Galapagos Tortoise

One of our two Galapagos Tortoises at Nashville Zoo

which are 21 years old, mere children with a life expectancy of 180 years!

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Adding a little life to the purple verbena in my front yard

Great Blues and Whitetails at Bledsoe Creek

My latest state park visit was last Thursday at Bledsoe Creek near Gallatin, TN

Great Blue Skimmer Dragonfly (male)

Great Blue Heron catching a fish in Cumberland River backwaters

White-tailed Deer fawn

And another whitetail!

Common Whitetail Dragonfly (male)

Snug

I spent most of the morning with bio-facts at the Giraffe exhibit

but it was this pocket-camera shot of a Caribbean Flamingo

that charmed me most today

Stones River Greenway

Biked my usual 6 miles on the greenway this morning.

Parts of it are like going through a deep forest alongside a big river.

Calming and beautiful.

This afternoon I'm heading for another state park which will mean more photos!

Surprise Tulip Beauty

Working on the computer and stumbled on this photo

made in 2008 at Falls Mill, Belvedere, TN

I have a lot of photos like this I intended to print

but didn't! Can't print them all!