Creatures - TUM

Oh my word.  I am not even sure who picked this theme, but the material was endless.  From the bugs and the gogo's we have around here, to the salamander we found in our basement, the turtles who lay eggs in our lawn each year, the birds, the deer, the bunnies . . . the inspiration is endless!

Claire took this photo while out for a cliff/beach walk.  She lives in Wales, and loves the beauty of her area.  We go for walks regularly too, we have cranberry bogs and forests and ponds and lakes.  I did not think of our coastline as beautiful when I first got here, I had the obvious beauty of South Africa's shorelines to compare it to, but it is growing on me, and now I see how lovely it is.  Claire, some photos of the pretty would be nice.  Here is her creature:

Next was Mariette, who also had much inspiration.  This is a such a sweet little bug, I like his multi-colored legs - another wonderful photo:

I wonder what he eats?  

Finally, my photo.  I went and took some photos of the barn where April rides, and while we were trying to get some perfect brochure worthy photos of all the kids, beautifully dressed and lined up with their horses.  These kids got bored with perfect, posing for photographs is not at all interesting, especially if you are under 10 and can't see the point!  So they were catching very slimy frogs in the pond - slimy is WAY more fun!!  I can't compete with slimy anything.  The froggy in this photo was hopping off and nearly got away.  All children should spend more time catching frogs, don't you think?  SO!  The kids got filthy, the frogs lived to see another day (especially when I explained that they eat mosquitoes!!) and the photos were all still perfect.

So that's me.  Up to date and off to attack the rest of my 'to do' list for the day.  I wonder what story our photos will tell next week?  I wonder what photo I will end up taking?  Usually I leave it to the gods, look for a sign, and act on impulse.  One thing I am sure of, is that our TUM photos will all be different, the stories interesting, and the cup of coffee I drink while I read the other blogs time well spent!