It's the little things

Brian and I got up early this past weekend to catch Garden of the Gods at sunrise. While we did get some fantastic morning light for scenery shots, I also took the opportunity to prowl around for some interesting macro shots. The pods on the yucca plants were covered with ants, and they made great little subjects. Notice the beady little eye on the ant in the center of this pic (you can click on the pic to enlarge it) - I love my macro lens!

...is tomorrow's rose

Yesterday's rosebud...

I have certainly developed a respect for anyone able to keep up a "Picture a Day" kind of blog. You miss one day, then another...next thing you know it's two months later! Sigh.....

At any rate, this was taken in the backyard this evening. One of the joys of the new house has been discovering what's growing in the backyard. I wasn't sure if this rosebush was going to produce anything at first, but it looks like we might get a few nice flowers out of it after all.