Fun Friday: Pollinator at Work

By Jim | Published July 21, 2017

With our extremely hot temperatures, I have not been out much for photography lately. But I do manage to make an occasional walk-through of my butterfly garden, right outside my front door and in beautiful bloom right now! During my walk-through yesterday, I did find some pollinators busy at work: I’ve also seen a couple […]

Posted in 2017, Blog, Fun Friday post, Insect Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Leave a comment

Fun Friday … From the Vault

By Jim | Published April 28, 2017

Today’s “Fun Friday” post comes from the “vault”, and features a wonderful, Green Metallic Bee that is busy pollinating one of my favorite prairie wildflowers … the Spiderwort. I have been away from blogging for about a week, due to a very hectic schedule.  Last weekend I had a booth in the Stillwater Art Show […]

Posted in 2017, Blog, Fun Friday post, Insect Photography, Macro Photography, Nature Photography, Wildflowers | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Leave a comment

Busy As A Bee

By Jim | Published January 16, 2012

While hiking some meadows in the Maroon Bells area of Colorado, I came upon a nice patch of thistles, and several Bumble Bees that were busy nectar hunting:         These images were made in mid-September. The nighttime temperatures were downright cold, but you could count on seeing these guys busy at work […]

Posted in Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
4 Comments

Chill Out!

By Jim | Published January 11, 2012

While hiking the Maroon Bells area of the Colorado Rockies, I stumbled upon a small patch of wildflowers, including these yellow beauties. Not sure of the identification, but appears to possibly be a sunflower of the genus Arnica (any ID help is certainly appreciated!):       Did you notice the small “inhabitant”, located near […]

Posted in Blog | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
8 Comments