Play date
Posted: October 12, 2011 | Author: Robin | Filed under: 365 Yoga Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Art, Autumn, Critters, Earth, fall, Fire, goals, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Walking, water, weather, yoga | Tags: Adobe Photoshop, Artist's Way, autumn, autumn leaves, fall, fall foliage, insects, Mantis, nature, Photography, pond, postaday2011, preying mantis, Wotsits | 41 CommentsIt is raining here in the Bogs today. Damp, chilly, gray. The occasional gust of wind swings by and leaves come flying off the trees by the hundreds. Or the thousands. There are a lot of leaves out there.
350: Cloudy with rainy spells
Posted: September 8, 2011 | Author: Robin | Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Critters, Earth, goals, home, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Animal Speak, Mantis, nature, Photography, postaday2011, praying mantis, quotations, rain, Ted Andrews | 28 CommentsWe had another bout of heavy rain in the wee hours of the morning, and then later this afternoon. Remnants of Lee, I think. But the rain we’ve received here in the Bogs is nothing compared to what they’re getting back east where they surely don’t need it.
316: Praying with tall ironweed
Posted: August 5, 2011 | Author: Robin | Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, Air, Critters, Earth, family, Fire, home, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Summer, Walking, wandering, water, weather | Tags: Bumblebee, Flora and Fauna, flowers, insects, ironweed, Mantis, Ohio wildflowers, Photography, postaday2011, praying mantids, wildflowers | 27 CommentsToday is much like yesterday in terms of the weather. Hot, humid, clouds floating around in the sky trying to look and keep cool. The wind is supposed to shift sometime this afternoon, bringing up more heat and humidity from the south. The dog days are here.