BEE on the BEGONIA!

When I was a kid I would run down the street screaming if a bee came anywhere near me...now I am getting so close to the little critters to capture a photo...I must be nuts or fearless!

Does anyone know....DOES THIS KIND OF BEE STING?

Ladybug on the mug!

Isn't the ladybug cute! It was running so fast around the mug and made about 3 laps!

Ladybug in the house!

This little ladybug was running fast around the rim of a mug in the kitchen sink! Here are a few shots of it.

Why is this called a Bachelor button? Did bachelor's wear them??

Isn't this bachelor button pretty! And can you believe I grew it from seed.

SEE THE BUSY BEE!

I held the camera about 2 inches away from this bee and it was so busy busy going from flower to flower collecting pollen. It was so exciting and I had the feeling the bee was "putting on a show" for me!

Bachelor button

Bachelor button! I am thrilled...I planted these from seeds and I thought the blossoms wouldn't open until the plant was about 20 inches tall, but here they are starting to open .... cute isn't it!

Baby nasturtium, how exciting!

This is a nasturtium bud. I planted these from seeds a few weeks ago, and I am amazed that they grew!

What is this cutie?

My husband photographed this flower for me.

I think it's a wildflower, I never planted it...isn't it pretty? Does anyone know what it is?

Butterfly!

Look carefully and see the butterfly in the center of the flower.

Beautiful Butterfly!

I ran around the yard taking pictures of this butterfly as it went from flower to flower.

Do You Know What This Flower is?

This flower is so pretty and I don't know what it is, I never planted it in the garden and suddenly there are loads of them. Please help me identify it. Thank you.

I finally got a picture of the little Goldfinch at the bird feeder eating thistle. This is the female, the male is bright yellow!

MY TREE...

Another view.

MY TREE....

It's a hybrid poplar that is about 35 years old. The yard is almost all ledge so the tree's roots are growing above the ground! It is the biggest and tallest tree in our neighborhood and I am so proud of it!

We have put up some bird feeders in the garden and today I saw a Goldfinch at the thistle feeder. He was so cute! I've never seen a goldfinch before...I actually thought it was a parakeet, but after checking the internet it sure is a goldfinch. Now if I could only get a photo of it!

July 10, 2008 My First Blog Posting

Hi everyone,
I have just started this blog, so it is a work in progress. I'm still not sure how to post photos or anything for that matter. Anyway, here I am in Salem, Massachusetts and I am so curious as to how this blog thing works. I hope I won't just be talking to myself on here, but if so, oh well! I have big big expectations on hearing from people all over the world...is that possible? I only know 2 people who have their own blogs, one is my daughter who has a great writing blog and the other person is the teacher in a drawing class that I just started attending. I actually got jealous when I read her blog because she had photos of flowers on it, and since I love photographing flowers and nobody ever sees my pictures, I thought I would start my own blog and post the flower pictures along with well.....whatever. Hope I'm not boring anyone who has happened to find this page. I am about to hit the button to post this first of many postings....here goes.....! Do I sign this thing or what???
So I am having trouble already....I wrote this post and now I can't get it to show up on the blog sight and this is very discouraging....