Noticing The Little Things

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After participating for a few weeks in Michelle's Nature Notes Meme I find I look forward to taking a walk in my yard and really looking around to see what's new. The flowers, especially the daylilies, continue to bloom and my Rose of Sharon bushes are showing signs of color at last. The ferns at the size of the house are almost waist high and the grass no sooner gets cut than it needs cut again. All of these are easily noticeable. It's the little things I'm noticing more and more. With camera in hand I've been looking closer and closer at what's around me. I love my camera and the macro abilities to see the unseen. Things I never really noticed take on a whole new meaning.
The collage above is made up of some of those little things I found this week. The wisteria vines are filling with new soft green velvety pods. The yucca blooms are long gone and have been replaced with seed pods. I noticed some were green and some purplish. While looking at the yucca I saw lovely red markings on the stems. Who knew!
I walked by my Tiger Grass that stands way above my head. The pale yellow and green stripes thrust themselves toward the blue sky.
While strolling around the yard I also found bees, moths, deer, rabbits and turkeys. Nature is certainly thriving here at Round The Bend!
What are you waiting for? Come on, get up, get out and see what you can find in your own backyard.




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Sky Watch Friday

These were the skies over my head on Monday as I stood in my back yard.

The tiger grass blew gently in the wind as it stretched toward the sky.

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I'm posting this even earlier than normal because Blogger has a lot of issues today and I've had problems loading images for days. This will be a 'miracle post' if it works! ;)