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Brevard County, Caterpillar, Florida, Frog, Nature, Nikon, Rain, Snake, Video
Just a wee nature video…
No snow here in Florida at the moment, so a sluicing of rain shall have to suffice.
Cheers,
Autumn Jade
December Deluge
12 Thursday Dec 2013
Posted in Experimental, Video
A Day in the Brine 
really…a wee nature video…well it should be…’a stunning–beautiful–brilliant– wee nature video’…or something like that…
Ooo thank you very much. I am most gruntled it was enjoyed, aye, most chuffed! Thank you for the most delightful comment. Myriads of smiling cheers,
Autumn Jade
Enjoyed the nature walk, AJ, and I didn’t even get wet! I thought I saw the beady eye of a snake peeping out a me, just for a moment. The caterpillar was really cute, and of course Mr Froggie. 🙂
Har har har, I was quite a sight, I imagine, gaining the footage, trotting and slipping about through puddles and torrents with the camera peering out of its bulky little rain-coat. That snake was particularly a challenge. He was off the path and I had to clamber down and trudge through the soggy jungle to get to him- where he bizarrely waited for me patiently, rather than “racing” off in the usual black racer fashion. Most obliging fellow. Don’t expect that sort of thing from snakes.
One time, a friend of mine decided a bit of snake-themed trickery was in order. She planted a fake rubber snake that she’d painted to look like an indigo blue in the grass at one of the local swamps we like to tool about in. She pointed it out, the nasty fiend, and of course, I went galloping toward it, whooping away, nearly tripping and taking a spill right into the mud in order to gain closer inspection, and then I stopped and mused, “What ho, what a polite and trusting snake, not to evapourate upon the first sight of me.” It STILL took me an age to realize the reality of the situation, when at last I noticed a ridiculously fake red tongue poking out that never retracted, blast. The mate was roaring with laughter behind me, practically spilling into the grass, wailing away like some sort of inebriated screech owl. There was a kindly gator that bubbled up just then, a non-rubber one, peering up at me with sympathetic tea-coloured eyes, who gave me some ideas on what to do when one is plagued with a fake-snake-planting, viciously conniving and obnoxiously convivial friend…
Ah!! I have a rather lush history with frogs and the monarch species. I once had a pet monarch that had been at the end of her life when I’d found her. Her life was extended some months. We went on several walks together. She loved to perch on me shoulder.
And so many memories of frogs….ah…
The frog in this video I found in a bathroom, of all places. Not quite the place for a frog, so I scooped him up and staggered outside with him, depositing him into the bejeweled grass. He seemed quite content with this arrangement and I just had to snag me camera. Me mum would have been most proud. She was excessively fond of frogs. Always a gallon of smiles when I brought frogs and toads home, aye, that she was, and have I really gone on this long? Good golly, I am sorry.
Thank you so much for the wonderful and most delectable comment, and for drizzling by and imbibing. Cheers!
Autumn Jade
This is the most lovely nature video I have ever seen! 🙂 Really sweet! I like the things you filmed, those little amazing details… the music adds lovely mood. You’ve got a great eye, skills and talent for this Autumn Jade!
Thank you so much Elina, what a scintillating comment! Much appreciated, so thrilled the video was enjoyed, indeed. I had such fun bumbling about, putting it together. Smiling cheers,
Autumn Jade
great video, nice match of cinema to music!
Thank you! Grinning cheers,
Autumn Jade
i really appreciate all the work and creative impetus in this ‘day in the life’ and ultimately redemptive video Autumn Jade, the musical pairing was perfect.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful and most encouraging comment!! Most ebullient!! Vitative cheers,
Autumn Jade
Very beautiful and the music oh!!!! Thanks for sharing this!!!!
Thank you! I just love that little song. So grateful it was enjoyed, aye aye! Thank you for drizzling by! Insurmountable cheers,
Autumn Jade
😉 My pleasure Poet!
🙂
I loved this!!! The rain, the caterpillar, the hidden smiling toad, the music! It was adorable. And, best of all the smiling toads at the end- so cute!!! Loved everything!
OOoooo I’m so glad you enjoyed it, many chortling cheers dear friend. Of course the crescendo of the song had to be when the amphibian appears 😉 I had such fun creating this little one. Aaaaahhhh yes, rainy days, me favourite breed of weather. Haw haw those toadies were something else!! Thank you for oozing by and imbibing, dear matie,
Autumn Jade
You have a career in film making awaiting you in the future, methinks. 🙂
Fantastic video, congrats. And the music is very appropriate. Regards.
Thank you very much. Jubilant cheers,
Autumn Jade
Lovely
Thank you very much! Smiling cheers,
Autumn Jade
That was luscious. Florida seems closer to nature.
Thank you very much! Yes, Florida is especially brimming with bombillating life! It makes the struggle of nature verses concrete all that more apparent to me. Thank you for drizzling by and having a glance about. Cheers,
Autumn Jade
Reblogged this on Vector Charley and commented:
And now for something completely different (from Michigan):
A really great little film! I loved the mood and the caterpillar! 🙂
Thanks for visiting and following my blog Toad! I look forward to further updates to your site!
lovely video