Odds and Ends

You can see an ongoing obsession here.

Obsession? This guy? Nah.

I have yet to take any action against aforementioned carpenter bees which are chewing up the wood in the carport. I hate to admit that I find them adorable. Not to wax all Timothy Treadwell on these tiny creatures who care not for human contact or company, but so far we have come as close to one another as possible. One actually fell on my head; another onto my hand. Nothing. These are not aggressive creatures, otherwise, if it were wasps, I'd be in a world of stung, baby.

I don't think there's much value to anthropomorphizing Mother Nature, but she sure do put on a display. Makes you scratch your head and ponder your place in it.

Also, bottom three are shots with new camera.

This last one looks I messed with the tree in the background, but the rain just distorted it.