Photo Adventures with Curiosity and Learning

This is a little backward - but at our flat, there was a Chinese Dragon and Lion Dance with drummers. Here are some short segments:

End of the Lion Dance with drumming

Dragon Dance

Around the pool and end of Dragon Dance

Now back to Saturday morning spider hunting: Yu Hyun used my Olympus point and shoot to get some practice with focus - and so first off, she focused on me

A crab spider

Yu Hyun catching me in the undergrowth - setting up for the crab spider photo

Then Yu Hyun focused on herself - not so focused

Then me again

Then tree tops - I like this

Now serious crab spider hunting. We have "scientifically" determined that crab spiders often hide in flowers - so I have been closely inspecting flowers for the past several months. Sure enough - today was no exception and I found a couple of crab spiders today - hiding in yellow flowers

She was quite shy and hid behind the flower

More hiding

Then a micro-orchid

Then a surprise - Telamonia dimidiata (a jumping spider) on the morning glory flower

And like the crab spider - she was a bit shy - and starts to disappear

Another view

Hiding

Near by - a Leucauge trying to catch an insect

Another view

C. Frank Starmer

-