Where’s Your Sense of Adventure?

Eric managed to squeeze in one more set of garden photos before our first frost last weekend. We miscalculated the location of the summer sun so the peppers and tomatoes didn't do nearly as well as...

We had our first real frosts this week, so the leaves have started to change colors and our garden is winding down. However, we will have some flowers throughout the winter. For example, our camelia...

This photo features an unknown beetle on Solidago canadensis "Cloth of Gold", a favorite of the grasshoppers in our front yard. edited (by leandra) to add: The beetle is a Pennsylvania Leather-wing!...

This funnel web weaver has a wonderful spot right by the grill... and as long as she's outside, it's fine with me. She has a leg span of about 3 inches and was very tricky to photograph because she...

I am convinced that Eric has magical powers that enable him to get this close to insects. This is also why small children and dogs adore him, I imagine.

We awoke this morning to pouring rain outside and while I know it makes the plants happy, it makes me want to crawl back into bed. Eric says this heavy rain is especially good for the trees,...

Braving the mosquitos, I got these two shots of a Diogmites species of robber fly (aka Hanging-thieves) and a Spined micrathena spider (a type of Orb Weaver) yesterday in our backyard.

some recent shots of our (very green) backyard...

We have many plants blooming in our gardens, including the tomatoes (finally!), but these were a pleasant surprise as we were not expecting the numerous bulbs we planted last year to come back. We...

After working on our own garden this morning, we drove over to the Duke botanical gardens. The sun was warm and plenty of flowers where in bloom. We had to work around a couple of weddings, but the...

Eric has been having a wonderful time with his new macro lens. Several little creatures can be now be seen in amazing detail... as long as they don't move too fast!