The air was heavy a day or so back, bringing with it smoke.
Boomer and jumped on my four-wheeler and headed over to the equipment area to see what was happening….our new neighbors burning brush piles.
Fire always makes me nervous.
ALWAYS!
While in my garden, watering, and weeding I came across
A wee *nasty* house fly sunning its self
Which started me on a wee little journey to photograph a bug or two.
(Isn’t the colors of the wings amazing?)
In the nighttime unseen bugs look like streaks, showing up on a quickly snapped photo
Flying bugs are hard to snap
Unless one is lucky to stun a moth in the flash
Soon I got side-tracked by that wondrous slice of moon.
From my world to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
I’m sorry to hear that your neighbor is burning brush, but I enjoyed all your photos.
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I know…smoke is the ban of my life.
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I’d stay in your garden – looks so cheery!
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Soon you can!!
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That ugly fly has beautiful rainbow wings! Love it.
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I was surprised to see that also!
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We can only hope that the neighbor is responsible.
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Yes, we can hope.
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Great capture of the fly on the flower! Interesting iridescent wings! Fire scares me too. Anytime, anywhere.
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I was very surprised at the color of the wings
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Did you plant any buckwheat this spring? I planted white and one of the pink/reds. The white is doing great, but the pink/red is underwhelming. Do you have any borage?
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I did. Next year I will plant white, as the pink is pretty low key
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I have enough trouble photographing flying birds! Or sitting ones. Insects are wayyyy out of my league. Amazed at how pretty the fly is when you let go of that initial shudder … thanks for pointing that out.
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I was shocked to see how pretty he was…sorta.
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It reminds me of entomology back in school. Bugs were strangely scarce while I was taking that class.
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LOL
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I tried to send you some Iris roots but the box was never picked up so it was returned today.
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OH MY! I am SO sorry! I got a notice that there was something there, but did not get back to retrieve it. I have not been getting around very well, so have only been going to the post office on Sunday! I am SO sorry that they were returned! Thank you for trying!
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You are welcome
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The fly was just admiring the stunning flower. What kind is it?
Boomer, you ride in style, buddy.
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Just a house fly
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