It's a small world after all!

As I walked toward the car yesterday, my eye was caught by a tiny caterpillar hovering 18 inches or so above my head. He was scaling a thread so fine that I couldn't see it. I aimed my camera up in the air and crossed my fingers hoping to capture the image, then watched him til he climbed the rest of the way up to the leaf he must have spun his thread from. I did edit this a bit. I cropped the shot, tinkered with the color balance, increasing the blue of the sky, and sharpened the image a bit. By the time I got the caterpillar in focus as he hung a foot or so above me, the leaf was really fuzzy. I'm sharing this at Monday Rewind and Perceptive Perspectives.

To be honest, I'm not sure just what this next critter is. The first time I saw one, I thought it was a baby hummingbird. It's bigger than a bumblebee, and its wings move so fast that they're really only a blur. My husband thinks it may be some sort of moth. We compromised and call it a hummingbird moth. Whatever it is, it loves our butterfly bush, and I'm sharing these pictures of it at the Creative Bloggers Party and Hop and Tuesday Garden Party.

Up close, the mimosa blossom is strikingly delicate, don't you think? I'm sharing this shot at The Creative Exchange and 52 Weeks of Happiness.

At one time, I could be counted on to squawk, wave my hands around in the air, and run when a bee came around me. Now I'm so fascinated by watching them work that I think they may be reacting that way when they see me!

Look at the way the teensy flower is reflected on the back of this Japanese beetle. Isn't that cool? I'm participating in Macro Monday with this one.










The next two shots are heading on over to Mellow Yellow. Hope you'll visit there too!

This one, taken at the Georgetown Visitation Monastery, is being shared at Sweet Shot Tuesday:

I just love this rose. It's one of the beauties my neighbor has in her yard. If I keep running over there with my camera, she's gonna call the cops and tell them I'm stalking her or something!!!

At any rate, I'm sharing this gorgeous rose at Quotography, along with this quote from Leo Buscaglia:

"A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world."

May you find yourself surrounded by friendship and beauty this week!