“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” – Henry David Thoreau
Tina encourages us this week to go Wild! And, this time of the year I spend as much time as possible outdoors, in the wild, so my decision was easy – to go for my own neighborhood and use the most common meanings of the word Wild (according to Wikipedia) –
Wild animal – I met this lovely deer on my morning tour a couple of days ago. She noticed me of course, but waited patiently in the sunlit glade until I was gone.
Wilderness – a wild natural environment not significantly modified by human activity.
Wildlife traditionally refers to undomesticated animal species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Represented in the header by a wild rose.
One of the most fascinating things in the wild is the metamorphosis of butterflies. Here some caterpillars of the small tortoiseshell, feeding on stinging nettles…
…but later developing into these beauties – Wild Wonders!
Finally, Wildness – the quality of being wild or untamed……easily recognizable even in domesticated animals – such as my dogs running and chasing each other like maniacs.
Would you like to go wild for a moment? Welcome to join in! Tag your entry ”Lens-Artists” so we can find you in the reader. And stay tuned for next week’s host, Patti, for challenge #49!
Leya 
Wonderful ‘wild’ shots … just love the last one 👏 Didn’t realise those were caterpillars until I clicked on the image …🙂
Haha, well, I don’t write” click to enlarge ” anymore – glad you did it anyway! And so glad you liked my boys!
Today I learnt the true definition of word .. wild… thank you!
Your welcome ;-D
Leya,
These are all wonderful selections. I had to smile when I read about your two dogs.
I have two kitties that could be desctibed in the same way.
The rock formaion with the splashing streams looks peaceful.
Isadora 😎
Kitties are so much fun! Thank you for commenting – and I agree with streams – I love the sound.
Yes … the sound is very peaceful and quieting. 😎
Beautiful. Love the dogs! 😉
Haha, yes, thank you – they are sweet.
Dog photo is my fav –
😉
;-D
Great response for the challege, Anne-Christine. I love the second picture, showing how natural environment could be wild too..
So glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the brilliant colors in the butterfly picture.
Glad you liked it – these butterflies are unfortunately getting fewer here.
Pingback: Lens-Artist-PC-48-Wild – WoollyMuses
Happy Sunday out in the wild, darlin 🙂 🙂
Happy Sunday to you too, Jo!
That’s wild!
♥
A nice take on the challenge.
Thank you, David! I thought it would be appropriate to show something wild, typical of my part of Sweden.
Those caterpillars are fascinating!
Thank you for mentioning them! I think the mass of them is fascinating, and the first time you see them, you cannot guess what they will later become…
You’ve shown us wildness in so many varieties Ann-Christine….wonderful! Loved that you included the puppies this week.
Glad to make people smile as well! Thank you, Tina.
Lovely response to this challenge! I like the humor of those two wild four legged creatures as well.
So glad you appreciated my two wild ones as well, Anne!
Love this wildness post, Ann-Christine. The last one made me smile. 🙂
Happy smiles to you! Thank you, Amy!
I wasn’t expecting the dogs, haha, awesome!
;-D ♥♥
We seem to have few tortoiseshell butterflies about this last couple of years and more peacocks, whose caterpillars also feed on nettles.
I am afraid it is the same thing here. And yesterday I saw a very strange butterfly, that, at a closer look really was a tortoiseshell – but all colours and pattern faded. No rifts or missing parts, but it looked like it had been mashine washed. And this is the beginning of summer. Have you seen any like that?
I have seen peacock butterflies like this. I think like them some of the Tortoiseshell may over winter as adults, so when they come out of hibernation in spring they can look quite battered.
A possibility, yes. I know at least the brimstone does.
Love the shot of your dogs, although naturally I love the rest as well. You and I have very similar outlooks on what makes us happy and the role of wildness in our lives. 🙂
janet
We have, Janet. It would be great to meet up some day – even if we connect over WP!
It could happen, A –C. I’d love it if it does.
♥ Me too
Hi, Ann-Christine. Lovely ”wild” collection. But my favorite was your dogs, of course! I love how you processed the shot as if they’re forever running into infinity! Beautifully done.
Thank you so much, Patti – and the ”forever running” is something I would like to be true!
This wasn’t a surprise to me … with all the time you spend out in nature. Wild Wonders, love it!!! Beautiful images.
♥