Danger lurking

bee flies on lavender1a

A bee-fly collecting pollen from a lavender bloom seems to be an innocent enough activity, but the reality is that the danger lurks – the lavender is woven with many spiders’ webs, and the spiders are just waiting …

Canon EOS-100D with Canon 70-200mm IS L lens  at 135mm. ISO800 1/200 at f/8

Tuscan squirrel

squirrel

One of many of the squirrel that enjoy all the fruit, nuts, pine cones (particularly cypress cones –yum!) and other general fare on offer in our garden. They are pretty noisy about it, too!

Poser

henry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this lizard fancied himself as a bit of a hunk.

Canon Gx3 ISO500 1/640 at f/9