the sunset last night......taken while I was driving!

I KNOW that is a BAD idea.......but here is what I was able to capture!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-30


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-30

The moon last night.....

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-30

self....

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-27

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-27

rain forest...

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-25

singing sunflowers.....

I passed the sunflower fields Monday....and had to pull off the road to take a few shots. They appear to have had the seeds harvested or the birds have had a feast! What is left reminded me of little mouths all open and singing. If you start to the left of the photograph and move your eyes to the right and back and forth around....the little "O-shaped" centers of the sunflowers do resemble mouths and they look like they are moving! The colors are vibrant too!




Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-24


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-24

a beautiful pink flower.......it looks like it has been painted!

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23

a gorgeous swallowtail butterfly....

I stopped by my parents' house today and saw a beautiful swallowtail butterfly out in the backyard fluttering around so I grabbed my camera and went out and captured a few macro shots.......here are a few:


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-23

macro string lights...

We went to my sister's for dinner Saturday night and she had these beautiful string lights that looked like hot air balloons......here are some macro shots of those as I thought they were really pretty!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-21


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-21


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-21

macro crackled glass candleholders

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-21

albino peacock and her babies....

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-20

monkey see...monkey do...

These are TWO different monkeys......sitting side by side opposite directions at the zoo...yet both doing the exact same thing!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-20


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-20

macro jelly beans...

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-19

I love how the water looks in this shot......

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-19

sitting by a barn on a farm......

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-19

a good day for a swim...

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-18


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-18

a VAGINA on my table!

I am one of those who as they stare at a wall or piece of wood or the floor or clouds or just about anything.....I "see" things that lie hidden...undiscovered......I make faces in grains of wood.....little creatures.....etc.

SO....imagine my surprise one day as I sat at my kitchen table daydreaming...and staring at the wood....and THIS jumped out at me!!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17

something from the oven...

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17

a taste from the garden...

Shot with DSC at 2007-07-17

some shots of the moon....

I love the moon and the sun........I do not have a tripod for my camera....so when I take shots of the moon I freehand it all. AND when zooming in 40x.......well......it makes one all over the place and very very difficult to keep the moon in view while you snap a shot at the same time. I have to take a few before I get a decent one.....here are a few from earlier in the year.....but whenever there is going to be a big, bright moon....once it comes into view.....you will usually find me outside.....snapping away!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17

A quack quack here and a quack quack there...

Noah and I stopped by our local park for a picnic......and I snapped a few of the new baby ducks....they were adorable...these are only a few I took....she had 9 babies....and there was another momma duck and little tiny babies....and lots of geese....and......ants...


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-16

CHECK OUT THE EYES ON THAT ONE LITTLE GUY!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-16

SOME BRILLIANT NEW FEATHER MARKINGS I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE...


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-17

Then I noticed this ant carrying a big crumb wandering across my blanket.....so I decided to switch to MACRO mode and follow him to see if I could catch any good shots. I got a few....he moved so fast it was very difficult to take any successful pictures of him. Here is one of the better ones I got......I was lying flat on my stomach in the ground with my camera only about 2-3 inches away from this ant......That white thing on the other side of the green grass is the big crumb he is carrying.......check out the hairs on his body and his eyes!


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-16


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-16

nap time.....all the babies and mommy duck gathered around us and took naps.......



Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-16


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-16

goose feet.....

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-15

I've got something stuck where??

Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-14

is it gone? did I get it?


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-14


A beautiful local park......


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-14

another gorgeous sunset...

Yes.....I have a thing for the sun and the moon.....


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-13


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-13


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-13


Shot with DMC-TZ1 at 2007-07-13