<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766262291737772070</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:15:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>animal portraits</category><category>Local Creatures</category><category>garden creatures</category><category>nature</category><category>august</category><category>bird photos</category><category>bugs</category><category>Flowers</category><category>frogs</category><category>insects</category><category>neighbours</category><category>April</category><category>Bees</category><category>Birds in the Garden - August</category><category>Canada geese</category><category>Fall</category><category>Frogs toads and insects</category><category>November</category><category>October</category><category>Pond Life</category><category>animal babies</category><category>animal babiesgarden birds</category><category>august birds</category><category>blue jay</category><category>butterflies</category><category>cardinals</category><category>chickens</category><category>ducks</category><category>farmland</category><category>flicker</category><category>garden birds</category><category>grasshoppers</category><category>landscape</category><category>llama farm</category><category>llamas</category><category>photos</category><category>robins</category><category>seagulls Ottawa river</category><category>squirrels</category><category>toads</category><category>wooded trails</category><title>Life in the land of Os</title><description></description><link>http://lifeinthelandofos.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Holly M)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766262291737772070.post-1933149714661612115</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-09-20T00:41:55.986-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animal portraits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">august</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bugs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">butterflies</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Flowers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden creatures</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nature</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">photos</category><title>Migrating Painted Lady Butterflies</title><atom:summary type="text">

Painted Lady Butterfly on Yellow Cone-flower



At least a dozen Painted Lady Butterflies feeding

I was thrilled to be blessed with a visit from dozens of these sweet little butterflies as they passed though last week.


Painted Ladies seem downright social




Yellow Cone-flowers provide endless joy to these tiny butterflies



Intent on feeding



Each day I watch them go, as they leave to </atom:summary><link>http://lifeinthelandofos.blogspot.com/2012/08/migrating-painted-lady-butterflies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Holly M)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoZYdEunHed5o_4XPd0G9q7NZX1U2UyPpkFxg-J8KDfiUK2JrqOG3M9nqVsfGx82qxpF5GCFH8SNxVj1iaQrFwqx9IT-s1sc0QLxWq8dxeFtYvD5QojfWMh67lNxrj5epZ8hBcRHJwGc/s72-c/057.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766262291737772070.post-5372549248402355577</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-02T23:44:56.419-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">frogs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden creatures</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Pond Life</category><title>Frogs! 40, count &#39;em,  40!</title><atom:summary type="text">

40 Frogs appeared like magic this summer



Frog


A Frog at home in a Pond Lily -- this was a First



Another Frog



Yet another Frog



And yet again -- a Frog


Backed up on the Runway



You Lookin&#39; at Us?
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Honeybee approaching a Touch-Me-Not




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Okay, I cheated -- this was at the National Capital Tulip Festival in Ottawa. A bit north of the land of Os, but aren&#39;t those babies cute?

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TouchStone Manor&amp;nbsp; -- thanks for having lots of Llamas and Alpacas (and goats and horses too)

</atom:summary><link>http://lifeinthelandofos.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-llama-walk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Holly M)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9OWta93Fkgb9iGYVdlfu2zwqH4BPbl7wFZTzwgQEBEgdWz-HCA5qORDoUbprjG8JaXJnbFwC3vEY8XI8NAHGOVHMkYTSU_YHuPYmcPQGeiT2wq-uFDt8boWXci5QKpmuVwj6p8bPwPiQ/s72-c/Pic+066.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766262291737772070.post-5605957864381805665</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-09-20T00:39:39.328-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animal portraits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">august</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bugs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">frogs</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frogs toads and insects</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden creatures</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">grasshoppers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">insects</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Local Creatures</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nature</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">toads</category><title>Frogs, Toads and Insects, Oh My!</title><atom:summary type="text"></atom:summary><link>http://lifeinthelandofos.blogspot.com/2010/09/frogs-toads-and-insects-oh-my.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Holly M)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5766262291737772070.post-8620782797520128066</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-10-10T12:48:42.538-04:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">animal portraits</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">august</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">august birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">bird photos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Birds in the Garden - August</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blue jay</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">flicker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden birds</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">garden creatures</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Local Creatures</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nature</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">robins</category><title>August garden visitors</title><atom:summary type="text">

Innocence in Feathers




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