TURTLE TONGUE

This is one of our metal turtle "sculptures".  Not the one I showed you before with the shadow skirt.  This is a different, bigger one.  He hangs out in a little patch of garden between the front of the house and the gates to the back yards, under a croton bush.  I happened to notice one day that he had a tongue and when I looked closer, this is what I saw. For some reason I just am tickled pink with this shot : )  Please note that the green turtle and plants qualify this for NaBloPoMo-Green - plus, the lizard is being green, recycling the turtle as a home : )

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Mellow Yellow Monday and NaBloPoMo

Today's yellow starts out not so much yellow, but this needs to be viewed in a sequence.  First, I looked up at the lizard cage and it looked like everything was dead or dying:

These are Bird House Gourds and they need to be left on the vine to properly dry.  These few are in different stages of drying; not very pretty, huh?


Then I looked down, and things were looking up : )

A new runner starting, with new blossoms.  So I had to get closer:

Ahhhh, that's more like it - and my well-loved yellow and green together. But it gets even better:

I didn't even realize the blossoms had the little fuzzies inside.  And the center - oh my, it looks like those yellow cauliflowers!  I think this shot is a wallpaper shot in the making.


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Shadow Shot Sunday and Weekend Reflections

Poor little guy lost his tail, but he's still enjoying the reflections.

Shadows on the pomegranate.

Hope your weekend is going well.  Please click on the appropriate buttons to the right to see more shots of shadows and reflections.  Peace.  B : )

Fertilizer Friday, SkyWatch Friday, Color Carnival, Camera Critters, Six Word Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday, Weekend Reflections

Another busy week, thus multiple memes.  I cannot believe how busy one can be when retired.  To do all I used to do when I worked - well, I'm pretty sure I was SuperWoman....and I know that all of you who are still out there slaving to make a living are SuperWomen too!  And men too, I guess, if you don't have a woman who does it all for you : )

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FERTILIZER FRIDAY - Freaky Peachy

SKYWATCH FRIDAY - tire tracks in the sky??

COLOR CARNIVAL - a napkin from Mikey's birthday party!

CAMERA CRITTERS - the lizard who thought he was the turtle's tongue

SIX WORD SATURDAY - MOTHER'S DAY GONE; FATHER'S DAY COMING!

SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY - right smack across the picture!

WEEKEND REFLECTIONS - Lincoln is looking at his face in the pool water - look closely and you can see it too.

Hope you are having, and continue to have, a wonderful weekend.  I know, I know, Monday is coming up fast, ugh, but just try to think of it as a new beginning : )  It helps, honest.  Peace.  B : )



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Mellow Yellow Monday

This is an older shot, but I don't think I have posted it yet.  We planted more gourds around the lizard cage, in its new location, so hopefully there will be more of these shots this summer.

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Make your day golden, light, and free.  Peace.  B : )


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ABC Wednesday - L is for Life and Lizards and Little and Lavender AND Watery Wednesday where L is for Lincoln

ABC WEDNESDAY:
L IF FOR LIFE - brand new life - looks like it's taking flight doesn't it?

L IS FOR LIZARDS - Zimmie likes her food - "let me at it!"

L IS FOR LITTLE AND LAVENDER - these wildflowers are so little they're almost microscopic - if they weren't that lovely lavender color, you'd never notice them at all - they look like a speck

AND WATERY WEDNESDAY WHERE L IS ALSO FOR LINCOLN - the grandson loves leaning over, playing in the dog fountain. Sometimes he lies down on his belly and plays with both hands, and laughs.

Lots of lovely life for you to look upon.  Like more?  Click on the buttons to the right.  Love, light, and laughter to you - and Peace of course.  B : )




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Camera Critters - WARNING!! Do NOT scroll down if you can't look at blood

Ahhh many days of unwelcome frozen weather here in SW Florida and the plants aren't the only things suffering.  The lizards have a heating pad in the winter, but when it gets REALLY cold, they have to come indoors.  Then when the sun comes out, they get to go out in it for a while.  This year, we put them in a giant wire dog crate, and put it on the yard wagon, so that I could wheel them out into the sun easily, move them when the sun moved, and keep their heating pad plugged in if still cold.  Here are Zimmie and Bobber attempting to enjoy the weather:

And here, unfortunately, is what happens when they have to spend days on end cooped up together and get either agitated or bored:

Zimmie got a little "haircut" and Bobber ripped off part of his lower lip.  Oh yeah - are we having fun yet?  Enjoy your Saturday.  Oh, and don't forget to hop on over to Camera Critters, by clicking on the button to the right.
Peace.  B : )

Camera Critters

These little guys (and girls) inhabit Florida in many forms.  I particularly like the ones that have red heads and argyle down their backs.  This one is not so fancy, but the rock s/he is sitting on is.  They are particularly amusing when they get in the big lizards' cage and hang out with them.

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