These photos are great today! Thank you murraysmom, alisande, and nicole! I am actually loving this new basket. It has a low handle, is very strong, and will be a great use in the gardens. :) Here's how tough it is to weave.... this is me in my weaving finest. :) At this point I've made the base, inserted the side spokes (all the sticks you see), and am beginning to weave the sides. And I'm pulling against my body with all my strength. lol!

linda_in_iowa mentioned in her message about her recent trip to Costa Rica that some of her group went to a Sloth Sanctuary. I don't know if it was the same one, but I went to a Sloth Sanctuary several years ago. The Entrance: A model of a prehistoric giant ground sloth One of the Sloths they are caring for Baby Sloths in the Nursery squabbling (slowly) over a leaf They also offer a guided boat ride on canals behind their facility Where our sharp-eyed guide pointed out many animals and plants including a green basilisk lizard: bright blue crabs a sloth and an egret as well as bats, a caimen, howler monkeys, a brown basilisk lizard, and various other birds, and trees and plants and because today's theme seems to be flowers, I'll end with a flower.

What a wonderful array of photos today! I think I "liked" them all--or simply got too distracted to remember to click it. :-) Had to really look for the spider, And gazania's perfectly titled "higher aspirations" made me smile. Bob's underwater shots were as if I was seeing them in person. Everyone going out on adventures. Or walking on a slant (one of my legs is longer than the other, but not by that much!). Thanks for sharing them this morning.

Ever try to get a picture of a Cabbage White Butterfly. They are the most nervous creatures and nearly impossible to catch at a standstill. With some of it's bee friends on the sedum