THE LAKE YESTERDAY

When I went for a walk around the lake yesterday the reflections on the water were so pretty.  Since it's Sunday and a football day, I will be heading out to do a solitary hike later on.  Not sure where I will go but I have to continue to get out while the weather is dry and temps in the 50's.

Found out that the "dam" project which has been going on for about a year will, if the weather cooperates" be complete in January 2019.  That means that the water levels can rise again without the lake having to be lowered while they were building a new dam.  It will be great to see the lake looking all healthy again.


MAGYAR WRITES:

sun speaks
these stories across the pond
reflection

CHANDELIER PLANT

I saw this particular photo on the web but the image was posted without the name of the plant.

I did an image search but it wasn't clear what the name of it was.  There are many types of succulants and this particular plant was difficult to identify.  I finally did and here it is -...

I love the name and the beauty of this plant is amazing.


Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana), also known as Maternity Plant, Devil's Backbone, and Mexican Hat plant - to 20 inches, A fun, unusual plant. It has lance-shaped, gray-green leaves that produce baby plantlets all along the edge of the leaf. The plantlets drop off the "mother" plant and root into the soil in the pot below, producing more plants. In winter, tall flower spikes rise above the foliage and bear clusters of bell-shaped, dangling, salmon-orange flowers.

Maybe I've seen one before in nurseries but never up close like this.  The geometric design is wonderful!

HAD TO SHARE THIS PHOTO

  Nature is amazingly beautiful and I love the fact that talented photographer's can capture this kind of beauty.  This, I believe is a Preying Mantis but I never saw one this beautiful with the various colors so I could be wrong.

I just did a google search and this is the photographer,

IGOR SIWANOWIZC

Here is a LINK to his photos

another good link for pics from Twisted Sister, a favorite website of mine.