What interesting creatures live in your garden?

[Carol Dee]

@sumi I get lucky now and then with a photo! I can not even get a few inches to the subject and get the camera to focus.. I do a lot of cropping photos on the computer. The camera is a SONY ax300 the lens I usually have on it is a 0.38m/1.3ft MACRO (A real misnomer.) It is NOT a MACRO Lens. I WANT a MACRO lens but the cost keeps that on my Wish List.

 

[Nyboy]

Sumi where do you live, that there are puff adders in your trees?

 

[sumi]

@Carol Dee , I have a SONY too, a CyberShot and that's all I can tell off the top of my head. I'm kicking myself for not buying a Canon, even I can't take a bad pic with those, but oh, the price tag... Not that the SONY one was cheap! Focussing with that thing is a mission and forget zooming in on distant objects. We have the most incredible birds here, from eagles to Egyptian Geese, but I can't photograph them Not for lack of trying, I just can't get close enough to them. We drove past an Egyptian Goose yesterday, wow, it was 6 feet from me, if that. Beautiful bird.

 

[sumi]

Sumi where do you live, that there are puff adders in your trees?

We're in South Africa, at the moment. We're planning to emigrate to Ireland later this year though. We stayed there for awhile and loved it.

So I'm going to be picking y'all's brains for gardening in a sopping wet climate in a few months' time, be warned

 

[Carol Dee]

We're in South Africa, at the moment. We're planning to emigrate to Ireland later this year though. We stayed there for awhile and loved it.

So I'm going to be picking y'all's brains for gardening in a sopping wet climate in a few months' time, be warned

A globetrotter Me... I have lived in a 5 mile radius all my life!

 

[sumi]

Yep, I've lived in 3 different countries and moved quite long distances in-between. We're actually moving again this weekend, 450 miles away this time. I'm NOT looking forward to that trip!

 

[Carol Dee]

Yep, I've lived in 3 different countries and moved quite long distances in-between. We're actually moving again this weekend, 450 miles away this time. I'm NOT looking forward to that trip!

I do NOT like moving, even across town. How do you do it! I suppose you can not be a pack rat and haul it ALL each time.

 

[sumi]

I enjoy the new starts, if it's in a nice place. Emigration sure helps cut back on belongings! I'm down to clothes, some special books and knick knacks, my laptop and my incubator at the moment. I brought my incubator back from Ireland actually. I can't buy a Brinsea incubator here, so I left half my clothes behind to free up suitcase space. And no, I'm NOT a hatch addict

I'm hoping we'll settle for awhile once we're back in Ireland again. I want to start hoarding stuff! LOL

 

[Smart Red]

A globetrotter Me... I have lived in a 5 mile radius all my life!

And I thought I was adventurous with a 10 mile radius -- excluding my year jaunt to the west coast in my misguided youth.

 

[Carol Dee]

And I thought I was adventurous with a 10 mile radius -- excluding my year jaunt to the west coast in my misguided youth.

Well there was that one year we lived in Davenport. That was 8 miles away! I guess my roots run deep.