Something is better than nothing....I guess

The hot weather is taking a break....yeah! I actually went outside and didn't pass out in the heat. I still have a week of Wimbeldon to watch on TV, but I imagine I will get out some this week :-)Here are a couple of dragonflies from our pond.....Widow Skimmer....always one of the easiest to get a photo of.
I thought this was Slaty Skimmer when I took the photo, but now I'm not sure. Doesn't look dark enough. the last of our Raspberries! We did not plant these....I think the birds must have planted them! I first discovered them last year and this year we have had enough to have a pie and a lot to just eat on cereal or ice cream or by themselves. Thank you, birds!

A lily that I didn't post yet....sort of a large reddish orange.

The male cardinals look a bit "ratty"....summer seems to be hard on them.

The Goldfinches are suddenly showing up again.

He seems to like this new feeder OK.

Chipping Sparrow. My birds are not great in variety at the moment and not a lot of them at the feeders.

I'm having some problems with the scheduled posting. Hope this posts.

Squirrel Sunday....hot days

It's too hot to take photos. It's too hot to do anything.

Star agrees with me, so here are some "oldies". If ever there was a photo that expresses how I feel right now, it is this one!
Just enough energy to eat.
....sort of.

.......maybe if he opens his mouth the food will come to him.

"Stop laughing at me!....It's HOT!

Where's that swimming pool you promised me??????"

Not dead, just busy....

Just want you to know that I'm still around! Between watching Wimbeldon, fixing crafts for VBS, and the heat, I'm just not getting out to take photos right now :-) My favorite triple-petaled Daylilies are opening now and I have them successfully scattered around several places. Here they wrap around the end of the garage in back.
A close-up of its lovely orange petals.

These darker red petaled daylilies are really taking off this year, too! They are one of the few things blooming in my so-called perenial bed this year....it is sadly neglected.

I like the way the stamins/anthers curve outward and upward. Looking back at the triple lily, you don't even see its stamins. How strange.

Itty, bitty bug eggs and baby whatever's.....

(UPDATE: BugGuide.net says they are stinkbugs)

I have no idea what these are but they hatched on the outside of my patio doors. Each one is only the size of the head of a pin! The entire colony is about a half inch in diameter. I can't believe how tiny they are. I watched them all day waiting to see if they grew or moved away or did anything. If they are still there in the morning, I will add an update to this post. I think this is the most "macro" thing I have ever photographed!


This one is from the inside of the house looking at their undersides.
I wish I knew what they are! I looked up Ladybugs, but their eggs are yellow.
When I went to bed, they were all hanging together underneath of the empty eggs.

Just flowers without bugs at Hartman.....

I had these flower images left over from my "bug" shots, so since I have nothing else decided to put them here. In my quilt blog, I posted a link for the outdoor quilt show which was very nice, although very hot.I can't give you most of the names, so I will just put the images here.

Zinnias

Gayfeather
Lots of different hydrangeas

Bottlebrush

Blueberries...unripe :-)