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I got bored this afternoon. Nothing really interesting on tv and I wasn’t in the mood to read anything. I would have ended up taking a nap!

I have been wanting to make some landscape pictures lately but it has been pretty darn hot out around here lately and I kept using that as an excuse not to.  Well, my boredom overcame my fear of heat and I took a stroll around the slough. My trusty thermometer showed 91f as I walked out the door.

I took my camera w/kit lens, my 50mm, sb600, and a tripod with me. Lately when I have been out in the woods I haven’t had my 50mm with me and really regretted it. It’s the only macro lens I have and to say there are lots of possible macros out there in the woods would be a big time understatement!

I drove over to Yankee woods and walked from there. It’s not that long of a walk to the slough but it seemed like it took a lot longer today. Things were very quiet in the woods today. Not much wildlife to see. I’m thinking they were all laying low until the sun went down.

This has been a good year for Dragonflies for some reason. Lots of them and they don’t seem to mind the heat in the least. I came across a few that were in the mood to pose. Glad I brought the 50mm with me.

A couple of hours later I was on my way back to the van and then back to the air conditioning! It was pretty darn hot out there but I’m glad I got off my butt and took the walk!