It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is another from my trip to the Cumbres & Toltec last summer. I quick took this picture when we were in Antonito, Colorado, the final stop on our trip. I was going to get on the bus for the trip back to Chama, New Mexico. The train ride and lunch stop takes about 6 hours and the bus ride back is only about 40 minutes. The train ride is much more fun and scenic.
I felt like revisiting some summery scenery today. Looking forward to it being warm all the time again. This is from my trip on the Cumbres & Toltec Rwy. We were coming up from Chama New Mexico towards Osier Station in Colorado to have lunch. This is one of the lovely views of southern Colorado you experience from the train.
It's Friday, TGIF! Today's image is of a couple of Bumblebees that were enjoying my Cosmos flowers. There is a bit of my favorite bubbly bokeh behind them so sharing for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
I felt for a butterfly today and what could be better than a couple of Monarchs. 😊 These were visiting my Autumn Sedum in mid September.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog, the first one of the new year! I want to start off the year with one of my favorites. This is Nipple Cactus, named for the small bud like parts of the main cactus. It normally blooms in May and June. It likes dry rocky soil so I hope mine survives again this winter as I need to move it. Where I have it planted has become a depressed area for some reason and several plants have grown taller and block much of the sunlight. I love the flowers it gets.
On my bike ride on the last day of December and 2025, I was able to see and capture an American Kestrel. I had thought I had seen one every now and then but was glad to know that there actually is still at least one around. I captured it as it took off from it's perch on an electrical wire.
Happy first Monday of 2026 and happy new week! We had a couple of light snows in December that didn't amount to much but were good for capturing snowflakes that were fairly good to photograph. I captured this one on the 13th and it is a 4 image stack. I could have used more but it turned out fairly well I thought. I was figuring out my settings for the best results and the flakes didn't last long.
