Robbie

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Dog lover, quilter, crocheter, amateur photographer (all photos are mine), lover of books, nature lover

A perfect magnolia grandiflora! The petals are creamy white and it has an intoxicating perfume. From the tree I planted 30 something years ago!
This is a blossom from a magnolia grandiflora tree, growing in my back yard. The petals are large and creamy white. The stamens fall after about a day, and bees love them, even rolling around in them.
I posted a photo yesterday of this little honeybee on a gorgeous magnolia blossom. I watched it for a while, along with other bees, and it would literally roll around the the fallen stamens on the magnolia petal. It was very interesting and fun to watch them!
I planted a magnolia grandiflora tree over 30 years ago, and for years and years it didn't bloom. This beautiful magnolia blossom is from that tree and a honeybee is enjoying it. The bees are crazy for it! They will actually rolls around in the fallen stamens, much like a cat with catnip!
This is a green twister coneflower. Its petals have a bright pink center with lime green surrounding the pink, although the colors can vary a bit. There is also a tiny little beetle on this bloom, possibly eating the petals.
From my hike in the mountains of North Georgia, this is a yellow Lady's Slipper, also known as a moccasin flower, because of their slipper-like shape.
The male Eastern Towhee is a striking black, white, and orange bird. His song is often "Drink your teeeeeee!" I was luck enough to catch this one in Sosebee Cove.
I had perfect timing this year to catch Pink Ladies Slippers in bloom! They are so beautiful and so interesting too. Although they have no nectar, bees are attracted to them and go into the flower through a slip. Once inside, finding no nectar they find their way out of the bloom through a small opening at the top of the bloom, carrying pollen with them to the next flower!
A lovely purple native iris growing along an old rice canal.
My black and silver miniature schnauzer relaxing on Sunday afternoon.
Mattie, my black/silver miniature schnauzer sitting on a blue chair, wearing a cream sweater. The sweater is actually protecting a small abrasion that she keeps trying to lick.
A little blue heron is eating a frog.
I took this photo a couple of years ago in the spring, right after a spring shower. I love the light filtering in through the trees!
A small heron (tri-colored, I believe) hunts in a pond at a nearby refuge, while the sun sets behind it, creating a rim of light around the heron.
A tiny mushroom sits on vibrant green moss beside a mountain stream, with fall leaves as a backdrop.
A mountain stream is running between colorful trees up in the mountains of Georgia.
A colorful walk at Smithgall Woods State Park up in North Georgia.
Colorful autumn colors with my miniature schnauzer in the foreground.
A common grackle with sunlight highlighting its iridescence
Hubs and I both petting our demanding miniature schnauzer.
A tiny green tree frog resting inside the pick petals of a curcuma flower.
Mu super cute miniature schnauzer has jumped up on the dining room table and looks very guilty!
Taken at a nearby wildlife refuge, a Roseate Spoonbill, a Wood stork, and a Great Egret coexist peacefully. One of my favorite photos.
A white cattle egret perching on a branch seems to peer at its reflection, taken a a nearby wildlife refuge.
An orange, white, and black Gulf Fritillary butterfly is feasting on purple verbena litoralis, a flower not native to the US. This was taken at a nearby wildlife refuge. Such a gorgeous butterfly, one of my favorites.
A beautiful red cardinal representing hope perches in the the tangled vines and brambles, representing the soul.
A beautiful bobcat is crossing a gravel road at a nearby wildlife refuge. He paused for a moment, looking right at me, just long enough for me to snap this shot, and then went on.
A sleepy-looking green tree frog rests on the leaf of a pink coneflower.
This is one of my favorite photos. A mated pair of white ibises are working together to build their nest. I edited this photo in PS and Topaz to create a more painterly look. This photo was taken at Pinkney Island National Wildlife Refuge .
This is a male Ruby-throated hummingbird sips. He is sipping from a yellow-orange lantana blossom. You can tell he is a male by the beautiful red gorget around his neck.
A gorgeous orange Needham’s skimmer dragonfly resting for a moment on a purple salvia blossom.
I’m keeping my son’s elderly dog! I couldn’t find her, searching all through the house—she was in her bed the whole time!😂😂😂
This beautiful fellow, a white-tailed deer, slips out of the woods to enjoy fallen pears. He is cautious, yet unafraid, and really gorgeous.
This gorgeous white-tailed deer has been coming several times a day to feast on the pears that have fallen from the pear tree! He's cautious of me, but definitely not afraid.
This gorgeous male deer has been visiting my parents' pear tree. He's cautious, but not afraid, and very curious.
I took this while taking a fall drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The colors were extraordinary! It had been raining, so the colors were even more saturated.
This beautiful yellow and white water lily was on my parents' pond. It appeared to have a light coming from within!
A male Monarch butterfly, recently emerged from its chrysalis, rests on a crape myrtle tree before continuing on.
A dragonfly is backlit by the early morning sunlight.
The sun sets on Clingman’s Dome. Each moment brought more and more beautiful color.
A Bald eagle sits on the branch of a dead pine tree in the Ocala National Forest.
A colorful Palamedes butterfly sips nectar from a buttonbush flower.
An old historical building found on Ossabaw Island, built from Tabby shell stucco (made from oyster shells), brick, and wood.
A pair of wild horses several years ago on Cumberland Island. They are drinking water on a hot day from what used to be a duck pond.
This picture was taken in the Great Smoky Mountains. I panned my camera along with the movement of the water to capture the movement. The bright colors are from leaves along the edge of the creek.
A green palmetto frond with sunlight casting shadows on it
Beautiful cypress trees and their reflections in a large cypress pond.
A beautiful male Painted Bunting is sitting in a sweet gum tree. He is stunning, with a blue head, bright red breast, and bright green and yellow on his back. One of their favorite foods is white millet.
A newly emerged female Monarch butterfly takes a break on a crape myrtle branch.
A Black Swallowtail butterfly flies over a pale pink chaste tree blossom.
Two deer in the Okefenokee Swamp. I took this photo a few years ago on a trip there with wonderful friends.
This is a pair of mated Prothonotary warblers. One brought a grub and is handing it off to its mate, who took it into the nest to the babies. I shot this at Beidler Forest Sanctuary.
An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is sipping from a pink pincushion flower.
A beautiful orange and white Gulf Fritillary butterfly sips nectar from a red coneflower.
This is a photo of a beautiful pink rose blossom, taken at a nearby botanical garden.
Sunrise on Tybee Island
A male juvenile Ruby-throated hummingbird is sipping nectar from a purple salvia.
A male Eastern bluebird is bringing mealworms to his offspring. What actually happened was the angle for bringing the worms to the little one was not good, and daddy ended up crashing into the crape myrtle tree. He did end up getting the worms to the juvenile!!😊