Last weekend I took some pictures as I was walking around Green Lake. The lake, about a half mile north of my house, is surrounded by a lovely park. There is a paved trail that gently follows the water, totalling about three miles in length, and on warm summer afternoons there are many smiling bodies drifting about, serenely imbibing the golden sunshine. Trees line the walkway, enabling a trek through alternating realms of bright, prickling heat and cool shadow as strides are slowly made along the dappled path. Lots of folks bring their canine companions along with them, so there is lots of cute, cute, cute to complement the natural beauty of the park. I usually go up for a stroll at least once a week; I really enjoy it. Anyway, on Sunday I brought my camera along and I mostly just played around with the aperture setting and tried to take advantage of the macro feature. I don’t think that I got any super fabulous shots, but I’ve got to put something up because it’s Friday, so here are some pictures.
Bug! Crouching down in some mucky mud while inching forward ever so slowly so as not to incur the wrath of an insect which could maybe take out your eyes if it wanted to (it is named after a fierce fire-breathing lizard, afterall) and maintaining a precarious semblance of balance, even when a large dog comes and investigates your backside is soooo easy. And then when you do it, you get this picture.
Berries. Blackberries, to be exact. These make delicious pies and preserves and jams and ice cream toppings and I’ve heard they’re also good at texting and making phone calls. Some of these aren’t ripe yet, so they might be sour. Be careful!
Bug! I was trying to take pictures of the flowers but these damn moths/butterflies kept flying into the frame and stealing the autfocus, so I let the universe have its way and went ahead and took another bug-picture. I do like it, though.
Berries. Orangish-red berries, to be exact. I imagine that if you ate these, you might expire soon thereafter. Or at least have some severe gurglin’ in your stomach. They sure are pretty though, providing a severe contrast with the surrounding foliage. Hence, the photograph.
Bug! I know that none of these have been actual bugs, but it’d kill the alliteration if I said their real names, and one must embrace alliteration, not shy away from it. Anyway, this little bee was a real stinker and wouldn’t hold still long enough for me to get a decent shot where he was in focus. That being said, I’m not completely opposed to the “action-shot!” feel that the blurriness brings to the photograph.
So there you have it. I hope that I have whetted your appetite for images of bugs and berries. Hopefully I’ll get a chance this weekend to go out and take a bajillion pictures thereby increasing the chances that I’ll have something phenomenal for you next week.
See y’all soon.
