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Picture of the Day (Dial-up internet users enter at own risk!)

Laguna Beach White Flower

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And this flower- love the design of it, and how it looks set against the blue sky.
 
Heathpack, I love these pictures!
 
Laguna Beach

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More poppies. This time with bugs. I hate bugs.
 
Laguna Beach

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White flower, I think a morning glory?
 
Laguna Beach

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Green leaf. Looks like the skin of a space alien.
 
Images from the Tribute WTC Visitor Center, across the street from Ground Zero.

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Butterfly Collection

Hattrick, love your photos.

This year we are blessed with several of God's creations. I'd like to share these beauties with you.
 
Butterfly Collection.

I wish to share with you some of the beauties gracing our yard this year.

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Lake Clark National Park (Alaska)

No p/s or cropping done; these photos are right off the camera:

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Momma and first year cubs

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Nursing cubs

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Mom caught a salmon and gave it to the cubs. They fought over it for about five minutes until it broke in half. Here is one of the little guys with his portion after eating about half of his share.

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Cub play
 
I'm loving all the beautiful pictures of God's creations! Excellent!
 
cindi said:
Beautiful butterflies.

You must have a butterfly garden there.
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2-years ago SIL Dan put in Miss Huff Lantana plants . We were surprised they survived the winters. He cuts the canes to 1' in late April. Boy did they ever grow and bloom this summer.

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Yvonne,

Loved those bears!

That must be great to be so close.

Robert
 
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Yvonne,

Loved those bears!

That must be great to be so close.

Robert
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Thanks Robert . . . your butterfly photos are lovely as well (and close).

Yes, at times it was a bit surprising how close the bears came to us and yet, I never felt threatened or at risk. Our photo group was always between 5 and 10 people, with guides very knowledgeable about bear behavior and movement. The cubs got as close as probably 8-10 feet . . . while one single (sow) bear walked probably 10-12 feet across our photo line of tripods.

The pilot in this photo said this bear walked immediately under his plane's tail right after they landed. Bear on Beach Needless to say, they waited a few minutes to deplane. This is also the same bear mentioned above that walked immediately in front of us.

This may have been my favorite cub pic, showing their curiosity
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Von
 
Pines Burned Last Summer, Piute Mountains, California

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Piute Mountains, California, Looking South towards Mojave

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Piute Mountains, California, Cows in Shade

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Pictures of my natural pest control system in out back yard.





And a picture of one my combatants for my tomoatoe plants.



Those little teeth can do a LOT of damage to a tomatoe plant in a short amount of time.



For anyone interested, the spider pics were taken at night using a tripod, tethered release, Nikon D90 with 60mm Macro lens and an SB900 flash. I really need to get the 105mm Macro lens if I'm going to be taking pics of garden spiders. I either have to get to close for comfort or do some cropping. I choose a combination of both.
 
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A couple of Mt. Denali (aka McKinley)

Taken from the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge overlook. Photo processed via Photomatix:

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My niece was married over the weekend and it was the first occasion that the "next" generation was old enough to appreciate being all decked out in formals and able to enjoy themselves as older teens and young adults. What fun we all had! (Hope you all don't mind a few pics.)

Theresa (Tabby to us) and her two brothers, Chris (left) and Justin (right):
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some of the "kids":
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Mine and Don's - Steve and Eileen:
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Steve and his cousins Joe (left) and Bob (rear) posing formally :rolleyes: :
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and Eileen's formal :rolleyes: :
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suedon I have a feeling if your daughter knew you posted the last picture she might kill you! :rofl:
 
siesta said:
suedon I have a feeling if your daughter knew you posted the last picture she might kill you! :rofl:
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That's what's so different about this next MySpace/Facebook generation - they LOVE seeing themselves on the computer and the funnier, the better! All you have to do is stick a camera in their faces and they'll ham it up for the shot and then huddle around to see the preview. :)
 
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