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  • 207/365: "Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?" ~ Sophocles
  • Gorgeous in Grey, the California Hairstreak
  • 208/365: "Intimidation doesn't last very long." ~ Lenny Wilkens
  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Tiny Beetle with Fancy Hair
  • Love is in the Air: Mating Clio Tiger Moths
  • 209/365: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." ~ Lao Tzu
  • Tiny Little Clio Tiger Moth Caterpillars
  • Cockscomb Celosia, the Magnificent Clam Flower!
  • 210/365: "Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality." ~ Jim Hodges
  • The Amazing "Land Shrimp": Green Lacewing Egg & Nymph (Chrysopidae)
  • Love is in the Air: Mating Fuzzy Flies
  • Awesome Short-Horned Grasshopper Doing the Hokey-Pokey
  • Darling Juvenile Rufous Hummingbird
  • 211/365: "If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness." ~ Les Brown
  • 212/365: "It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." ~ Lewis Grizzard
  • Green Zebra Tomato Sliced in Half
  • Smoky Southern Oregon from our Back Deck
  • Green Zebra Tomatoes on the Plant
  • Bokeh Thursday: "Square" Featuring an Assortment of Tiny Crystal Beads
  • Square/Cube! :D 213/365: "I'm not some shiny bauble to be strung onto a necklace and displayed for all the world to see. I'm too proud to ever be anyone's conquest.”~ Courtney Milan
  • Bokeh Thursday: "Square" Featuring an Assortment of Tiny Beads
  • Bokeh Thursday: "Square" Featuring an Assortment of Wooden Beads
  • 365 Project: July Collage
  • 214/365: "It is the harmony of the diverse parts, their symmetry, their happy balance; it is all that introduces order, gives unity, that permits us to see clearly and to comprehend at once both the ensemble and the details." ~ Henri Poincare
  • Z is for Zinnia
  • 215/365: "Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?" ~ Andy Warhol
  • 216/365: "We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own" ~ Ben Sweetland
  • Gleaming Poppy Seed Heads
  • Poppy Tears
  • Poppy Tops
  • Popping Seed Series: Zinnia Seeds
  • Popping Seed Series: Bachelor Buttons
  • 217/365: "Miracles happen everyday. Change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you." ~ Jon Bon Jovi
  • Popping Seed Series: Marigold Seeds
  • Popping Seed Series: Morning Glory with Exposed Leaves
  • Popping Seed Series: Arrowhead-Shaped Zinnia
  • Popping Seed Series: Emerging Roots
  • 218/365: "A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love." ~ Max Müller
  • Wasp on Milkweed
  • Singular Milkweed Blossom with Milkweed Bokeh!
  • Milkweed Blossoms Look Like Badminton Birdies!
  • 219/365: "The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes." ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Breathtaking Tarweed Pistils
  • Be Still My Beating Heart: Tarweed with Unfurling Petals
  • The Lovely Curled Petal Edges of a Tarweed Blossom
  • Bokeh Thursday: Bronco Bokeh!
  • Odd Looking Moth
  • Odd Moth From Behind
  • Odd Moth From Above
  • Glowing Zinnia From Behind
  • Beautiful Yellow Zinnia
  • 220/365: "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." ~ John Muir
  • Reach For the Sky (and 3 more pix in notes!)
  • 221/365: "He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." ~ Albert Einstein
  • Heart of a Zinnia: Star Power!
  • 222/365: "Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous." ~ Chanakya
  • California Mountain Kingsnake: Snakey Portrait
  • California Mountain Kingsnake: Snakey Panorama!
  • Zinnia Flower Seedlings: The Race Begins!
  • Sparkling Seedlings
  • 223/365: "I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." ~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • String of Water Pearls
  • Droplets and Beautiful Bokeh
  • (STORY TIME!!!) Piggy 'Pillar!!
  • Tarweed Bud Glistening Droplets of Resin
  • Beautiful Blackberries
  • 224/365: "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." ~ Anatole France
  • Lovely Moth Mullein Pistils (Please see the inset images too!!)
  • Moth Mullein Pistils From the Front
  • Milkweed Seeds, About To Fly Away!
  • Pair of Milkweed Seeds
  • 225/365: "Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower." ~ William C. Bryant
  • 226/365: "Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine." ~ E. O. Wilson
  • Small Milkweed Bug Heading Down
  • Small Milkweed Bug Nymph Heading Up!
  • Small Milkweed Bug Nymph Heading Down
  • Darling Froglet
  • Littlest Babiest Froglet, Only 1/4" in Size!
  • Froglet at the Side of Angel's Pond
  • 227/365: "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success." ~ Swami Sivananda
  • Bokeh Thursday: Ooooh, SHINY!!
  • Bokeh Thursday: Twinkling Tea Strainer
  • Bokeh Thursday: I See Me!
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