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Praying Mantis on a Hummingbird Feeder

Originally uploaded by madaise.

I was washing dishes and saw this little praying mantis on one of the hummingbird feeders. Try as I might, I could not get a good clear image of the mantid.
At one point, Cas thought he was sleeping – but I told her I thought it was watching

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Cicada

Originally uploaded by merelyhere.

This is such a great capture taken and posted by merelyhere.
A nymph emerging from it’s shell… the wing colors are so pretty.
Reminded me of the Cicada Invasion – Brood X, we had in our area the summer of 2004.. Only coming out every 17 years. It

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Little Hummers

Originally uploaded by Jhaan.

Surfing photos at flickr.com and came across this one of two little hummingbirds. What a beautiful little nest…

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Static Hair

Originally uploaded by madaise.

I love watching Ry come down the slides at the park. He has this really fine, wispy hair that never fails to fly when filled with static.
The day we went to this park both boys were in need of a good hair-washing, so Ry’s wasn’t as fly-away as

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Sprinkler Shower

sprinkler shower

Originally uploaded by madaise.

The weather has been pretty mild in our area (SW Ohio). But we managed to get the sprinkler out for some water play a few days ago.
The boys had fun!

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Birds Abound

I added a new bird bath to the back yard.  I found a really nice plant saucer, red even, in hopes of attracting hummingbirds to it, since they like the color red.  It’s nearing the end of May and I have yet to see even one.  I thought I took a few pictures of it,

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