Rare pierces Posted June 29, 2020 #1 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Pictures taken between Monday, June 29 and Sunday, July 5. Week 27. Second half of the year. Blink and it will be Hallowe'en. Rules: See above That's it. This isn't a contest. All photos taken this week are welcome (not just cruising). Prizes will not be awarded. Discovering the joy of photography is the prize. The idea is to get folks out using their cameras for more than vacations and toddler birthdays. Post one. Post many. Up to you. Have fun with your camera and share your fun with others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted July 2, 2020 #2 Share Posted July 2, 2020 No public celebrations this year so we did our own with a DQ ice cream cake, Happy 153 birthday Canada. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted July 5, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Every few years, one of these bee + cactus flower shots makes it into the Picture-A-Week portfolio. This week, our cactus went a little crazy with a couple dozen spectacular blooms. It is called a Night Blooming Cereus and each set of three or four 7” - 8” blooms only opens for a single night, closing and withering the next day when the sun comes up. This shot was taken just as the sun was starting to shine and the flowers were already ending their short window of availability and closing up shop. Our little bee friends were still buzzing around, landing on them and crawling into the flowers, sometimes having to shove the petals and each other aside to get to the treasure trove of pollen still uncollected. Sort of like when toilet paper is available at Costco. Last Call Dave 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docker123 Posted July 6, 2020 #4 Share Posted July 6, 2020 (edited) Sunday afternoon in Melbourne was grey, glarey, drizzly, cold. Nasty light conditions. At least i am not in one of the areas that has gone back into lock down. No cruise ships, of course, so some little remote control things buzzing around Edited July 6, 2020 by Docker123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted July 6, 2020 #5 Share Posted July 6, 2020 I was once again able to head up to the one wetland area open in my county - though I can't understand why they can't just open them all...I was there for 3 hours and saw not one single other person. Last week only one other person was there. The simple fact is, virus or not, very few hardy souls would even consider walking around in a swamp in the middle of the afternoon in 96 degrees and humidity exceeding 85%...social distancing is about as effortless as can be! Black-bellied whistling duck: Black-necked stilt, stretching his neck up: Green heron walking along the shore: Dragonfly doing a handstand: And as usual, after a very hot sweaty day walking the swamps, I headed back to my pool to jump in and (relatively) cool off (given the water temp in my pool is 95!)...I always bring the camera at poolside to photograph the backyard critters, like this juvenile blue jay looking for seeds: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mskaufman Posted July 7, 2020 #6 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Ellicott City, MD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbruce Posted July 7, 2020 #7 Share Posted July 7, 2020 (edited) It has been a number of years since I have posted here because it has been that long since we have cruise, but since nobody is cruising I figure why not. Took these yesterday Edited July 7, 2020 by mnbruce 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommui987 Posted July 7, 2020 #8 Share Posted July 7, 2020 19 hours ago, mnbruce said: It has been a number of years since I have posted here because it has been that long since we have cruise, but since nobody is cruising I figure why not. Took these yesterday Is that the world-famous Minnesota mosquito or is it a bumblebee humming bird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnbruce Posted July 8, 2020 #9 Share Posted July 8, 2020 5 hours ago, tommui987 said: Is that the world-famous Minnesota mosquito or is it a bumblebee humming bird? 😀 Closer to the second one. They are called Bombyliidae , or bee flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruises42 Posted July 11, 2020 #10 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Parent Tree Swallow bringing in food for the baby. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenevenpar Posted July 17, 2020 #11 Share Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/6/2020 at 2:20 PM, zackiedawg said: I was once again able to head up to the one wetland area open in my county - though I can't understand why they can't just open them all...I was there for 3 hours and saw not one single other person. Last week only one other person was there. The simple fact is, virus or not, very few hardy souls would even consider walking around in a swamp in the middle of the afternoon in 96 degrees and humidity exceeding 85%...social distancing is about as effortless as can be! Dragonfly doing a handstand: I just read that they are cooling themselves by catching what little breeze there may be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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