All of the critters are out enjoying the sun!

Didn't get out tonight but this is one of my favorites from Sunday!

Oh how I wish!

So, totally had to zoom & it came out blurry BUT I spotted a BOBCAT!  Totally COOL!  So Beautiful!!

Gracie all fluffy from her afternoon bath!

Great end the evening.  Chilling at the park!

Hmmmm ever notice how the back of the Lady Bug's head looks a bit like Darth Vader?

I love it!  My gift from John's family.

Love these little guys

Not ready to be done with vacation but HAPPY to see my baby!

Lake Okeechobee aka "The Big O"  Covers 730 square miles, over 5 FL counties and ranges from 1' - 13' deep making it one of the most shallow lakes.

Excited as a 2 year old on Christmas when I got to pet and feed the Giraffe! 

Everglades Gator Farm

Ahhhhh Homestead

John's fam should up with GOODIES today!  Some of my favs!

Meet my sister's new pet.........LMAO!

Red Velvet Ant aka "Cow Killer" (approximately 1.5" long)

Mutillidae are a family of wasps whose wingless females resemble ants. Their common name velvet ant refers to their dense hair which may be red, black, white, silver, blue, or gold. Their bright colours serve as aposematic signals. They are known for their extremely painful sting, facetiously said to be strong enough to kill a cow, hence the common name cow killer or cow ant is applied to some species. Unlike a real ant, they do not have drones, workers, and queens. However, velvet ants do exhibit haplodiploid sex determination similar to other members of Vespoidea (JH Hunt 1999).
The earliest-known velvet ants are specimens from the Dominican Republic preserved in amber some 25 to 40 million years ago.

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Another Beautiful Night

Spent the day with mom & the kids.  Always LOTS of LAUGHS!

Going to have to continue working on my moon shots for Saturday's Full Sturgeon Moon!

Finally got a snap shot of my Sly little Red Fox at the park last night!  It was getting dark but was still able to catch him!

A bit cloudy but still a beautiful night!

Working on the night time photography.  This one came out pretty good!

Simply Beautiful part deux  

Part One - http://rens2011dailysnapshot.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_26.html

While at Biltmore Estate this morning we came across a mamma bear and FOUR cubs!  Here are 2 playing on one tree!

Spotted this little guy just as he was coming out of the mud puddle!

Stopped by the fair to play with my new gift from John.  

Mine and John's photos on the cover of Our Local Magazine's August Issue

One of my favorite things at mom's house!

Meet my new friend.  LOL  He has not left his post for 48 hours now. You would think he would get hungry, maybe it is too stinking hot for him to eat?  Who knows!

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
~Maria Robinson