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Eyes Confess Secrets of the Heart

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“The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.” St. Jerome

The Weekly Photo Challenge focuses on eyes this week.

Our animal and insect friends convey so many “words” and emotions with their eyes.

My Cocker-terrier mix, Aero, reacts with a wide-eyed knowing look when I utter his favorite four-letter word…”walk!”

Aero's eyes show understanding of the word "walk."

I wonder what this praying mantis thinks of my photography antics as he perches on my windsurf board? He really is checking me out! (I captured this with my Samsung android phone).

Praying mantis eyes me as he hangs out on my windsurf board.

And just for fun, my friend organized this photo and there is an eye!

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image by SHClark. used with permission. edited by me for publication

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  2. LDG luciledegodoy Avatar
    LDG luciledegodoy

    Who couldn’t surrender to Aero’s eyes?

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    lisadorenfest

    Great entry for the challenge. what is not too love about Aero! I could never say no to those eyes. I think that the mantis is praying for a bit of wind surfing action on your board although my guess is he did not manage to hang on. And that third shot is just wild.

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      Terri Webster Schrandt

      🙂

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    Priceless Joy

    Aero is so cute! Great photo! I also love the photo of the praying mantis.

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      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thanks, PJ!

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  7. Corinne Rodrigues Avatar
    Corinne Rodrigues

    Love Aero’s colour and expression! He’s pretty sedate when you say walks as compared to our boxer, Pablo! 🙂

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  8. cindy knoke Avatar
    cindy knoke

    I wish I could take a photo this good of a mantis. I have tried, but not succeeded. Bravo~

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Cindy, I actually have a couple more good ones. I’ll have to incorporate them into a post soon 🙂

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    Nancy

    Love your pup! Such warm eyes and if I had to pick and insect that I actually liked it would be either a praying mantis or a lady bug so I can appreciate that photo as well! If you had photographed a close up of a spider I might have had to skip this post!!!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thank you, Nancy…not sure I could get close enough to a spider. The mantis was maybe braver than I was, lol!

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  10. Fannie Frankfurter Avatar
    Fannie Frankfurter

    That’s so true about animals and facial/eye expressions.
    Great photos, also. I’m impressed with the quality of your phone’s camera.

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      thanks, Fannie! The mantis let me get really close, but he was watching…

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  11. Janet Sunderland Avatar
    Janet Sunderland

    Love that St. Jerome quote. It’s true, too.

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    desleyjane

    Great eye shots. Aero’ expression is priceless!!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thanks, Desley!

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    Gilly

    Oh my goodness – I love your Aero’s wide-eyed look. Dogs have the most innocent eyes in the world (next to babies). The Praying Mantis? Just wow – we don’t have them here – well at least I have never seen one! He looks huge and super intelligent. Great pics!

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    1. Terri Webster Schrandt Avatar
      Terri Webster Schrandt

      Thanks, Gilly! Praying mantis’ have a particular wise quality about them.

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