Passionate Pleasure

Forever Tourist

My sons refer to me as a perpetual tourist, well anywhere I go the camera goes with me. Lessons in life are learned by simple observation, join me on a tour of my 'estate' this morning.

Money is not the only commodity one needs to be rich to feel rich, chasing the golden calf as many do lose out of living. Obsessively chasing what may be unattainable, I'm not saying don't try, understand stress reduction clears our head enabling positive forward movement.

Life is rich in rewards you realize as the years melt away, you did your best with saving when young to enjoy a roof over your head, food on the table, clothing on your back to enable comfortable living. Not everyone is able to save today, literally living hand to mouth, that is where the best things in life are all around, stop and look.

Black and yellow mud dauber building a home in my planter box, good location for this solitary insect that build out of mud, knowing the sting is not severe as a bee or wasp I took advantage to watch the excavation of this ones home.

Have noticed many around this year busy shoveling into mainly plant boxes around the home.

Pretty insect that will lay an egg within hunt some food, paralyzed prey then seal into tomb for the young one to eat and emerge in it's circle of life. Last photo sand coming out then will move it slowly away!

Southern Tree Agama (Acanthocercus atricollis), we here in South Africa simply call a Bloukoppie. Males swagger around larger than females with crazy blue head, now one jumped up onto my bird feeder I was not sure of his intentions. After my birds perhaps (not normally they feed on beetles and grasshoppers) he was not impressed with interruption, today he perched on top once again, perhaps simply the warmest spot to chill out on.

What I did take note of was how blue his head was before he moved across to the tree being unimpressed with a photographic session, his colour took on more of a brown to the iridescent blue a minute ago, once I relieved him from photography up-close session, his colour returned. Southern Tree Agamas

This leaves me pondering if similar to a chameleon slight change to skin tone for safety? Much to learn still, with an influx of big boys around the garden on the roof sunbathing more research is required.

Inquiring mind always happy enjoy questioning how these other tourists I share life with make a living, I learned female lizard lays eggs in soft moist soil, hatch within three months when plenty of food is available. Humans should learn from breeding animals around only have what you are able to raise. Here within a few minutes of my stepping back he was back to flashing blue again....

Last but never least Brown-hooded kingfisher using my gate to smash his brunch on a centipede. Now these centipedes are not something I get up close or personal with, when they enter the home are swiftly assisted onto paper and tipped out the window, all centipedes have venom enough to make you pretty ill for a couple of days.

Passionate witnessing variety of food taken, people need to learn more about what they are able to eat off the land in their regions.

On that note I leave after sharing how nature my current passion looks for it's shelter or housing, food, they wear their clothing all the time, unlike us humans who feel the need to cover up.

Have a fun day wherever you are in the world, appreciate nature and everything she offers you. All photography taken on Canon Powershot SX730 HS my own as is the content created.

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Thought for Today: "It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants." - African Proverb