Wanderings

Have you ever taken a real close look at what is living around you? I was wandering around the fields looking closely in the grass and among the trees. And I found a lot of different creatures living in and around these...

The first little creature I found was this little ladybug was just chillin' by the pool ;) Lucky, lucky ladybug that a horse did not come by for a drink....that might have been a little hairy for the ladybug.
Then I came upon this fella here. He was hidden pretty well in the grass and it took a few attempts before I could properly catch him in my camera focus to take the shot.
This deer came by the fields. She was very fast and Cricket spotted her and ran over to the fence to have a look and this spooked our poor deer friend who scampered off into the forest.
Yikes! I found this slithery fellow when I almost stepped on him. There are a lot of snakes out here, I have seen a few of then out sunning themselves. This is fine, I don't mind it at all....BUT I do not wish to have an upclose encounter with one.....and I definitely do not want to step on one...that might not be pleasant for me or the snake ;) (I love zoom lens....you can get close without actually being close).
Ha ha, just had to take a pic of this annoying fly who was resting on Cricket. Darn fly.