I live in an area where summer is so short that if you blink you will miss it. I have to soak up every flower quickly before they’re gone.  I appreciate their bright colors and smells, knowing that all too soon there will be nothing but white surrounding me.

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We all need something that spurs us on. Something that helps make life more enjoyable.  I typically run across many such things every single day.  One thing today, was discovering the tiny little bug hidden in the intricacy of the marigold’s petals.

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I cropped in so hopefully you can see the fly(?) in the center, towards the left.

I am really trying to soak up all the joy in flowers before the snow starts to fly again, and trust me it will seem way too soon for that blanket of white.

With all the rain we’ve had this summer, if it were colder we would be buried, lol.

Next week, Monday August 23, will be the 100th Macro Monday post and I thought it might be fun to see if we could get 100 objects in the post. Granted they would have to be small objects to still be close but I’ll be giving it a shot and thought you might want to too. If you prefer not to, that’s ok. :0)

Update:  There’s been some question about the 100 thing, I wasn’t thinking 100 images, I was thinking 100 objects in one photo.  Make sense?  100 photos might be a wee bit overwhelming, lol.

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Seeing tiny dancers in the center of delicate, transparent petals can make my heart soar!  It takes me to a happy place where no worries reside.
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Flames in the greenery.

I love reds and yellows!

Murrieta365

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign MckLinky. MM started on Sept 29, 2008 – Thanx to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!

Given the right light it just seems that flowers don’t need any tweaking, lol. Hope you don’t mind.

Murrieta365