Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts

Monday, May 15, 2023

Butterfly havens!


 I hope everyone had a beautiful Mother's Day weekend. We had a wonderful Sunday. The weather is so fabulous here right now that we're working in a few extra hikes. It's hot already and it will only get hotter! 


But the mornings are nice and there are wildflowers and butterflies on every trail.

We even had a neat sighting in our front yard.


A Monarch butterfly was on our rose bushes and then it flew down to the grass.


Hubby put his hand out and it crawled right up onto his hand.


We don't see as many Monarchs and it was a special treat to see it up close and personal.


Lots of other butterflies, bugs and bees to share!


Gulf Fritillary 

I may need to do a few more posts while I'm seeing so much and taking so many photos.


Are you spending time outdoors this Spring?


Here are a few more of the bunny I saw on Beauty Berry Lane (49th Ave trailhead).


It's nice to go outside, even if it is just in your own backyard.


There's even more beauty to observe when you get out on the hiking trails!


I picked my first few blackberries on a hike this weekend. And yes I ate them without washing them first. I blew on them! hahaha!

Joining Mosaic Monday HERE and I like Thursdays HERE ! 

Monday, May 3, 2021

A Passion for Hiking!

 
Everyone knows I have a passion for hiking! And this week, we are seeing the Passion Flower in full bloom! It's the funniest thing. The vines don't stand out in the forest but when the big beautiful bloom opens, you can see it here there and everywhere. 


We always say that about the cactus. We don't notice how much cactus there is until you look out and see all the yellow blooms. They 'jump' out at you!


It's been perfect weather for hiking this week!


Warm but lower humidity and a nice breeze most days!


(trying to stay away from bugs and bears! lol)


We'll keep going while we are able!


And enjoy the beauty along the way.


We've seen some amazing sights this week.


And just when we think we've 'seen it all', we see something we've never seen before.


Like a hiker on the Florida trails with a guitar on his back. 


There he goes! He was headed to Deer Woods at Halpata Tastanaki Preserve. Other photos taken at the Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway, HTP, Florida Trails, 49th Ave Trail and Limerock Road. Get out and enjoy the sights! 

I'm joining Angie for Mosaic Monday HERE 

AND my Monday post HERE.