‘Sparkles’ photo by Nicky Pe on Pixaday. Sparkles on water, or ‘sun glitter’ as seen in the photo above, is the perfect metaphor for the scripture, ‘Love will cover a multitude of sins.’ 1 Peter 4:8. NKJV. It is what we see from the shores of Lake Pretty Water, a mile from our home in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. MyContinue reading “LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS!!!”
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THE SECRETARY!
‘Secretary Bird’ photo by Diego Delso CC BY-SA 4.0. Who ever heard of a bird called a ‘secretary’? Don’t blame the bird! The Europeans who first saw this bird in the 1800’s thought it looked like the attire of male secretaries of their time. They typically wore gray tailcoats and dark knee lengthContinue reading “THE SECRETARY!”
THE MATADOR!
‘Matador Bug’ photo by Dirk van der Made CC BY-SA 3.0. Matador Bug is nicknamed, ‘Fancy Pants’!!!! (Look at the photo above.)It has bright red, flag-like shapes on its hind feet! I think it’s proud of them! If you approach this fascinating bug, it will lift both hind legs and twirl them around to create a flag wavingContinue reading “THE MATADOR!”
RUSH HOUR!
‘Tiger Beetle’ photo by Thomas Elliot on Unsplash. The Tiger Beetle in the photo above moves so fast that it temporarily goes blind!Does that tell you anything? Is it perhaps an admonition from ‘The Book of Nature’ that we all need to SLOW DOWN! Isn’t it true that we get moving so fast in ourContinue reading “RUSH HOUR!”
EXTRAORDINARY!!!
‘California Grunion’ photo by Eric Whitman CC By 2.0. A fish out of water? And that’s not all! The female California Grunion (See photo above) launches herself out of the water and onto the sand at a very specific time to spawn. How does she know what time it is? Scientists only speculate. But sheContinue reading “EXTRAORDINARY!!!”
THE MILD-MANNERED HONEY BADGER!
Honey Badger by Arno Meinties Wildlife is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Well, not really…Honey badgers are fearless, fierce, feisty little mammals about the size of a small or medium dog. They are very fond of honey-bee larvae and been known to dive head-first into a beehive tolerating hundreds of stings from the angry bees. Hence theirContinue reading “THE MILD-MANNERED HONEY BADGER!”
‘HISSY’!
‘Hissing Cockroach’ photo by Alambes on Wikimedia Commons. ‘Hissy’ is a nickname for the ‘Hissy Cockroach’ of Madagascar, an island off the coast of Africa. Don’t you just love cockroaches? NO! But this one is special. It is a friend of the rainforests of Madagascar. Hissy’s are ‘detritivores’! They eat fallen fruit and leaf litter and recycle their nutrients backContinue reading “‘HISSY’!”
