nature's hoarder

the

eastern gray squirrel is a scatter-hoarder.

unlike me...

who tends to be a scatter-brain.

(at times)

i'm not a hoarder...i'm a collector.

this past week i took so many pictures of squirrels,

i couldn't decide if i should climb a tree,

stick my head in the bird feeder

or squat & bury some acorns!

it took me so long to pick out a few squirrel pictures...

i didn't have time to do any of that.

my favorite...

i had to 'morph' this guy. 

here he is in 'emboss' mode...

and now...what would a blog post about squirrels be, without squirrel bones.

well, yes, i do have squirrel bones, but decided to just go with the skull.

squirrel skull

flip side, squirrel skull. look at those 2 front teeth!

time to get outa here...signing off with last night's moon.

life's a journey.  enjoy the ride.

laura

“My friend is going to save a little girl from monsters. I am going with him. That's what friends do.” 

~Jim Butcher, Changes

(i read  A LOT! right now i'm loving Jim Butcher's 'dresden files' series!)

friday's fringe 33 ~ morphing the moon

i couldn't get a full moon picture wednesday night...too much cloud cover.

BUT thursday morning, the air was crisp & cool (46F) & clear!

my youngest son (28yrs) travis, is living with us (again).

i've been driving him up to the 'day labor' place every morning at 5:30

and sitting in the parking lot waiting to drive him to a jobsite.

i grabbed my camera.

my first picture was looking toward the road with the moon & star

still high enough in the sky for a good picture.

those WHITE LINES toward the bottom of the picture are cars rushing by.

zooming in on the moon...in it's magical fullness!

29 november 2012  at  5:25am

and now comes the FUN part.

moon morphs!

mosaic tiles

cubism style

heat map

aaaaaaah.  the purple moon.

embossed

and just plain dreamy...

"Under the full moon life is all adventure." 

~Sigurd Olson, The Singing Wilderness

thanks for stopping by on 

lk

**all morphs on today's post done with gimp, a free image manipulation program**

ps - friday morning...after making my run to the Labor Force place...

will be my 'catch up' time.

see ya' in bloggerland!

friday's fringe 30 ~ more zebras...morphed!

BUT FIRST...
just another picture of the magical moon...    =)

3  november  2012

“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”   

~Gandalf to the Great Eagles, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

(a polite way to say good-bye to an eagle)

~ oOo ~

there are so many Zebra Longwings 

(florida's state butterfly) 

fluttering

through the yard lately.  

i've snapped so many pictures of them!

might as well love 'em while i can, 'cause the temp's are starting to drop a bit.

(yesterday's high was 65 and the lows have dipped to high 30's to 40 (F))

the zebra longwings seem to really like the taste of the Elliot's Aster plant (a FL native), 

with its lavender flowers.

(they might not look lavender - my camera must be color blind. it never sees shades of purple.)

i saw FOUR zebras on this one plant...at one time!

unfortunately, no camera in hand.

so here's a THREEfer!

i did a little playing around with this TWOfer picture...

BOOSTED colors...

same photo, like an Oil...

well, that's it for now.

OH, NO IT'S NOT...

ONE more picture for the road!

(we took emo for his first short venture outside. here he is next to squatting sam.)

thanks for stopping by on

lk

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” 

~Siddhārtha Gautama

friday's fringe - 15 (glow!)

Love is the law of life.  

~Gandhi

a heart shaped mushroom spotted in backyard

every friday. just one of my nature shots.

(with an occasional 'morph' tossed in now and then...like today!)

lk



friday's fringe - 14 (congestion can be good!)

White-tailed deer. taken in O'Leno State Park, High Springs, Florida...about 40 minutes from home.

every friday. one of my nature shots.

(with an occasional 'morph' tossed in now and then.)

lk

O'Leno State Park  link

((6:26 am - (this was a (pre-) scheduled post (5:30 am)...and i just wanted to say 

as i woke up this morning and turned the news on...i was shocked and saddened

at the horrific tragedy that took place in a theater outside Denver, Colorado during the night.

my heart goes out to all the family & friends who were involved in this incident.))

friday's fringe - 13 (majestically perched)

TWO Bald Eagles spotted at Lochloosa Lake, Hawthorne, Florida. about 30 minutes from home.

every friday. one of my nature shots.

(with an occasional 'morph' tossed in now & then)

be lucky.  be safe.

for more info on lochloosa:

Lochloosa Harbor Fishing Camp 

    Florida Fish & Wildlife: Lochloosa Lake

and

Florida Fish & Wildlife: Bald Eagle Management

friday's fringe - 12 (stinky)

a 'stink bug' nymph clinging to a couple of dried pine needles

every friday. one of my nature shots.

(with an occasional 'morph' tossed in now and then)

friday's fringe - 11 (mum's the word)

mums  (chrysanthemums)

and the original...

mums after the rain

every friday. just one of my nature shots.

once in a while...a 'morph' thrown in (like today).

oOo

(yeah...yeah...no talking on Friday's Fringe...BUT i just wanted to give an update to

any one who might be wondering how we faired through the storm...

Tropical Storm DEBBY.

she has left many people here in north florida, under water. we were lucky to 

only have minor damage, due to a tree that snapped...and landed on the roof...

broke the bathroom skylight and twisted the metal edges of the roof in spots. 

all repairable.

lots of dead wood...a couple of other trees down...

we'll be doing a lot of gathering, sawing & burning. 

so THAT's my excuse, if you don't see me at your place...out there in bloggerland...

or if i don't get on here to comment back...or check my emails...

i'm just stuck outside...in the heat...sweating...fighting off hungry mosquitoes...

swatting at gnats in my ears & eyes...plucking off ticks...breaking my back. 

just kidding. well, no i'm not.)

my thoughts are with those who have had it much worse. hang in there. time heals.

lk

friday's fringe - 9 (lizard blizzard)

a 'morphing monday' on friday!

and the original...

lizard or Anole, turning from brown to green

every friday. one of my nature shots.

(sometimes, a 'morph' tossed in...like today!)

"Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment -

a little makes the way of the best happiness."  

 ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

morphing monday (flutterby mosaic)

~ morphing monday  6 ~

every monday. 

one of my nature shots...edited...altered...manipulated.

the original image.  Tiger Swallowtail on Azalea flower.

morphing monday (it's a hoot)

~ morphing monday - 5 ~

every monday.

one of my nature shots altered with picassa, gimp or fast stone imaging.

Barred Owl...in the back yard

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.   

~Marshall McLuhan