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Yesterday afternoon, while finishing up from filling the feeders, as I was entering the house through the basement patio door, I spotted this little Anole lizard clinging onto the bottom panel of the screen door - on the inside of the door.
At first, due to the very pale color and location, I thought it was a leaf that had gotten stuck on a cobweb, but when I reached to clear it off. I realized it was an anole! Not sure if it was still alive I touched the tail and it moved.
Uh oh! What's a lizard doing out in December? I thought they hibernated when the temperature started dropping, and we've had some temps hitting the freezing mark off and on for the past few weeks.
So, I secured the screen door to keep the wind from slamming it shut and smashing our little visitor, hoping it would move along once it realized the coast was clear.
Then late last night, around midnight, I did a lizard check, and it had moved off the screen door and onto the door frame. *sigh*
Knowing we had freezing temps last night, first thing I did when I woke up this morning was a lizard check - and it was STILL there. We had to run some errands today, so after we got home early this afternoon, I did another lizard check. And it was STILL there!
Unfortunately, I now had to fill all the feeders and Goodie Bowls, going in and out the patio door - and it barely budged as I walked past it several times. Decided to get some shots to document this December Drama, hoping it would not jump off the doorframe and run into the house. Thankfully, it stayed put!
Finally, this evening before dark, I did another lizard check -- and it was gone! Whew! I hope it wandered back to its lair, to finish hibernating safe and sound until spring rolls around!
Yup, more holiday bokeh and fun. I'd apologize for the repetition but we only get to enjoy the warm holiday lights for so long each year so I'm going to enjoy it.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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I thought this was the last I'd see of the sun for a while so I went for a walk with my boys down to the river to make the most of it. I'm praying they have the forecast wrong!
There were some overly friendly swans trying to eat my camera strap when I took this. I was more worried about my camera falling into the river than being pecked to death!
Suddenly the most atmospheric and lovely month of the year was here again (!) It doesn't feel long since I photographed my mom's Christmas decorations last year.
I have a really busy but fun start of the month, with lots of singing and concerts with my choir this week.
I hope all of you will have some nice early December days!
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Final Moth List for November 8th 2020.
Feathered Thorn 6
December Moth 1
Green Brindled Crescent 1
Mottled Umber 1
Yellow-line Quaker 2
Red-line Quaker 2
Chestnut 2
Beaded Chestnut 2
November Moth agg 1
Micro:-
Garden Rose Tortrix 1
December 12, 2017
Leica iiif, 35mm Summaron
Fomapan 100 in caffenol 11:00
(per liter: soda 32g, vit C 18g, coffee 42.5g)
Scanned PrimeFilmXE, Silverfast sw
Post process PS Elements, Silver Efex Pro
Two scanned negatives merged with software
Looking South into low December sun about 10 a.m.
I'll say a word here about my fondness for rangefinder cameras. They're light and fast. One sets the exposure and focus before raising camera to eye, and the only thing between your eye and the scene is a bit of glass and the framelines. They bring a great deal of freedom, including the very liberating freedom from batteries!
Preoccupante l'assenza di neve nonostante sia dicembre inoltrato. Preoccupanti anche le temperature ben al di sopra della media.
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the december garden looking towards the patio on the left
to the right at the back under cover of the white fleece is the myrtle bush
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing
Zenit ES Photosniper USSR 1978, Tair 3s 300mm, UV filter on, Kodak Ultra 400, C41, Epson V600.
Lake Velencei, Hungary.
December is off to it's regular gloomy start with snow soon to follow. Five exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Nessie contemplating what sort of trouble she should get into next.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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Keeping balanced.
Happy New Year's Eve everyone!
Hope everyone is doing well.
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Sophie (and Gizmo, not pictured) is visiting this week while my parents are off visiting my brother and his family.
I think Sophie may be in competition with Tigs over who has the best resting cranky face'.
Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe.
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Well, i am finally done Christmas shopping, yay. I also got a new coat and boots as an early christmas gift so i decided to bundle up and venture out to get some new deer shots. As i crouched down into the snow, this little beauty walked up to me:) I also saw something very strange in the distance.. two older deer, both does i believe, one looked like it was carrying the other, maybe it was tired, or sick? I will upload a photo in the comments..maybe you have seen this behavior before?
This was meant for yesterday's Ttremendous Tuesday, but I just didn't get to it. But it's just as good for today - December solstice - my hubby's favorite day. Well, I guess his favorite must actually be tomorrow when the days get longer. I am a lover of winter, but sure wish our driveway was smaller!
I had an older version of this with colors I liked more, but that image looked "muddy" so I re-did it. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the color I had before - it was a Pixlr effect that is no longer available - but this is close enough and I guess I prefer a cleaner image to specific tones. I still miss the old Pixlr -sigh. :-)
Russia, Novosibirsk, industrial coal railway to the Novosibirsk Power Station No5. Type of Locomotive TEM7A.
Россия, Новосибирск, подъездной путь Новосибирской ТЭЦ-5. Тепловозы ТЭМ7А.
I pass this apple tree almost every day. It still has some apples on it until this day this late in the year! Every time the few remaining apples catch my attention even out of the corner of my eye while driving past it. Today, they looked particularly colorful. So I stopped and "picked" a picture. I hope you enjoy!
The branches hang quite high; I had to crop by a factor of about 1.63.
Yesterday, I saw (among others) F40, F50 and Enzo. I also had a magic ride in the F50. What a day !!
Late December in the high country. Winter has come to stay.
Image imagined in MidJourney AI and finished with Topaz Studio 2.0 and Lightroom Classic.
L540 holds at Palmer Line Jct for the LS&I 7 Weigher job to clear with empty vans for the Tilden Mine. Typical winter overcast skies gave off a bit of a dynamic blue hour feel well into mid morning on this chilly December day.