Thursday

Blue Dasher Dragonfly..... a melancholy one.




Dragonflies have emotions?

Wouldn't have the faintest idea. I only know that images of them evoke varied feelings in me.

Yesterday I passed by the rain barrel and on a seed pod was a Dasher. I took off my glasses (am very very near sighted) and approached slowly until she was in focus. Let me tell you, up close and only a few inches away from her face..... it was way more exhilerating to view the creature this way than through a camera lens. Those eyes are mesmerizing! She was eating a bug, moving her little head and chomping her jaws. The sunlight was reflecting off those eyes, through them revealing their amazing beauty. It was a special memory that never went digital..... and that's ok ;0)

Blue Dasher Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis
Odonata - Female
Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County
Insect Backyard Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
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Wednesday

Northern Copperhead Snake - Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen - VENOMOUS



Serpent Bokeh!



Macro image taken in Richmond, Virginia


Chesterfield County Backyard



Poisonous Reptile Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala


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Tuesday

life has all sorts of twists and turns..... we must adapt




A native wildflower Rhexia virginica aka Handsome Harry.
This little pink wildflower knows perserverance.
Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County
Native Backyard Flower Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
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Monday

Dragonfly - Pachydiplax longipennis - Odonata - Female



the sun is so bright.....
lol.....actually this Blue Dasher is using its front legs to aid in the positioning of an insect in its mouth. It is eating while resting on an iron crowbar I was using in the backyard the other day ;0)
Backyard Insect Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
Photo taken in Richmond Virginia - Chesterfield County
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Sunday

I wonder if this little fellow would appreciate being on Flickr Explore ;0)




I doubt that he would even care.
He's too self-absorbed these days just
pigging out on Hickory nuts ;0)

The squirrels are going literally nuts over the Hickory Tree beside the house. Day and night I hear the nuts falling to the ground. All day long the rodents feast on them..... and they are getting quite chubby. I took this young fellow's image through the window yesterday morning.

Eastern Gray Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County
Wildlife Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
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Thursday

Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula vibrans) On Ribbon Grass


This innocent-eyed fellow is the culprit that had chased the Blue Dasher dragonflies into the woods a few days ago. Thank goodness he has left the area..... but I do appreciate that he had allowed me to snap a few decent photographs of him before leaving. Here he is resting on the ornamental grass that grows in the rain barrel ;0)
Nature Odonata Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
(click on photo for larger view)
Image taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County
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Wednesday

if I were a bug.....




.....i'd be breaking the sound barrier about now while SCREAMING!
Once again a hungry mouth prepares lift off to snatch another bug.
Hmmmm.....got mouthwash?
Blue Dasher Dragonfly
Pachydiplax longipennis - Odonata - Female
Insect Nature Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
Photo taken in Richmond, Virginia - Chesterfield County
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Tuesday

forlorn dragon of the wood





Blue Dasher Dragonfly
(click on image to enlarge)
Pachydiplax longipennis - Odonata
Photo taken in Richmond Virginia - Chesterfield County
Nature Insect Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
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Sunday

if you did notice me..... you would not easily forget me!




This is my world.
Chinese Praying Mantis - Female Nymph
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Richmond Virginia - Chesterfield County
Insect Nature Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
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Saturday

time steals many things..........




memories get fuzzy
some fade forever away
and new ones keep us going
Nature Macro Photograph by Carolyn Hietala
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