Victoria's Nature Videos

30/10/2024

What a surprising sunset tonight! Did you see it??? Just gorgeous!

23/10/2024

It's really starting to look like Fall around here! Love this season!!!

06/08/2024

GO GREEN - IT'S ALL ABOUT GETTING OUTDOORS
Week 1 starting August 6 - Pollinators and Bugs
I am obsessed with my two flowering Sempervivian succulents.But the both are going thru "Death Bloom". They wilt and die after flowering and then producing seeds and pups. They are called mono carpic succulents. But back to this weeks topic, they are attracting pollinators! So .... have you ever had one of these beauties??? Enjoy!

28/07/2024

I love observing Nature! Yesterday I saw a tiny butterfly on my Coreopsis flower. So of course I grabbed my cameras to try to get a good shot. This butterfly looked a little different at the tail end. At first I thought maybe it was a pair mating, but observing it closer, that did not make sense. So I videotaped it and took a few shots with my I-phone. (Sorry for the poor photo). Later I looked it up in my butterfly books to try to figure out what type of butterfly it is. Looks like a Gray Hairstreak! They are only about 1" in length. In further exploration on the internet I found this: "This back-and-forth movement makes the wings look like anntennae, apparently to fool predators into attacking a less vital part of their body." So that's what you see at the tail end! The "tail" at the tail end is what you see moving around very weirdly! How cool is that! Don't you love Nature??? A gift and knowledge given freely! Enjoy!!!

25/07/2024

I am so in love with this flowering succulent! Everyday is a new bud that opens. And a few more visitors!

10/07/2024

I have so much fun watching the birds come and eat the cracked corn I put out each morning. It's fun to watch the "pecking order". The bullies are the Red-bellied Woodpeckers. But this little Mourning Dove had enough and stood up to this male woodpecker!

05/07/2024

Wow! More flowers have opened today on one of my succulents! So very pretty! More to come!! Enjoy!

03/07/2024

So I got interested in collecting succulents last summer. I now have a bright sunny deck that they seem to be enjoying. This morning one of them had its flowers starting to open! What a beauty!

28/06/2024

I always have my camera ready when I'm out and about! Coming back from Brookfield the other day, I noticed these beautiful flowers on a white fence in Newtown. So of course I had to stop when I went by later. The large flower on the trellis is a Purple Clematis and the smaller bush with the purple bell shaped flowers I think is called a Bell Clematis. So pretty! Best viewed full screen! Enjoy!

28/06/2024

Bumble Bee on my potted Coreopsis flower. So hairy they look like they they are wearing a winter fur coat. Photos taken this afternoon . Lens 210mm, 1/350, F6.3. Love bees!!!

24/06/2024

Playing around with a 10x screw on filter to see how macro comes out. I have quite a few succulents on my deck. Enjoy!

23/06/2024

Columbine seed heads! Love these flowers and then their seed heads!

21/06/2024

Summer is really here!

Do you agree???

21/06/2024

Flowers from my garden. I don't know how to formally make an arrangement, so I just tried to make them look pretty!
Welcome Summer!

13/06/2024

I've been negligent in creating short videos for my Visual Meditation Youtube channel, but had to post this short video I put together today. Let me know what you think!
PS. I'll be at the Art Alliance of Woodbury walk this coming Saturday 6/15/24 from 1-5 pm. I'll have some photographs for sale! Stop by and introduce yourself!
Click on the photo below to see a short video!

So wonderful when I get to observe nature in my yard! Here are a pair of Cardinals enjoying breakfast of cracked corn. Enjoy!

09/06/2024

There are so many wonderful things around, if you get quiet, watch and just observe! Do you agree?

07/06/2024

I love all birds but have a special place in my heart for the little Carolina Wren. They are so pretty, so vocal, and so spunky! This little guy was on my deck shouting to the world! Have a great day!

25/05/2024

I'm really enjoying the Myrtle Beach wildlife! The swans were very cooperative. The Black Swans were magnificent! They were in a little pond next to a business. Enjoy!