I was merrily answering comments last night and got several done when all of a sudden, I got an error message. A little different this time. It did allow me to push the publish button, but the error message popped up saying my message could not be published. I am hoping by tomorrow that too will have been temporary and will try again. Has anyone else had a problem tonight? It happened at around 11.00 p.m.

The surprise I had the night before was this handsome fellow on our patio door above my head. I took my nightly look out the back window before going upstairs, and it was staring at me right in the face. I don't know who was more startled, yes probably the katydid. I couldn't see it properly and used the light on my phone, and then took a photo also with my phone. I made several attempts and all but this one were blurry. The ID online said it was a Katydid, also known as a Bush Cricket? It did say that this might have been after its first or last molt, can't remember which now. You can read about them at this link if interested. If any of you know for sure, let me know would you please? I had fun playing with one of the apps and came up with this.
A while ago I mentioned that several of the old homes that had been around for years, a mile so down the road, were finally torn down. This is the first house that has been built. I was amazed at how fast. We kept passing by and they looked like they were hollowing out the ground for a basement as there was this big hole. That seemed to take forever. A few days later this appeared. I will try and remember to take a photo once it’s finished. The place before was less than a quarter its size. I miss the old house.
This building is a church we pass by. When we moved here over 30 plus years ago it used to be a farm property where people kept their horses. I loved passing by and counting them.
It wasn't such a wide road back then and we could slow down and sometimes stop to take photos. The church went up I want to say about 10 years ago. I still miss seeing the horses. Here's a closer look of the church.
I had a good time taking photos of clouds. The skies were full of them that day. It was hot but hardly any humidity, which is always a plus.
“Bows and flows of angel hair, and ice-cream castles in the air.”
Joni Mitchell, Both Sides Now
I captured a plane on its way into Washington-Dulles Airport. I wish I had remembered to look at my airplane app to see where it departed from.
“I am the daughter of Earth and Water, and the nursling of the Sky.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Cloud
The truck was huge and parked on the side of the road. There are town homes across the street, and this strip runs several hundred yards where people from those homes can park overnight. Parking spaces are at a bare minimum where they live, and the powers that be let them park there, for the time being anyway. This was still early so no one had made it home yet from work. Usually they are parked bumper to bumper.
It was a great day to sky watch.
Thanks for looking and enjoy your day.
The new house is large. I bet it sells for over a million. That seems to be the going price for homes like this. I would never have known what the green critter is, just be glad it was outside and not inside!!
ReplyDeleteI like the new house and the sky there Denise. That insect is interesting as I guess they all are.
ReplyDeleteYes, we've had trouble commenting in past days but it didn't last long. Thank goodness.
Nobody bothers the grasshopper, and you’re showing some great cloud photos—though, yes, I would have liked the horses better, too. No, I left the laptop off last night, and everything was fine today. I hope nothing starts acting up again with Blogger!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Elke
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI love the clouds and sky photos, I do enjoy skywatching. Take care, have a great day!
Love your clouds and cloud quotes! Love your curiosity and interest in what goes on around you! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThat would have caught me off guard seeing that katydid on my screen at night.
ReplyDeletethat looks like a nice house but it's always sad to see old ones torn down. I would much rather see horses than some building. That doesn't even look like a church.
I am impressed with what you eventually did with the katydid photo.
ReplyDeleteBy 11:00 pm, Denise, I have been in bed for at least an hour, so what was happening on my blog was unknown to me!
ReplyDeleteGood Morning!!
ReplyDeleteStopping in to thank you for your visit!! So far, no issues with posting comments this morning...Great pictures...I love getting photos of the clouds which at times can be more interesting than a sunset...Beautiful church...Ours was built 50 years ago and is fairly modern....Enjoy the new week!!
Hugs,
Deb
Debbie-Dabble blog
Anoche no abrí ni un momento el ordenador, hasta hace una hora no he comenzado a visitar los blogs amigos. Espero no tener problemas a la hora de publicar.
ReplyDeleteFeliz semana.
Love those cloud shots...really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the Katydid shot, we've had them on my screen doors too. The pups and I spent a lot of time watching clouds over the past few days.
ReplyDeleteHorses are much better than buildings any day!
ReplyDeleteI had a katydid on my window too. Grin. I know it wasn't the same one because we live too far apart for that, but our "bug" watching sure has us seeing a lot of the same things.
ReplyDeleteOh no Jiminy Cricket, I hope your commenting is ok today. We had a gremlin in our tveees Saturday
ReplyDeletewhen we tried to watch any streaming channels I crazy Pluto TV icon was swirling around on the screen. Thankful it disappeared over night.
Hugs Cecilia
Lovely skies. Commenting seems fine today.
ReplyDeleteI’ve had issues with the commenting. I tried to comment a couple days ago (I think) and it just wouldn’t work. Then I read about other bloggers having the same problem. I guess it’s something Blogspot was doing.
ReplyDeleteFun critter to spy. That is a large home that is being built. The clouds are very cool. I'm not a fan of 'error' messages. Enjoy your Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting fed up of all the glitches with Blogger, it really takes the biscuit when you can't comment though. Don't new houses go up quickly, one minute it's at the planning stage and the next, there's a whole row of houses. Love the katydid photo.
ReplyDeleteYou know I am having that same problem, and I didn't know if it was my issues or what.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I found for me - if you kept pushing comment - it would eventually post it.
Thank you for sharing your sky watch photos, Denise.
ReplyDeleteBlogger is behaving for me at the moment but it's a pain when it has a glitch. Hope things are better now for you.
Lovely sky photographs ... ours today was throwing water down!!! I don't mind we do need rain and it did clear as the day progressed.
ReplyDeleteBlogger is fine for me at the moment, I do hope your issues have been sorted.
All the best Jan
It was a great day to read your blog with the summery clouds in every photo.
ReplyDeleteLindo cielo. Yo no tenido problemas con el blog. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteYou had fun with Katydid. Love all the sky photos too. Its nice to see some of the area where you live.
ReplyDeleteI think commenting was down for almost 24 hours. Perhaps there was a problem they were trying to fix.
ReplyDeleteI like the katydid. The clouds look great!
oooooh those skies are so gorgeous, i love looking at the clouds.. and joni mitchell, one of my favorites and i love that lyric you shared!!
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