11/04/24

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  Starting off with an image that makes me happy, a butterfly and a Zinnia.  This is a Clouded Sulphur butterfly I captured this past week on one of the Zinnias in a pot on the deck.

11/03/24

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image is from last Saturday at the railroad I help out at outside Topeka Kansas.  It was a lovely autumn day and the weather was pretty good and Santa came and visited with the kids which they enjoyed very much.  This is an image of one of the steam trains as it was crossing the bridge as it left with it's passengers.  I also have a short video of this run HERE if you would like to watch.

11/02/24

 The trees have been pretty lovely this autumn, much to my surprise.  It's been so dry several trees have dropped most of their leaves already.  The ones that have been left are putting on a nice show.  On a day while walking about 2 weeks ago now, we actually got a little bit of rain.  The late afternoon light on the trees against the rain clouds was making the colors really stand out.

11/01/24

 It's Friday, TGIF!  It's also November, Christmas is coming!  😂 My Amur Maple tree is producing some lovely colors in it's leaves.  I had to share this image I took due to the fabulous bubbly bokeh behind the leaves.  If you follow the Blog you know that Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

10/31/24

 It's the last day of October.  It's also Halloween here in this country which is a fun day of decorations and candy.  😂  Today's image is just a fun creation I photoshopped  together of some decorations I saw this past week and an abandoned house in PA.

10/30/24

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog and the last one of October!  Wow, the year is flying by.  Today's flower is Plains Milkweed.  It usually blooms July through September.  It is in the Dogbane family.  It grows in dry, rocky and/or sandy soils and on roadsides.  I captured this group on a roadside while on a bike ride.

10/29/24

 Fairly often, while watering my plants, because we get no rain!  I digress.  Fairly often I see my Tree Frog buddy.  I discovered that he also has a big brother living in another one of these plants, the yellow one.  They apparently like Gerberas as much as I do.  They don't like getting wet though so that's how I get to see them.  😅