cottage photos - Page 4

Wolfus_305 · 10-16-11, 10:37 AM

storm clouds rolling over us on our way to Combermere.

we have two bunches of these yellow flowers in one of our cottage gardens.. the bunch on the right side was covered in these little red bugs all summer, the ones on the left didn't have a single bug..

my favourite rose this year

My dad, my friend and I worked for a few days to move the gazeboe, re-do the entire foundation and move it back. one of these days mom came down to the river, we were expecting a snack.. she thought we would go up to the cottage if we were hungry. she went back up to the cottage but before getting there she found this caterpillar, brought it to us and said "here's lunch"

Wolfus_305 · 10-16-11, 10:47 AM

I tried to get a series of pictures of monarch caterpillars throughout their lifespan because I thought it would look really nice as a set of pictures. I came close... the only step I missed is right after it emerges from the chrysalis when it's wings are all crumpled. I have a good reason for missing that step though :P I was sitting on the swing near our pond garden watching the humming bird feeder...no humming birds though. Ants were climbing up the pole and getting to the feeder, but then wasps would come by, literally PICK UP the ants and THROW them so you could see little ants flying through the air. I wanted to see who would win :P

Caterpillar

Wolfus_305 · 10-16-11, 10:52 AM

monarch continued...

Wolfus_305 · 10-16-11, 10:57 AM

My boyfriend and I got up super early 5:30, to go down to the river because I insisted on showing him the mist/steam/fog that only happens in August

Wolfus_305 · 10-16-11, 11:14 AM

We (my sister, best friend and I) went fishing. I HATE fishing so I only went along because I'm the only one who can take the fish off the hooks. I ended up catching 9 fish, my sister caught one and my friend caught 4. I think this is the biggest fish we caught all day :P I'm not sure what kind of fish they are .. they're back fin thing was really spikey though.

My dad, boyfriend, sister and I, went to a nearby lake to go waterskiiing. I'm not one for water sports but my sister really wanted to try and my dad wanted to go. It is tradition that the boat breaks down. EVERY single time we take that boat somewhere it stalls and we need to paddle to shore, hang out on somebody's dock and wait for tools or a passing boat. This trip it broke down twice. it broke down, we got towed to shore, we changed one of the fuses which we thought was the problem... it ran for a bit but then it stalled again and we paddled to shore. My sister learned to water ski and she also got to drive the boat for the first time while my dad water skiied. the commentary was priceless :P

alessia55 · 10-16-11, 11:19 AM

those butterfly photos are incredible!

**millertime89** · 10-16-11, 03:45 PM

yeah, I would miss the butterfly too just to watch the wasps fight the ants, sounds way to entertaining!

Wolfus_305 · 10-16-11, 08:17 PM

Thank you! I watched that caterpillar rain and shine every day!

Aha yes, the wasps actually throwing the ants was VERY entertaining!

shaunyboy · 10-17-11, 08:10 AM

great thread kendra

those are some of the best pictures i've ever seen

thanks for sharing

cheers shaun

Wolfus_305 · 10-17-11, 02:22 PM

Aw thanks Shaun!

I love taking pictures! I always have my camera! One of my neighbours at my cottage does nature/bug photos for magazines and he studies caterpillars and such and he would always take me out and teach me and show me and let me use his special camera and tri-pod and light reflector things. And he'd say lets go for a short walk (we'd be gone for 8 hours and he'd be saying "now there used to be a path through here *walks over fallen trees, pushes branches aside, jumps over puddles") and he would quiz me afterwards on things he told me

marvelfreak · 10-17-11, 02:42 PM

Beautiful pictures.