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<\/a><\/p>\nBees are trickier, as they are constantly bumbling about, not standing still:<\/p>\n
But I found a trick \u2026 catch them swimming in water:<\/p>\n Then rescue them. They are so grateful, they quietly pose for photos while drying off:<\/p>\n Just don\u2019t tell them it was your pool that nearly drowned them \u2026 they look like they could hold a grudge:<\/p>\n This guy also stood still for me:<\/p>\n But this guy did not:<\/p>\n The cat was more distressed about this than I was:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been having fun with the new camera. One of the new tricks I tried was HDR, High Dynamic Range, photography. This allows for darker indoor and brighter outdoor objects to be exposed correctly at the same time:<\/p>\n Applied to landscapes, it can give a painting like feel that some people don\u2019t like (not realistic), but viewed as art it can be pretty:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve also been having fun in the yard. Started pruning our evergreens, with Doggy is a constant \u2018helper\u2019:<\/p>\n This tree used to go to the ground. Now it has room underneath for shade seeking pets, and for a home-brewed weatherized wi-fi extender mounted in a plastic ammo box (to the left of the tree): <\/p>\n We turned the hill next to the kitchen deck into a flower garden and I re-plumbed the sprinkler system for better coverage:<\/p>\n Here is a Helen arrangement starring purple tulips and heart bleed: <\/p>\n The clematis flowers are in full bloom:<\/p>\n As are our Irises. Mom, these are some of the ones you planted:<\/p>\n Irena\u2019s garden is really spectacular:<\/p>\n Doggy especially likes their Buda Pond:<\/p>\n And the mountain trails are full of wildflowers:<\/p>\n And butterflies (flying next to the rock cairn):<\/p>\n Back home I found birds eating birdfood:<\/p>\n And Magpies eating cat food:<\/p>\n And dragons and unicorns waiting for Helen to make food in her fancy (but impractical) new cooper pots: <\/p>\n Skype now allows 3+ way calling, so we conjured up a Utah, Montana, and Australia call:<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been trying to teach a new dog new tricks, here the classic jump through the hoop trick. He initially was not too keen on the idea:<\/p>\n It was an elaborate setup, as just holding the hoop he would simply do the sensible thing and go around it. <\/p>\n He is MUCH better at stealing bits of clothing, like hats:<\/p>\n But he is so cute, we usually forgive him:<\/p>\n And the cat sometimes comes out of hiding to play with him:<\/p>\n Ok, end of post. It is spider time! This guy is somewhat standard size, about 3\/8\u201d long:<\/p>\n But this guy is < 1\/16\u201d long!<\/p>\n Which allows hundreds of them to crowd together in a couple of cubic inches \u2026 about the same size as, oh, I don\u2019t know, how about the cup of an over the ear headphone: <\/p>\n In this case, they were outside, that is a garden hose in the background.<\/p>\n Zach, you can come out of hiding now.<\/p>\n Bruce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ll start this month\u2019s post with some friendly bug photos, and end with some scary ones (you spider-phoebes probably will want to skip the last few). 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