It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is Long Bracted Spiderwort. It usually blooms May through July. It is usually about a foot tall. I have found it transplants well and is very hardy. I dug some up and just set it in another area and it comes back every year. The young stems and leaves can be used in salads.
Today's image is from Minnesota this past June. I was out for an early evening walk and was able to see and capture this pair of Blue Winged Teals as they took off from one of the ponds near the farm that I often photograph. I am fairly sure that the upper one is a male and the lower one is the female.
Happy Monday and happy new week! We have a Christmas Cactus in our office that is blooming profusely and is a lovely one. I usually only see solid color ones so this is a different one for me with the white with pink highlights.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is another of the beautifully detailed models that were at the Colorado Railroad Museum built by Herbert Votaw. This is of a Big Boy, number 4019. The coal in it's tender is from an actual Big Boy as is the sand in it's sand dome. It was built between 1958 and 1962 and took 2050 hours of work! It is 133 inches long and weighs 410 lbs.
Today's image is of a beautiful sunrise that I saw while on my way into work on Thursday morning. Right now is about prime time for me to see those but will be gone soon. I'm either too late or too early.
Happy Friday, TGIF! It's a double digit day today! 😁 Todays image is one that I took in Minnesota. In the area where we camp while up there for the show, in back of the shower house is a garden of lovely Hollyhocks. This is a lovely red one with some lovely bokeh behind because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
We have been a bit warm this week after having some pretty frigid temps. I felt like sharing a butterfly today due to that as I am looking forward to spring. 😀 This is a Giant Swallowtail butterfly that I captured on a Cone Flower or Echinacea this past summer.
