy with Droplets (+1 in a note)
87/366: Bright and Cheery Monkeyflower
89/366: Elegance (+1 inset)
90/366: Fledgling Maple Bat
91/366: Pink Coneflower in a Sea of Flower Bokeh
92/366: Pearly Classic
97/366: Dried Leaf
101/366: Coral Bells Blossom
104/366: Puff-Topped Creamy Echinacea
107/366: Lovely Frond
108/366: Purple Hollyhock
110/366: Dazzling Daffodil Display
111/366: Sapling Pine Growing in Oak Tree
112/366: Aster Petal Edges
113/366: Amazing Pink and Orange Echinacea (+1 in…
114/366: Manzanita Buds (+3 in notes)
118/366: Classic 1964 Chevy Impala Emblem
119/366: Touch Me!
120/366: Yellow-Tinge Larkspur Bud (+1 in a note)
122/366: Lovely African Daisies (+1 in a note)
16/366: Unfurling Fern
15/366: Bumble Bee in Flight
14/366: Lovely Poppies
13/366: Lichen in the Snow, Adorned with Droplets
12/366: Autumn Gold
11/366: Tiny Buds in Vernal Pool
10/366: Seedhead From Above
8/366: African Daisies
7/366: A Pair of Sporophytes in the Snow
4/366: Dreamy Droplet
1/366: Curious Mushroom
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Harry & David Garden: Glowing Golden Rose
Harry & David Garden: Orange-Pink Rose
Color Wheel Project: White
Color Wheel Project: Black
Color Wheel Project: Brown
Color Wheel Project: Purple
Color Wheel Project: Blue
Color Wheel Project: Green
Color Wheel Project: Yellow (+1 in a note)
Color Wheel Project: Orange
Color Wheel Project: Red
Color Wheel Project: Pink
1-10 Project: 4 Pink Poppy Petals
1-10 Project: 1 Morning Glory Blossom
Oregon Fawn Lily Stamens
W is for Wonderful White (+4 insets)
Drumstick Allium
Miracle Tulip
N is for Nature's Noteworthy News about Narrow Nee…
B is for Beautiful Beads
Alphabet Project: A is for Adorable Animal (Tiny S…
364/365: "What is art but a way of seeing?" ~ Saul…
363/365: "Life is a series of experiences that mak…
360/365: "What matters is to live in the present,…
359/365: "To succeed in life, you need three thing…
358/365: "Maybe Christmas", he thought, "doesn't c…
355/365: It takes a lot of imagination to be a goo…
Acorn Cap Nestled in Moss
352/365: "There is only you and your camera. The l…
Frozen Droplet with Bubbles on a Pine Needle
350/365: "Every gift from a friend is a wish for y…
349/365: "No human being, however great, or powerf…
348/365: "Art will never be able to exist without…
347/365: "Nature's own masterpieces will never go…
334/365: “With confidence, you have won before you…
The Magical and Mysterious Amber Droplets!
332/365: "There's no happier person than a truly t…
331/365: "We live only to discover beauty. All els…
330/365: "I would rather be adorned by beauty of c…
329/365: "It's the cursed cold, and it's got right…
Frosted Rusty Fence Post (and intro to "The Cremat…
Frosted Wire and "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by R…
Frosted Dagger!
British Soldiers and Bokeh
328/365: "Moral courage is higher and a rarer virt…
327/365: "You go through life wondering what is it…
326/365: "Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly pr…
325/365: "Nature hath framed strange fellows in he…
Frosted Earthstar from Above
323/365: "The true lover of rain.... has a deep in…
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17/366: Praying Mantis: "Take me to your leader!"
At the end of June 2014, I was upstairs in our home and walking in the hallway, when I noticed movement on the ground. Peering down at our beige carpet, I could hardly believe my eyes. "NO WAY!!!" It was an adult praying mantis!! I could barely see it on the carpet because it so perfectly matched the color!
Somehow, this praying mantis managed to find its way inside our house and climb up our stairs to the second floor. Who knows how long it had been lost inside, but I figured it was probably very hungry, thirsty and weak. Trotting downstairs to get a jar, it took me a few seconds to find it again when I returned. Amazed, I gently coaxed it inside and brought the jar downstairs, where I stared in awe at the "space alien of the insect world". I ran upstairs to get Steve and after admiring our cool friend, we went outside to let him disappear into the dried grass which it so perfectly matched.
Just before releasing him, Steve held him for a photo session, and I managed to get lots of great pictures! What a magnificent insect!!! :)
Information about camouflage and the praying mantis:
These masters of camouflage don't change colors within minutes like chameleons can. Instead, they change colors every time they molt to match the current environment they're in. They molt approximately every two weeks as they are growing up, but once they are adults, they no longer molt, and they cannot change color after that.
Somehow, this praying mantis managed to find its way inside our house and climb up our stairs to the second floor. Who knows how long it had been lost inside, but I figured it was probably very hungry, thirsty and weak. Trotting downstairs to get a jar, it took me a few seconds to find it again when I returned. Amazed, I gently coaxed it inside and brought the jar downstairs, where I stared in awe at the "space alien of the insect world". I ran upstairs to get Steve and after admiring our cool friend, we went outside to let him disappear into the dried grass which it so perfectly matched.
Just before releasing him, Steve held him for a photo session, and I managed to get lots of great pictures! What a magnificent insect!!! :)
Information about camouflage and the praying mantis:
These masters of camouflage don't change colors within minutes like chameleons can. Instead, they change colors every time they molt to match the current environment they're in. They molt approximately every two weeks as they are growing up, but once they are adults, they no longer molt, and they cannot change color after that.
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Nice photo.
Janet Brien club has replied to ValfalThanks for the comment, it's so nice to be in touch again! :)
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They hunt in my Lantana in summer and on the storm doors at nice in Summer to catch bugs drawn to the light.
I suspect them of being intelligent alien beings !
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