This week’s Lens-Artist Challenge is all about Delicate, hosted by Ann-Christine at Leya. Reading a few of the responses to her challenge has been inspiring. The challenge is simple:

What is delicate to you? Feel free to use it in any meaning: exquisite, fragile, subtle, elegant…etc. 

Sometimes I feel I see delicacy everywhere. Clouds appear delicate with their soft, fluffy forms. 

Several weeks ago, these tussock moth caterpillars decided to hang out on the siding of our house. They seem so delicate that I’d be hesitant to touch them, which is a good thing because their “fur” can be irritating to human skin. 

I believe I featured this little guy on my blog sometime ago. I think he’s a perfect candidate for this challenge, as he tries to maintain his grip on the lip of a large planter.

Butterflies are a natural example of nature’s delicacy, or fragility.

Finally, a photo that I had been wanting to share for a long time. While some might not see the alligator as a “delicate” creature, I do. Despite the facts that they can live to a ripe old age, and that they have been around seemingly for eternity, their habitat (and thus their existence) is always prey to that delicate balance between the needs of Nature and the wants of humans. 

Although I was using the zoom on my iPhone camera, I was closer to this mama than I would normally allow myself. She was in the water and I was on a bridge, leaning over the railing, so I figure I had time to get away if needed. If she had been on land with her babies, we wouldn’t have even stopped. She had five babies with her, and I want to believe that she knew I meant no harm. The photo doesn’t do justice to actually being there. It felt like a gift, being to view this mother with her little ones.

I was so glad they were in the water.

Can a cat be delicate? Maybe not these two.

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If you choose to participate in this challenge, you might be careful of using flowers as next week Sofia will go Floral. 

Please remember to use the Lens-Artist tag if you are participating, and to link to Ann-Christine’s original post. 

Thank you and be well!