Nature Capture

Since a fly is not the most desirable looking critter,

My mission is to discover ways to make it look better.

Firstly, selecting a background with flowers,

Definitely add splashes of interesting colours.

The lighting and angles got to be just right,

Note that the posterior is an adorable sight.

A fly is really quite colourful,

Observe and you'd see red, black, green and blue.

This fly which is looking for a date,
Finally got its first handsome portrait.
Feel free to distribute and circulate,

As it impatiently awaits with increasing heart rate.

Linking up with :

Live Every Moment - Favourite Colour : All

Pinching Basil Flowers

Pinching basil flowers off regularly would keep the basil plant lush and leafy.

As I approached my Thai basil flowers, a fly appeared to be drinking nectar.

It seemed really engrossed with the flower.

Yet, on a closer look, the fly seemed to be floating.

Of course that would be defying the law of gravity.

It made sense that the fly was actually in the arms of a white flower spider or a crab spider.

It wasn't the fly that was enjoying a meal after all.

Instead, it was the spider that was enjoying its meal.

Things aren't always what they appear to be.

Shifting my attention on another stalk of basil flower, I found a yellow wasp drinking nectar.

A brown spider was waiting beneath the wasp and several ants were busy on the petals above it.

"You couldn't be seriously thinking of disposing these heavenly flowers, could you?!!!" asked the wasp.

Pinching basil flowers off could keep your basil plant lush and leafy.

You could either use a pair of scissors or even your thumb and index finger.

The last thing you need is a camera.

Linking up with :

Fertilizer Friday
Fabulous Friday

Macro Friday

Mellow Yellow Monday
Today's Flowers

Caption - Shall We Dance?

Thank you for your wonderful comments and hilarious captions.
Enjoy the few captions that have been selected and listed below.

Luna Miranda : Myna 1 - Where is that tramp who ruffled your feathers?

Myna 2 - She isn't a tramp. She works in a hair salon!

Donna : Wife - I told you, you are staying home tonight with me to watch the chick flick.
Husband - Yes dear, whatever you say dear.

Anna : Birdy Bodybuilder 1 - My pects are bigger than yours!
Birdy Bodybuilder 2 - No way! Look at mine!

Bananaz : Myna 1 - Caught you red feathered! Fowl play behind my back!
Myna 2 : Where got! No fowl play. Those feathers are mine. You've never heard of ageing and greying?!

Cathy and Steve : Hen-pecked.

Luna Miranda : Aha! You are the answer to my prayers!

Anna : All wrapped up in love, or not?!

Bananaz : Richard G Mantis holding J Lo Fly with its spiked forelegs and whispered softly, "Shall we dance?"

Fer:  And now, let's tango.

The above are 2 new photos awaiting your captions.
I found the latter under the staircase in a school!
Eagerly awaiting your captions and thoughts...

Linking with :

Macro Monday
Mellow Yellow Monday
Creative Exchange
Ruby Tuesday

Caption - Who Came First?

Captions overflowed in last week and it wasn't easy to select just a few.

Do keep them coming  though.

Kay L Davies: Nope, I don't see it under here. Did you find it in the dog?

Andrea : OMG, What's happening with me?! Hairs all over!

Heidi : 3, 2, 1 and release...now 2 more stretches.

Diana : Chickallerina

Anna : Barnyard yoga 101 - Downward chicken

Solitude Rising : Come on you pesky egg. Drop already?

Stampmouse : Hey there! I came first so there. (sticks out tongue)

Joyce : I'm doing The Chicken Dance". Come join me, it's so clucking fun!

Bananaz : Rare case of Dr Ostrich Jekyll and Mr Chicken Hyde.

Lisa : I do hate these dental check ups!

GardenWalkGardenTalk : When I get bigger, you are losing that finger!

Cathy & Steve : It was just a marble. Keep that up and I'll be right back at ya.

Stampmouse : Yummy rings are good for breakfast. Want it back? You are sooo going to have to wait this one out.

EvoOrganic : Num Num, people fingers.

One :  I told KFC that "finger licking" is "so good" and they changed their marketing phrase.

Heidi : Now I need to find that matching bikini bottoms to this top.

GardenWalkGardenTalk : My bloomers are showing.

Spotted these 2 mynas with ruffled feathers.
What they are saying?

Below is a praying mantis holding a fly.

Captions and comments are all welcomed.
The more the merrier.

Linking up with :
Macro Monday
Mellow Yellow Monday
Creative Exchange

Caption - Piggy Back Rides

Thank you for the hilarious captions.

Dave : Which way is the sun?

One : I Believe I Can Fly (Song Title)
(Notice the bird shape on the left?)

One :  You are really disgusting! Please chew with your mouth closed!

Solitude Rising : I really suck at this game. I'll just enjoy watching the two of you poke one another with your antlers.

Cathy and Steve : Here, let me help you eat that.

One : You ain't heavy, you are my brother.

Autumn Belle : Tell me, how's the view up there?

Diana : Measurement for a new vest.

Lisa : Spring fever!

Dave : Buzz off! I was here first.

Squirrel Queen : Aw...there's nothing like a good back rub after a hard day at the office!

Cathy and Steve : Aren't you getting a little old for piggy back rides?

Here are 3 more photos.
Can you hear them?
If you do, kindly share with the rest of us.

  

Black Ants

What do you do when you see black ants in the garden?

It could be a sign that there are mealy bugs nearby.

Take a look.

Do you see a tiny spider on the left side of the Red  Button Ginger?

It may take care of the ants when it eventually grows up.

Alternatively, we could wait for the praying mantis to finish up with the fly and proceed with the ants.

So, what do you do when you see black ants on the plants?

For me, I take out my camera.

Check out dearlittleredhouse for mosaics of all sorts.

Who Like Weeds?

I've just been to GardenWalkGardenTalk and discovered that she likes weeds.

You would like them too if you have weeds like hers.

More and more people are loving weeds, admiring what other creatures of nature have been attracted to all these while.

This is a weed loving butterfly.

Insects love to hang around wild flowers. 

Some are there to drink nectar.

Some are lurking around to capture those that are out for a drink.

Others might just be romancing.

Goldee loves weeds. I often find her eating them.

Some people says that dog eat grass or weeds when they don't feel well.

Goldee definitely doesn't look ill to me.

She probably likes the fiber and nutrition that comes with weeds.

Who else love weeds?