Forever Tourist
My sons refer to me as a perpetual tourist, well anywhere I go the camera goes with me. Lessons in life are learned by simple observation, join me on a tour of my 'estate' this morning.
Money is not the only commodity one needs to be rich to feel rich, chasing the golden calf as many do lose out of living. Obsessively chasing what may be unattainable, I'm not saying don't try, understand stress reduction clears our head enabling positive forward movement.
Life is rich in rewards you realize as the years melt away, you did your best with saving when young to enjoy a roof over your head, food on the table, clothing on your back to enable comfortable living. Not everyone is able to save today, literally living hand to mouth, that is where the best things in life are all around, stop and look.
Black and yellow mud dauber building a home in my planter box, good location for this solitary insect that build out of mud, knowing the sting is not severe as a bee or wasp I took advantage to watch the excavation of this ones home.
Have noticed many around this year busy shoveling into mainly plant boxes around the home.
Pretty insect that will lay an egg within hunt some food, paralyzed prey then seal into tomb for the young one to eat and emerge in it's circle of life. Last photo sand coming out then will move it slowly away!
Southern Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis), we here in South Africa simply call a Bloukoppie. Males swagger around larger than females with crazy blue head, now one jumped up onto my bird feeder I was not sure of his intentions. After my birds perhaps (not normally they feed on beetles and grasshoppers) he was not impressed with interruption, today he perched on top once again, perhaps simply the warmest spot to chill out on.
What I did take note of was how blue his head was before he moved across to the tree being unimpressed with a photographic session, his colour took on more of a brown to the iridescent blue a minute ago, once I relieved him from photography up-close session, his colour returned. Southern Tree Agamas
This leaves me pondering if similar to a chameleon slight change to skin tone for safety? Much to learn still, with an influx of big boys around the garden on the roof sunbathing more research is required.
Inquiring mind always happy enjoy questioning how these other tourists I share life with make a living, I learned female lizard lays eggs in soft moist soil, hatch within three months when plenty of food is available. Humans should learn from breeding animals around only have what you are able to raise. Here within a few minutes of my stepping back he was back to flashing blue again....
Last but never least Brown-hooded kingfisher using my gate to smash his brunch on a centipede. Now these centipedes are not something I get up close or personal with, when they enter the home are swiftly assisted onto paper and tipped out the window, all centipedes have venom enough to make you pretty ill for a couple of days.
Passionate witnessing variety of food taken, people need to learn more about what they are able to eat off the land in their regions.
On that note I leave after sharing how nature my current passion looks for it's shelter or housing, food, they wear their clothing all the time, unlike us humans who feel the need to cover up.
Have a fun day wherever you are in the world, appreciate nature and everything she offers you. All photography taken on Canon Powershot SX730 HS my own as is the content created.
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Thought for Today: "It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants." - African Proverb
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Centipedes or millipedes, the kingfisher doesn't care and eats them all 😁
Over time I have witnessed them taking praying mantis, grasshoppers, worms from lawns never the centipede or millipede, millipedes we have an abundance perhaps on the day preference.
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Oh dear, the Kingfisher eating a centipede, looks really creepy, not so! Your photos are stunning Joan, I especially like the one of the mud dauber building his home.
Yes, we can learn a ton from nature, sadly we sometimes learn life lessons when it's too late, and some never learn!
I was having lunch with a friend at Suncoast a while back, and a young girl, around 11, came to our table begging. Turns out the Mom sends her, likely not for food, but to use it for gambling. My friend told the girl she should not be doing it as it's dangerous and not the right thing, she just walked away. The restaurant manager said this happens regularly. Why they do not report it to the authorities I have no idea, because that is abuse in my eyes!
Thank you for taking your camera with you wherever you go, I love seeing nature through your eyes and the wisdom behind it!
Welcome home Lizelle, life teaches something daily, hopefully the crazy idea of taking insects into human meal plan never comes to fruition, what will be left for wildlife?
Good balanced life, planning before bringing children into the world within strong family structures. When things fall apart the young generation are being abused, one sees it all too often.
Not travelling as often as we once did, finding a passion in immediate surrounds keeps me in awe of natures coming and going.
Your photos are beautiful and I wonder how you were able to take clear shots of them. The agama would have disappeared if I'd stepped close to take a picture. And the kingfisher holding that centipede in its beak so triumphantly is amusing. Amazing the gifts nature feeds our eyes with.
Seeing where we fit into the world at large, nature shows each is well capable of taking care of itself. Finding a happy balance living together motivates me to watch change.
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So much beauty! I don't know where to start. What a cute lizard, such an unusual color, I really like it. And the kingfisher caught the prey, handsome.
Lizard is territorial, chases skinks and other agama away from his spot I imagine the breeding spot is other side the wall, under deep bush with moist soft soil year round.
A couple of kingfishers regular around the garden, amazing what he had caught as his meal!
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Lol that is a cool name "perpetual tourist", your love for photography certainly does influence the going everywhere with the camera. A bit like me always looking for things to photograph.
That was an interesting change of color of the lizard, nature is indeed wonderful, there is a lot to learn about our world and the nature bestowed on us.
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Man will be shocked too when an animal comes close with a toy in hand. 😃
Humans tend to run like hell....
We don't want to ever die 😃
🤣 Tiny red wasp comes close.... Mosquito keeps you up at night? Doesn't need to be big either!
Lol true! You should see me in Benin before I got a mosquitoe net, I stay up all night because I don't want to be bitten.
Talk about wasps, I am scared of them when I have to work on client's farms in SA. I was stung once while working from a ladder, it wasn't nice....
I am glad you always take your camera with you because you always have such great captures of nature. I love the lizard with the beautiful blue on it. Have a great day.