Hey Mrs. CP,

I took this picture at the end of July at my brothers house over on the Western Slope. I had never seen a wasp with a tail this long. It kept trying to insert the tip of the tail into each and every square of the screen door, as if it were laying eggs or something. Interesting!

That's a strange looking bug Woody! Almost looks like some sore of Crane Fly. I didn't see any eggs in the sreen by it, but it could have reached in and put them on the door.

Here is a picture of a recent washout. To give you an idea of how much was washed out........just look for the hovering T posts that were recently put in. Nature sure has a way of saying "look at me!".

Those wasps that were pictured belong to the family Ichneumonoidea (My uncle is an entomologist, and I picked up a lot of arcane trivia about insects from him over the years). Very cool parasitic insects - they help us out by parasitizing the larvae of various pest insects, such as borers, flies, etc. You want to see these guys around. Did a google image search too:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ichneumon+w...366&bih=572

Crane flies (aka mosquito hawks) look more like giant mosquitos. If you have grass, you have their larvae in your lawn.

That's one heck of a washout there, Mrs CP!

It sure was Caveman but nothing compared to what some in Colorado have been dealing with.
It's been raining here for days and it looks like lots of Colorado is getting hit hard still. Floods and mudslides have been horrible!! Hope everyone is staying safe.

Here is a cool looking purple mushroom? It was growing on a dead standing Aspen in a spot that received very little sunlight. They paled out within a few hours after falling the tree and bringing it out into the sun.

Hoar frost was really thick on the fence this morning at -7. Brrrrrr!!!!!

Nice shot of the frost! I got out in the back yard 2 days ago and got some shots of it.

These are mini-roses, shot with my 100mm macro lens



The weather vane




The dinner bell




The name of these escapes me, but they are a really cool BLUE when they are growing




Another little flowerbed plant shot in macro (yes, I need to have my sensor cleaned... this shot REALLY shots the dust on it! lol)

Great pictures Crusty!! I like the mini roses so much that I set it as my desktop background.
I need one of those dinner bells for the bunnies.

Awesome pics you guys!
Yer killin me.... I destroyed my DSLR a while back and haven't replaced it yet. Actually broke it when I was doing Opal pics.
This may be the longest period of my adult life that I've been without an SLR or DSLR, sucky because photography has always been a big part of my funtime.
That may change if I find a good online deal during "cyber Monday". I worked really hard this summer and didn't get myself any fun toys so I might be able to justify it this year.
Jeepy could use a new set of boots, but hell I can get another winter out of these tires, right? First things first, tires are over $1K and I still have 1/4" - 1/2" tread on the mudders. Camera will cost half as much and last a lot longer... that's my current justification.
I need to get back in the game!
My smartphone camera just doesn't make me happy.

I got my current body used on ebay... find a great deal on a used one and get more bang for your buck!

I hear ya there. I'm 100% done with eBay though. If I get used or refurbished it'll be through B&H or Adorama online... I fully trust them both.
BUT..... cyber Monday might have just as good or better deals on new.

Here is a bunny close up taken yesterday! Awww soooo cute!! Seems they are even starting to pose for me.

It's time you started giving these bunnies the spa treatment: Relaxing Bunny Bath

Too funny Chris!! That is an image that will stick in my brain forever....and always make me smile just thinking about it.
I'm not thinking that is something that I will be able to get the bunnies to do though...hehe...They would rip the stuffing out of me if I tried.

Bunny bath!!

Looks like the Shrike bird is back feeding........or maybe it forgot about this baby mouse and left it for this beetle.
Nasty how it spears it's grey on something sharp like these tomato cages not set up yet!!!



Kabob anyone?