Weekly Winners…

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This week I went bee hunting with my kids. We caught some interesting insect activities on camera and have enjoyed them immensely. I hope you enjoy them as well. (By the way, it’s a little unnerving to have a bunch of bees fly at you when you are looking at them through a telephoto lens, I had a hard time not backing up!)

Bumbling around
Bumbling around

The center of the sun
The center of the sun

Color coordinated
Color coordinated

Busy Bee
Busy Bee

Shimmer
Shimmer

Just a sip
Just a sip

Sibling rivalry
Sibling rivalry

Diving in
Diving in

Hanging out
Hanging out

We also caught two butterflies.

Gorgeous array
Gorgeous array

Delicate beauty
Delicate beauty

(I will be adding these images onto the Gallery where they will be available for purchase if you are so inclined. I am not sure I will choose to offer these in poster size, as a 20×30 inch bee might be more unnerving than lovely. Thank you for stopping by my Weekly Winners post today!)

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Extreme Nursing…

It’s like extreme sports.

Instead of a snuggled bundle of baby joy sweetly nursing away I have a power nurser.

He nurses in down dog, he climbs across my stomach, he tries to sit on my head… all while nursing.

If I nurse him in my lap he will try and drape himself off of it and slide down to the floor. If I nurse him in bed he is kicking, climbing, and otherwise moving around. He also likes to pat my other breast, and present his foot for kissing, and stick his finger up my nose or in my mouth (thankfully not in that order.)

It would seem that he wants the closeness of nursing, but doesn’t want it to interfere with his busy schedule. I don’t understand the need to constantly move around but I am beginning to understand why mama dogs bite their puppies.

I have a puppy. A cavorting 33 pound puppy, clambering all over me.