August 26th, I call critter Monday!

This last Monday, I was finally able to get some photos of one of our sets of twins here at Hardin Ridge. While I did laundry at the park office, I came back and found this little family grazing along a path beside the road. Fortunately, I had my camera this time! I've been trying to get pics of this set of twins for some time now. I even spotted several male turkeys later this day.

These trees have started to change in the last few weeks. Fall is on the way!
 

I love how the afternoon sun shines through the forest...so pretty!

Even spotted a (I think) northern fence lizard...he's just a baby.

 

Wildflowers & Butterflies

A few days ago, I had my camera and decided to walk across from the entrance of the Hardin Ridge Recreation Area. This is the scene I discovered...lots of wildflowers and butterflies everywhere only they didn't seem to show as well here. The back roads and along 446 are dolloped with many varieties of beautiful wildflowers. I've seen a big field of purple along 446 that I believe is lupine maybe or liatris that I am going to have to get some photos at some time while they are in bloom.

In this photo, I added a butterfly overlay freebie from Seasalt Paperie so be sure to download it and the other freebie on her site. The day was overcast which is perfect for taking pics, but it made for a crummy background so I added a cloud overlay also. I added a few more tweaks to brighten and darken in the right places. Gotta love Photoshop!

As soon as I get a few more flower edits done, I'll post them too.