Eagles Nest Trail Hike

When people who live in Las Vegas say there is nothing to do or it's too hot then they are not trying very hard to enjoy all the wonderful things Southern Nevada has to offer. A 30 minute drive takes me to Mt. Charleston to enjoy a change of scenery and cooler temps in the summer.

 

 

 Beautiful view along Eagles Nest trail

 

 Delicate purple daisy

 

 A tree with feathers

 Fallen trees

 

 Loved the partially cloudy day

 

 Really liked the golden white of this ridge

 

Blue skies peaking through the gray clouds



Beauties and the Beasts

It's official! The Springs Preserve butterfly habitat in Las Vegas is now open! 500 painted lady and mourning cloak butterflies were released inside on September 18, 2014. It was an amazing amount of work to complete, but the end results are stunning. Here are a few shots of our painted lady butterflies as well as some large desert hairy scorpions that I had to relocate from one of the public areas on site. I love the diversity of my workplace. :)

 Painted lady on one of the fountains

 

 I love the pink and gold lantana in the butterfly habitat

 

 Painted lady on a daisy

 

 Minutes after release this lady was enjoying stretching her wings

 

The Desert hairy scorpion has a sting that is about as painful as a honey bee sting unlike the bark scorpion which is smaller but has a sting that is more like liquid fire.

 

 These guys were not too happy about being relocated

 

I love that the tub used to capture and hold my scorpion friends had a sticker that said "Time to Reorder". :)



Smoking Wednesday Photos

Mid-September and the temps are still in the upper 90s with 30% humidity to boot. My morning walk was a little sticky to say the least! :)

 Desert tortoise says, "Mine!"

 

 Milkweed bugs

 

 Checkered skipper

 

 Red skimmer dragonfly

 

Pampas Grass

Leopard Gecko Monday

My leopard geckos at a healthy 5 months. They have grown so much since I first bought them!

 

 Siren admiring her reflection

 

 Siren is my lovely super hypo tangerine carrot tail leopard gecko

 

 Valor is my high yellow aberrant normal leopard gecko

 

Valor is highly photogenic



New Springs Preserve Butterfly Habitat

I'm very excited about the new butterfly habitat that is scheduled to open in a few weeks at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas. Here's an early look at the build  as it was in early July and now. It's going to be awesome! :)

 

 July 2014

 

September 2014