amazing – Bof's Blog

burası Türkiye! – this is Turkey!

As I said in the last post – ‘Amazing!’ is all around us – staring us in the face and begging to be noticed. ‘Amazing!’ is in our gardens, behind our cupboards, down the street or lane outside our houses. ‘Amazing!’ is everywhere – if only we are patient and take a few moments to observe – the ordinary becomes extra-ordinarily – ‘Amazing!’ That being the case, and not having got out much lately, here are some more photos, all taken in my garden, that are ‘even more amazing’ depending on how you feel about these things!

It is also an easy way for this lazy blogger to stick up a post without too much thought or effort – enjoy or not as the fancy takes you! Let’s start with something that should fill you with wonder . .

Anax-ephippiger-f — this macro shows the ‘engine room’ of one of Turkey’s rarest dragonflies, *Anax ephippiger* – Vagrant Emperor

ChamCloseUp — this was a very inquisitive Chameleon

snails

copulating snails – snails are hermaphrodites, both sexes in the same body. Here you see an AC/DC couple having an intimate, slimy moment – when all else fails they can turn themselves on and, as the song goes, ‘Sisters Do It For Themselves’ or words to that effect!

bluetail — *Ischnura elegans* – Common Bluetail not a very good photo but a chance to see how delicate and ‘friendly’ some damselflies are

lattice brown — *Kirina roxelana* – Lattice Brown, I think the sunlight shining through the wings is quite beautiful

conehead — young Cone-head Mantis – *Empusa pennata*

MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA — *Laudakia stellio* – Starred Agama

This guy lives in hole in the wall that is too small for him – every night his tail is hanging out. He is very shy and very entertaining and will have his own post the next time I don’t feel like doing much! I hope the photos made it worthwhile dropping by . .

Alan in Okçular

‘Amazing!’ is all around us – staring us in the face and begging to be noticed. ‘Amazing!’ is in our gardens, behind our cupboards, down the street or lane outside our houses. ‘Amazing!’ is everywhere – if only we are patient and take a few moments to observe – the ordinary becomes extra-ordinarily – ‘Amazing!’

These shots are all from my garden – I don’t pretend to be much of a photographer or that these are great photos – it’s just that, for me, these are amazing subjects . .