The Changing Seasons – August/September 2018

 

It´s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!

Since I´ve missed out on August I thought I´d start with a few pics that I made then from the flowers on my balcony which were in full bloom and regularly visited from all sorts of bees, feasting on the rich and no doubt yummy pollen.

I have to admit that I just love catching them mid-flight…

A bumble-bee taking aim (Aug. 2018)

 

And they look so lovely while doing a great job, don´t they?

 

Nearly there (Aug. 2018)

 

My “Lizzy” loves resting on my chair meanwhile I´m attending to the flowers…

 

Resting cast-iron lizard “Lizzy” (Aug. 2018)

 

I´m not quite sure, but I think these belong to the Acanthaceae family of climbing plants…

Thunbergia erecta (?) (Aug. 2018)

 

I have a little Pomegranate tree as well which brings continued joy to me as well as numerous insects. Sadly the fruits aren´t really edible that is to say you can eat them but they taste a bit bitter and sour, so they´re only good for decorational purposes.

 

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Pomegranate fruit and blossoms (Aug. 2018)

 

This particular bee kept coming back every day and could obviously never get enough of my pomegranate. I´m quite sure it was always the same one because it was unusually dark whereas the other ones were much lighter in color and there was always only this darker one to be seen around. I like to think that she kept this tree a secret from her fellow bees back at the beehive. 😉

 

Got ya! Bee caught mid-air (Aug. 2018)

 

I really had the most of fun watching her and made dozens of pictures. The following being my very favorite one as she´s covered with tiny dots of yellow pollen and dropping out of the blossom in a drunkenly manner…

 

Lightheaded bee (Aug. 2018)

 

In September I visited the zoo where there were bigger animals to catch – quite literally in this case:

 

Family of Hamadryas baboons, the poor little guy in the middle is being tugged at the tail from his older sibling (Sept. 2018)

 

And catching really seems to be the theme of this post… look at this pelican cleverly catching his fish!

 

Feeding the pelicans (Sept. 2018)

 

And right after I made this shot, this little seal was catching a nap…

 

Seals belong to my favorite animals (Sept. 2018)

 

And after all this hard work of catching animals, I thought a little snack was in order. 😉

 

Catching up with fellow bloggers whilst enjoying a cup of coffee and a croissant (Sept. 2018)

 

 

And here are the guidelines for The Changing Season if you’re interested in participating:

The Changing Seasons Version One (photographic):

• Each month, post 5-20 photos in a gallery that you feel represent your month
  
• Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.
• Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons so that others can find them

The Changing Seasons Version Two (you choose the format):

• Each month, post a photo, recipe, painting, drawing, video, whatever that you feel says something about your month
• Don’t use archive stuff. Only new material!
• Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons so others can find them.

If you do a ping-back to Su´s original monthly post, she can update it with links to yours.