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There was a fly in my sunrise this morning! It was sitting against the window when I opened the lounge curtains. I am thankful for such an early photo opportunity. Unfortunately technology would not allow me to post it earlier. I am also happy that my Mother arrived yesterday! I look forward to the next few weeks… My first thought this morning was that today is the last day of the first half of 2011. Where has the time gone? |
@maggiezlenz - a photo journal of wild and wonderful thingz...
Thursday 30 June 2011
June 30, 2011
Wednesday 29 June 2011
June 29, 2011
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| So well camouflaged - no wonder this Praying Mantis looked so shocked that I had spotted it!! |
Tuesday 28 June 2011
June 28, 2011
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| No time for photography today - I had to dig in the archives for a photo. These Crested Guineafowl were foraging in the pouring rain. Drops of water can be seen on their feathers. |
Monday 27 June 2011
June 27, 2011
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| If I didn't know better I might have thought that Monday's were also washing days for spiders! This is the exo-skeleton of a Lynx Spider. |
Sunday 26 June 2011
Saturday 25 June 2011
June 25, 2011
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| Miss Pinky Nail Butterfly features for the second time this week! She was basking in the early sunlight this morning. The sun brought out her colours so beautifully and made the leaves of the Vygie seem translucent. |
Friday 24 June 2011
June 24, 2011
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| This Laughing Dove was chomping away at the Vygie plant. The photo was taken through the lounge window! |
Thursday 23 June 2011
Wednesday 22 June 2011
June 22, 2011
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| Flowers for my Facebook Fwends! Thanks for supporting my blog - your comments are really appreciated! |
Tuesday 21 June 2011
June 21, 2011
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| A very cold Emerald-Spotted Dove! This photo was taken in the game reserve on Saturday. The last week of the school term means no time for photograpy... I will be posting photos from the archive this week! |
Monday 20 June 2011
June 20, 2011
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| Never thought that those tall Euphorpia type of plants have such amazing little flowers! The fragrance is extremely strong and sweet and attracts all sorts of insects. The dead flowers create great contrast, but probably worsen the smell! |
Sunday 19 June 2011
June 19, 2011
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| The pinky-finger is there to show how tiny the little butterfly actually is! I have taken many photos of the "Common Grass Blue" but never had one sit still for long enough to do this. |
Saturday 18 June 2011
June 18, 2011
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| Touched with gold by the late afternoon sun. We took a short but enjoyable drive to the game reserve. Sightings included Buffalo, White Rhino and numerous beautiful birds: Natal Francolin, Southern Boubou, Emerald Spotted Dove, Burchells Coucal & Hoopoe. Unfortunately it gets dark so suddenly after the sun dips behind the mountains that we headed home within an hour and a half. It is such a blessing to live so close to the game reserve..... |
Friday 17 June 2011
Thursday 16 June 2011
Wednesday 15 June 2011
June 15, 2011
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| The news about the opening of our new Pre-Primary classes have brought many prospective parents to our school! Mr Peacock and his two wives arrived in the parking area today, walked down the path towards the hall and took a left turn down the passage towards the classrooms. Obviously checking out the premises & taking mental notes of the garden & surrounds -with Mrs P in front checking the safety of the roof - they made their way around the school in a very stately fashion. The Peacock family live next door at the hotel & they obviously think it will be very convenient for their offspring to attend our beautiful school ;-) |
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Monday 13 June 2011
June 13, 2011
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| It is hard to believe that a delicate mushroom can push it's way through soil and emerge unscathed. Love the soft touch of blue... |
Sunday 12 June 2011
June 12, 2011
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| Highly polished! This is a Cuckoo Wasp - so called because it deposits it's eggs in other wasp's nests. It did not like the camera much & this was the only photo I managed to get. I post the photo anyway, because it is the first time I have seen one of these during the past 18 months of mainly insect photography. Such amazing metallic colours! |
Saturday 11 June 2011
June 11, 2011
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| What is a Fruit Salad without Grenadilla??? I have had many growing in my garden but have never noticed the fine engineering that is so part of the process. The little bumps on the flower bud remind me of tack-welding - they keep the protective covering together while the flower develops within. Once ready, the flower will erupt in all it's glory. The next photo so clearly shows how this protection lasts long after the flower has gone. We are experiencing a problem with black ants that get the best of about 50% of the flowers causing them not to come into fruition. The top two flowers have clearly become ant food. |
Friday 10 June 2011
Thursday 9 June 2011
June 9, 2011
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This red necked spider was quite happy to let me get a close-up of those amazing eyes. - until it spotted it's reflection in the lens.......... |
Wednesday 8 June 2011
June 8, 2011
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Bunches of beautiful!! The African Violet is flowering non-stop this year! Such a lovely shade of pink brought to life by the flash of the camera. Thanks go my dear Mommy for this ongoing gift. |
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Monday 6 June 2011
June 6, 2011
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| I have never had so much 'bloomin' grass in my potplants before... The seeds must have come free with the last bag of potting soil that I purchased ;-) |
Sunday 5 June 2011
June 5, 2011
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| Fancy footwork. These 'Vygies' grow next to my front porch steps. Armed with my camera, I sat on the steps in the sun for a while today and was privileged to witness this drama! No sooner had the bee (?) landed when the Crab Spider appeared from where it was hiding. The little spider did not quite know which end to tackle first. As the bee circled at quite a speed in the brand new flower to help itself to the fresh pollen, the spider was dancing about wildly. It somehow reminded me of the fancy footwork in a boxing match. The spider lost this round and the lucky bee escaped with a heavy load. (The previous 2 day's photos were taken at this same spot. The Vygies can be seen in the background of both photos.) |
Saturday 4 June 2011
June 4, 2011
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| This is on the same wild daisy bush as the flower in yesterday's photograph. It is quite amazing that a tiny flower can erupt with such abundance. The late afternoon sunlight adds a touch of 'bling' |
Friday 3 June 2011
June 3, 2011
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| Designed by The Master These little wild daisies look very insignificant until you take a closer look. Perfect three-pointed petals with five quaint little flowers arranged within. No wonder the butterflies love them! |
Thursday 2 June 2011
June 2, 2011
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| An Ant Spider - biting a nail or sucking a thumb? There is a lot to be read on the internet about Ant Spiders. They are masters of mimicry. I have not quite recovered from SARSalitis & this afternoon the dreaded 'flu that is going around hit me head-on. Until I can bend down without feeling that my eyeballs might pop out,I will be digging thru the archives for photos that did not make it to last year's daily journal. This one is for my photo friend Ant.... |
Wednesday 1 June 2011
June 1, 2011
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| SO - here I am starting a brand new month in my journal with a photo that I did not take today! Tax recons and submissions have kept me so busy this past week or so that I have not had much time to spare. This photo was taken a while ago. I posted a different view of this chap on 23 March. It now seems clear that the hat was not the cause of the sad face - the poor noonoo had a bug in it's bonnet... |
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