Friday Foto Friends -Miscellaneous Stuff from my week

Do you see anything unusual in this picture?

How about this one?

Do you know what this is?  It is an "inch worm" that was attached to the elastic strap that holds my wildlife camera to the tree trunk outside!  I did not notice it until I was taking the camera back outside after bringing it inside to check for pictures.  There weren't any pictures INSIDE the camera half as interesting as this little fella who hitchhiked on the strap inside the house and back out to the tree again!!! He sure blends in with the bark on the tree!

 Now this is what I call beautiful: This huge swallowtail butterfly just fluttered right past me and landed on this bush and sat and waited for me to take its picture!  I said, Thank you!!

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have already seen this beautiful green bug on the wild daisy one morning this past week...

Actually, I saw him two mornings in a row, on two different flowers. (that's assuming it's the same bug...might be a different one, but it was in the same location...) Isn't he magnificent? I mean, for a bug, that is...

And then this rosebud warranted two pictures and scripture verses because it was so gorgeous... (see the other at the end of this post)

Okay, all you Sand Hill Crane family fans...one evening on my usual walk to the neighborhood pond I stood on the little dock and searched all around for the crane family. Suddenly, from across the pond I saw these two cranes flying up and over the pond to the other side....So I just started snapping the pictures, not sure if it was going to capture them or not... can you see them? There's two flying together:

And then immediately following the first two came these other two...not sure which ones are the parents and which are the babies anymore as they are all pretty much the same size! Anyway, they all landed safely on the other side and started pecking away for their supper on the neighbor's lawn...(they eat grubs, frogs, bugs, anything they can poke around for and come up with that is tasty)...

Then I looked back over to the other side of the pond and noticed this lone deer standing there watching...

We don't usually see them alone, so it was a surprise to see her there by herself. I watched to see if others would join her, but none appeared, so I headed back home.

Now, shifting gears a bit, (ahem...) we went to "Ollie's" the other day...do you have "Ollie's" stores near you? It is kind of new to our area...one of those "bargain outlet" stores where they have "Good Stuff Cheap"...but I kind of doubt this antique Thunderbird qualifies for "good stuff cheap"...

 If it did, I'd be wanting one too! LOL

Next door to Ollie's is a new "Roses" store, another bargain department store that just opened up in the former JC Penney's store of the old mall that is practically empty except for these new stores... and somehow, this skirt just called out to me from across a crowded store... must be the "gypsy" or preferably the "shabby chic" in me...what do you think?  My hubby actually talked me into buying it. (It was under $10.00) I decided that if I don't feel comfortable wearing it in public I could always use it for a tablecloth!  LOL.  (I still wish the JC Penney's store was there...that made me sad when it closed).

Okay, that's all for this week (unless some other photo "develops" in the next few hours before this blog is actually posted for Friday morning)

I hope you will traipse on over to Deb's place at Breathing in Grace and see what the other Friday Foto Friends have discovered this week...

Until next time, have a blessed and beautiful week....

(same rose, next day)