Photos: The Killer Strikes But Does Not Prevail! by: brendasue

Saturday Night Special:  
Return of the Killer Wasp


Last Night we saw the Cicada Killer Wasp with a Cicada trying to get it Home.  The last frame of the photostudy showed the pair had made it to the top of the tree.  From there, the Killer made it over the roof with the Cicada to the backyard deck.


Tonight we begin our photostudy with the Killer attempting to get her prey down to the hole.  All over the yard and creek are these tunnels made by these Killer Bees. Usually they fly their prey straight to the hole and in.  Our Star Bee tonight had a bright idea:
She made her hole and tunnel under the deck out back.  As she began the hunt, one by one should would fly the cicada over the roof, put it between the boards of the  deck and down they both will go.


As we saw yesterday, this cicada was so fat that the bee had a hard time getting it up and over the roof!  Well, guess what happen when she got it to her front door?????

Red Knock Out Roses at Kates Cabin                       by:  brendasue


This Bud is for You!

Come On In                 by:  brendasue





Hi Everybody!  This is the front deck to my Cabin (next door to Kates).  This is where we left off last Night with the Bee trying to get the fat cicada up and over the roof!  We did witness liftoff.
I went through the Cabin to the back deck and recorded the 'Landing'.  This is the photostudy for tonight:

Hey Baby:  How About A Kiss?              by:  brendasue



Let The Class Begin:

To Market, To Market, To Buy A Fat Pig                                 by:  bremdasue
Home Again, Home Again Jiggetty Jig.

Under the Rocking Chair                                 by:  brendasue


(Take the Long Way Home)

In you go, sucker                  by:  brendasue

I said:  Get in this hole you fat butt                               by:  brendasue

You are Too Fat To Go In Cicada!                          by:  brendasue

Come On,  You have to move to a wider hole!              by:  brendasue

All Right--Get Down                             by:  brendasue

Trying this Angle                    by:  brendasue

Not Believing This!                      by:  brendasue

Now I am going to Stuff You In Here                      by:  brendasue



Let's take this opportunity to look at the belly area of the Cicada.
The sting from the Female Killer Wasp to the Cicada has subdued it, but not killed it.  Now she will lay her eggs on the body of the cicada before placing it in the hole leading to the underground tunnel. The cicada will remain alive in suspended state in the tunnel for ten days or so until the eggs hatch out. The baby killers will eat the body of the cicada, and when finished will hibernate underground in larval state until next July, when they will come out and begin there own hunt.

Unbelievable--How Unfair is Life?                       by:  brendasue

I am getting tired of messing with you, Cicada             by:  brendasue

Take That--I will sting you into the hole!                  by:  brendasue

This was not suppose to be difficult!                  by:  brendasue

Okay, get over here!                         by:  brendasue

Come On Now---In You Go, Fatso                 by:  brendasue

I am pushing as hard as I can!                by:  brendasue

This is making me Crazy                         by:  brendasue

Dragging Miss Daisy                          by:  brendasue

Looking at me as though I somehow caused the problem!      by:  brendasue

In the End, The Cicada still would not fit!                by:  brendasue






This concludes our photostudy  on the the Cicada Killer Wasp trying to get the Cicada into the hole.  I encourage you to discover more about the Cicada at this link:

http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/




This is a great site!  Just click on link.  (Some of my links and previous posts are invisible on my Google site.)  Run your arrow over the black spots and they light up! (I luv Google!)

For Those who missed the Moonrise tonight, here it is!  (8-21-10)          by:  brendasue



Goodnight Moon and Goodnight to You All


(Be careful out there with the full moon approaching--you might feel like Howling At The Moon!)

The End                                by:  Kay Lonnie Wray



......this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek


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Sunday, Sundae! Photo Op In The Garden by: brendasue

You would think it is the middle of August with all the heat going on around here.  

Oh, It is the middle of August!

Hi Everybody:  Come on in and don't mind me, the dingbat Grandma.  I am proud to say at least I had a mind to loose!

Texas Sunflower                  by:  brendasue

Some Like it Hot                       by:  brendsue

Bird Seed Gone Wild!                          by:  brendasue

country road                      by:  brendasue


Hey!  Little King!  I thought you wanted to open the Class. What are you doing?  Are you coming?

Hot Little King              by:  brendasue


I know it is Hot. What do you mean, wait a minute, Mom?
Oh, you have to get in the right spot.  


Okay, We are waiting.
(Be just a second,class)

Little King with the Sun on his Butt       by:  brendasue





Let the Class Begin!

It is too Hot to Live On The Sun          by:  brendasue.











Okay, we are going to cool it down with our photostudy today.


The photo challenge was "something cool" at the Martha's Bloomers Photo Club.  Here is what I whipped up:

                                                  Ice Cream Sundae   By:  brendasue

This concludes our Sunday Photostudy on an Ice Cream Sundae!
(The little King got to have it!)


Hope you feel refreshed!   Come back again.

......this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek

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Photostudy In The Garden: Doe, a Deer, a female Deer! by: brendasue

Welcome To Gardening friends Around the World.
For the rest of you who are not gardening yet, I hope to inspire you to get out and play in the dirt!
So get out your camera and see what you can find!

Melting Flowers in this Texas Heatwave                        by:  brendasue



The greatest thing about August (to me) is the little tiny summer guests that are arriving at Kates Cabin now!  We have one to open our class today.

Where's the food?                  by:  brendasue



Let The Class Begin!

Do You see what I see?            by:  brendasue

Hot Sizzle              by:  brendasue


Our photostudy for today is of a visitor to my garden. She is a neighbor and lives across the street. Enjoy!

Here is Elisabeth coming over for a snack          by:  brendasue

She began coming over for squirrel food (which had corn in it)      by:  brendasue

Now she has her own spot for deer corn               by:  brendasue

By the edge of the flower bed next to the bird food and pine cones        by:  brendasue

Elisabeth is a Doe (a female deer)             by:  brendasue

She is very beautiful and graceful with long legs                   by:  brendasue

She lives in the woods across the road here         by:  brendasue

It is not normal behavior for deer to come around humans                by:  brendsue

As with my other wild friends, I do not know why she made friends with me              by:  brendasue

Deer are always on the lookout for something to come after them           by:  brendasue

Probably something to do with Humans seeking them to KILL             by:  brendasue

She is spooked so she is taking off         by:  brendasue

Her right foot is hurt (It is okay now)                     by:  brendasue

I hope everyone will trade guns for cameras and stop killing deer               by:  brendasue

Her front door is that Black hole she is walking toward. Bye Elisabeth.      by:  brendasue


This concludes our photostudy on Elisabeth, the deer.  Last summer she had a fawn, and this summer there is a new one still with spots.


(If you come to Kates Cabin, you may not hunt Elisabeth)

This is my brain!        by:  brendasue

This is my brain on No drugs or Alcohol           by:  brendasue



It was determined by someone 12 years ago that I had enough alcohol and drugs for a lifetime, so I haven't had any more since then. Who needs it?  In older years, you loose your brain anyway without substance abuse. I still have a colorful life, but everyday really is a new day! I put my keys where? I saw that movie before?......

For those of you trying to quit, You can do it if I can do it. There is life after beer!




......this is brendasue signing off from Rainbow Creek. 
Goodnight All.








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