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I love aquariums. The one in Chicago was really good, but the local smaller aquariums are fun as well. There's one in Pine Knoll Shores in NC that I have been to several times.

I made a habit of always placing it in my left hand pocket, which works most of the time...

Managed a decent photo with my Android phone!

Look who turned up in my houseplants: I brought them inside 2 months ago...I wonder if this little one was an egg inside that pitcher?

Discovered inside my coop last week, a Rat snake (about 5' long). I removed and rehomed it...they are wonderful rat/mouse/SNAKE predators. They don't eat chickens, just eggs or chicks :eek:

Variegated fritillary

Not the best picture, need to start taking my REAL camera with me in the gardens. First dragonfly of the year, possibly a Blue Dasher, or maybe even an Eastern Pondhawk...and probably very new to the world.

This afternoon, near the bird feeders I saw something unusual. This little guy was completely still, and at first I thought he might be dead, but then I saw his eye move. I suspected he was a fledgling who was unable to fly well enough to get back to the nest. I took this photo with my...

:D They do have a red belly, but it's more of a blush, way down by the legs. Here's a good example, stolen from the web:

My favorite bird, the Chickadee. We have Carolina chickadees here in NC. They're a little smaller than their northern cousins the Black Capped chickadees, and they tend to slur their call/drawl! :cool:

I recognize the henbit the bee is visiting! Howdy fellow Tarheeler.

I love the flakes, they add to the composition.