I'll chase a butterfly anywhere...

And this guy has been teasing me forever.

We have a flower box in the backyard and firecracker

flowers and/or flora attract Zebra longwing.

(Yeah I looked it up - bing is a wonderful thing).

 There were several pairs flitting about - but by the time 

I changed lenses (I need to learn to be faster)

to my canon 70-300

he was the only left and he was very twitchy.

 He didn't light and land for long and made it tough

to focus on. I've been having trouble with focus

but I can't decide if its the camera or I need new glasses.

Probably the latter.

My favorite eldest follows a photographer Fro Knows and

sent me 2 of his videos. I watched the first one

and it goes through the basics of the camera and getting

off auto and on manual which I have been

doing for awhile but there's alot to know and I

forget something each time. 

SO practice practice practice is the word of the day.

Couldn't resist practicing with the butterfly.

I started with basic settings for gloomy, cloudy and dark but

before I could change any of them to make it

better (because eldest son said it looked to grainy and my ISO

was too high). And that was the whole point because of the weather to 

start there and then play around. 

Butterfly is a fickle critter and I didn't get to play.

However it was a good starting point.

If they're out today I shall commence to stalking again.

From afternoon to Evening...

 The weather changed. 

And quite dramatically.

The guys went fishing and brought back some tasty

Mahi-Mahi.

Whilst us ladies bobbed and relaxed in the pool.  I managed

to only get slightly burned.

Tom was busy with spicing up the fish.

 I was noticing the weather.

And a storm was blowing in.

ACK.

As in all weather in Florida. It blew in.

And then blew out.

with Nary a drop of water.

That's how Florida rolls.

Which is a good thing.

Because its never cause for alarm.

Nor do you stop what you're doing.

 Sunsets are pretty.

Even with a storm blowing in.

Love the golden hue.

And the tide was going out. 

Or maybe starting to come in.

Either way.

The cook taking a break from slaving over a hot grill.

And the fish was a tasty delight.

We have a great site this time around.

Privacy. More or Less.

Except from the Lots of critter action in the trees.

The manage to hide when I break out the camera.

I'm trying to figure out how to fake them out. 

So far - critters are winning.

Camping at Knights Key

 View from the RV. It was beautiful last night with the full moon

over the water. I was too lazy to get up and get the camera.

 Making sure we were setting up camp correctly.

Another shot without moving from my chair.

Gotta love that.

Very condusive for relaxing.