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Church

Heidi — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:00:42 +0000

Made it to church. I’m actually early! Averaged 40 mph on the way.

It’s going to be a small crowd today, so I’m acting out of character and sitting towards the front. LOL

Beatbox Nutcracker

Heidi — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:30:16 +0000

Bee

Heidi — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:33:56 +0000

As I was about to start my visit at the Norfolk Botanical Garden today, I discovered a bumble bee.

This bumble bee was hovering near some shrubs at the top of the steps leading down from the visitor center. He stood out, partly because of his size and partly because of his shiny butt. He would hover a couple of seconds, move slightly, hover again, zoom away, and come back. A couple of times another bee swooped in and they had a little buzz fight, which usually meant dive-bombing past me where I sat trying to take the perfect photograph.

I’ve learned that bumble bees are very hard to photograph. I think I did okay for my first try, though. The bee was 10-15 feet away when I took these.

Mr. Bee was still hovering in the area when I returned to the center, 2 1/2 hours later.

Norfolk Botanical Garden

Heidi — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:24:57 +0000

I spent a very pleasant morning at the Norfolk Botanical Garden today, from around 9:30 until noon. Total of 283 photographs taken on my Canon Rebel XSi. Here’s the cream of the crop. (I think the Euphorbia flower, the first one, is my fave.)

Infrared