After an overnight ice storm ❄
Snow Day! ❄
Bubbles! ❄❄
As long as I can remember, it’s never been below 15 degrees in Austin. What a crazy week. But I was able to work on freezing bubbles, which is something I never thought I would have the chance to try.
Frozen ❄
I’m fairly certain there won’t be any bees on this one for the next 4 days!
Nectar 🐝
Fun Fact: The type of flower the bees take their nectar from determine the honey’s flavor!
Stocking Up 💛
Yesterday Austin hit a record high (85!), and a week from today, the highs will be in the 30s (and lows in the teens - yikes!). Some believe that bees can predict the weather, which is why there were so many bees out yesterday stocking up. 🙂
Happy Thursday ❤
Taking Off 🐝
I caught him taking off from the dandelion. Fun Fact: Did you know that bees may visit up to 2,000 flowers a day? Makes me tired just thinking about that. :)
Still 👁
It amazes me that my 8 year-old model was still enough for me to get this shot - that takes talent! 💙 Can you see me?
Asian Lady Beetle 🐞
The easiest way to tell Asian lady beetles apart from ladybugs at a glance is to look for the white “M”. Asian lady beetles have a distinctive, highly-visible “M-shaped” black marking on their otherwise-white heads.
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 💛 💚
Hanging out on a dandelion
Bug-eyed 👀
Amber-winged spreadwing
What do you see? 🔥
So far I’ve heard a mother and child, lovers, and two friends dancing. This one was taken NYE in our fireplace.
So many birds....🐦
This weekend we had so many birds in the backyard, I was certain Snow White was going to make an appearance! :) They loved to fight over the food, which is what these two were doing.
Did you know this insect can carry 50 times its own bodyweight? 🏋️♀️
Typical Saturday Morning 🌄
Composite of 3 images from their little bird bath party this morning.
Ranch Life is so Hard...🤠
Ice, Ice Baby 🧊
I don’t get to do frozen droplet pics often! Central Texas had snow and ice Sunday and Monday - I am so happy this doesn’t last long and it will back to the mid 60s by today. :) This droplet is about the size of a small pencil eraser - it was so perfectly still that I was able to get this shot (handheld!)
Raindrops 💧
After a rain storm today - macro shot on the back car window.
Happy New Year! 🥂
I decided instead of my top nine this year, I would post some images that will remind me of this crazy year! It starts off with the first pic I took of the year, then writing on the window during the beginning of the quarantine, Gracie modeling the new “classroom”, a bird rescue, my daughter and friends graduating high school and how they had to adapt to this craziness (and they did a wonderful job of it!) , my neighbors got chickens and a cat (and we lost our dog), crazy storms that did major damage to our neighborhood, lots of lots of bird and nature watching, and the last pic I took this year. That pretty much sums it up. I hope everyone has a wonderful 2021! ❤
