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Shutterbug Saturday: Critter Collections 6.0

Posted on June 15, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

All Things Critter
All photos are my personal collection. ~Vic
Part I/Part II/Part III/Part IV/Part V

Bee Image One — Coreopsis Bee
Coreopsis blooming in November.
11-04-2017

McKinley Image Two — McKinley with lunch.
I think it is a grasshopper.
09-06-2018

Daisy Image Three — Daisy Bee
At least, I think it is a daisy.
10-13-2018

Slug Image Four — Sidewalk Slug
He had places to go.
03-21-2019

Worm Image Five — Window Worm
This thing showed up during the rain storms.
It looks like a tape worm.
04-13-2019

Lizard Image Six — Blue Tail
I see these lizards all over the place.
They are quick.
05-06-2019

Flyer Image Seven — Lacy Wings
Cute green thing in the kitchen window.
05-10-2019

Moth Image Eight — Pale Blue
Tiny little moth.
05-11-2019

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Shutterbug Saturday: Rogue Artistes 4.0

Posted on June 8, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

This will be the last in the graffiti series for a while until some new ones show up or I find artwork somewhere else. All photos are my personal collection. © ~Vic
Part I/Part II/Part III

Seek Love Image One — This is really hard to see but, it says “Seek Love”.
Riverwalk path.
05-26-2019

Sell Souls Image Two — How to sell soul to a soulless people who sold their souls?
06-09-2017

Love More Image Three — Love More
06-01-2019

Nothing Is Easy Image Four — Nothing is easy, especially high voltage.
06-09-2017

One-Eyed Smile Image Five — One-eyed smile?
06-01-2019

Storm Cloud Image Six — Storm cloud over the soulless people.
How apropos…
06-01-2019

Smiley Image Seven — Smiley scribbled in the window.
This is the shed next to the house from the first post.
05-19-2019

New Canvas Image Eight — Remember the winter tree with the red heart, love, pain and voodoo?
It’s gone. New canvas for new art.
05-17-2019

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Shutterbug Saturday: Rogue Artistes 3.0

Posted on June 1, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

The creative elves are back at it with more graffiti. If concrete or wood is bare, they have a canvas. All photos are my personal collection. © ~Vic

Part I/Part II

Anarchy Man-hole Image One — Anarchy!
Even man-hole openings need decoration.
04-15-2019

Crying Man-hole Image Two — Crying man-hole.
Maybe its the smell?
04-22-2019

Happy Man-hole Image Three — Happy man-hole.
This one must smell better.
05-07-2019

Love Animals Image Four — Love animals.
Covered walkway to Gold Park.
05-17-2019

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Shutterbug Saturday: Critter Collections 3.0

Posted on May 11, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

All photos and video are my personal collection. I'm surprised some of these turned out as well as they did. The first six were taken with a Samsung Alias II…an old flip phone. ~Vic
Part I/Part II

Web Image One — Rogue spider in the Den.
06-01-2013

Web Image Two — It was a good-sized web.
Spider was nowhere to be found.

Big Spider Image Three — I nearly walked into this big web leaving work.
10-23-2013

Bathroom Spider Image Five — These long-legged things freak me out.
They love to hang upside down in bathrooms.
08-22-2015

Bathroom Spider Image Six — Just ewwwww…

Leaf Grasshopper Image Seven — He looks like a leaf.
10-31-2016

Roach Image Eight — During a rainstorm, he crawled up on the kitchen window to dry off.
YUCK.
06-20-2017

I had forgotten that I had some videos of critters, too. I was trying to sing like a child, just being silly.
Clark was not impressed.

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Shutterbug Saturday: Feathers 3.0

Posted on March 2, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

Feathers Image One — Photo Credit: Magda Ehlers on Pexels

I love watching and listening to the birds. They are fun and fascinating. A few evenings ago, I was sitting in one of my Adirondack chairs I have in my yard. They are underneath a very large Hackberry tree. This tree is huge and old. As I was enjoying the sunset and journaling, I heard tapping…above my head. Then, I noticed dust-like material gathering in my lap, my pages and on my phone (and, no doubt, on my head). I looked directly above me, which was not an easy task in a high-back chair. Yes. It was a small woodpecker. This little thing had the entire tree to beat its beak into but, decided to do its routine…directly above me. I struggled to get shots but, I got a few. That will be for another post in the future.

Part I
Part II

Feathers Image Two — All Photos Are My Personal Collection
Invasion of the Buzzards
03-07-2017

Feathers Image Three — As carrion eaters, they are the clean-up crew.

Feathers Image Four — I never saw what they were after.

Feathers Image Five — I guess they have bodyguards or scouts.

Feathers Image Six

Feathers Image Seven — They hung out for a while.

Feathers Image Eight — Caught this beauty from the kitchen window (six years ago, tomorrow).
Sadly, all of those trees had to come down last year.
03-03-2013

Feathers Image Nine — I think this is a juvenile.
But, a Cooper’s Hawk or a Sharp-Shinned, I’m not sure.

Feathers Image Ten — Drake & mate(s) in a park in Central Texas.
12-12-2008

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We have several neighborhood cats. Some are really, really nice and just want to be petted. Others…well, let’s just say I have a healthy respect for them. All photos are my personal collection. © ~Vic