A photo a day for October...with a bonus tale

Okay - so it's been a REALLLLLY long time since I've been able to participate in "A Photo A Day" type of challenges for myself.  I am totally digging the camera.  Of course, I would LOVE to sharpen the colors and such - however - I have a computer with a viral thing going on, so I am NOT going to push it by trying to reinstall PSE#?.  Ain't happening.

Enough technical whining...SO my "plan" for October is to capture images with the overall loose-definition of "nature".   Since I feel rather ATTACKED BY NATURE (aka stink-bugs-that-suck).  Without a further waiting period - here are my first four images.

1.  LEAVES:  working around depth-of-field play.

 

 2.  THIS FLOWER:   I took photos of a flower exactly like this in my Kentucky house waaay back in the day where I got to stay for a weekend.  That is such a story for another time, or not another time...whatever I feel the need for I imagine ;)   ANYWAY - @my "new" place, THIS very awesome flower is here - via nature - just for me and my camera (I can say it if I want to, my blog, my rules).

 3.  FIELD OF YELLOW:   We walk past this field daily to go to the bus stop (yet another story involving our walking to/from the bus @ 3/10ths of a mile each direction, which equals out to me actually getting a bit of a mile of walking in per day whether I want to or not really).  I am so chicken though, I REALLY want to take pics of the kids in this field, but I don't actually want to have to WALK IN THERE BECAUSE NATURE IS HIDING!!!

 #4 CREEEEEPY:  and artsy ALL AT THE SAME TIME.   This thing intrigued me and freaked me the hell out all at the same time.   VERY AWESOME dots of water on the web though.  it's really hard to take pics and watch the manual settings when you're trying to also pay attention to WHERE the spider is while you're fiddling with settings/such.  UGH.

AND your bonus story is actually the following conversation between Steve and I maybe 2-3 fridays ago.  I thought it relevant to the #4 picture:

Me:  THE BIGGEST SPIDER IN THE FUCKING WORLD IS IN THE HOUSE. AND NOW i CAN'T FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND IT. I.AM.LEAVING.

S:   *SNORT*

Me:  THAT IS NOT NOT NOT NOT FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY

S:  Lol lol lol what room?
     Did you scream?

Me:   OUR PLAY ROOM???? MOTHERFUCKER.  I didnt scream... Yelled a tribal scream and turned on the vacuum....which I THINK IT WAS TOO BIG TO FIT INTO...but it was gone...OH.MY.GOD.

S:   Was it black with lightening bolts on its back?

Me:  IT HAIR FUCKING HAIR.
HAIR STEVE.

IT CAN EAT SMALL ANIMALS AND PERHAPS CHILDREN

S:   Lol snort lol choke
Mice?

Me:   (((sent a picture of the worthless cat holding up his paw and staring at me)))
TOLD DRAGON....HE HAS A PAW IN THE AIR. I TOLD HIM TO FIND A WEAPON

S:  He looks scared.
Sissy cat.

Me:  I TOLD HIM THAT HE SHOULD BE!!!  Arm yourself!!!!   Faaaaawk

S:  Get a picture
Lol lol lol

Me:   Of WHAT??????????

S:   The spider of course

Me:  Fuck that shit Mr V.  If I could fucking FIND IT I WOULD KILL IT M.YSELF. i am freaking out because it's as big as a furrry baby hippo AND I CANT FIND IT

S:  Snort.  Go get the spider spray from the mud room and hit the last spot/area you spotted it Lol lol lol ...tears Mrs V

Me:  WHAAAAAAAATEVER.  I will bet it climbed into the heater thing because IT LITERALLY HAD TO DUCK TO RUN UNDER IT AGAINST THE WALL...

S:   Sure it wasn't a mouse?
Spray the heater all the way across.

Me:   IT HAD EIGHT DISBUSTING LEGS STEVER. MICE DON'T HAVE EITHER LEGS

S:  Snort...did you spray braveheart

Me:   YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

S:   Lol i snorted and hurt myself

Me:  (((note to self, kill him with spider spray if he makes another 'city girl' comment)))

The spider was big. Huge.
at least the size of a baby rhino or hippo, or whatever...but IT WAS HUGE. and HAIRY.   I think it was a wolf spider, which the internet says is "poisonous"??? REALLLY??? *grumble* make fun of me again...ugh.