04/09/26

 I had a surprise this past weekend while cleaning up some dried leaves that had fallen on the floor from one of my potted plants.  I saw something move and I was like, "what the heck?"  I thought it maybe was an ant because I had taken a plant out on a warm day and had to knock some off as I was bringing it back in.  Imagine my surprise when I saw what it really was, a teeny tiny Praying Mantis.  I have no idea how it got in the house as I have not found any egg sacks.  I picked it up with a leaf and put it in one of the flower pots where I hope it stays until I can get it outside.  I quick got this photo while I knew where it was because it is so tiny, I will never see it again unless it should move while I am looking.

04/08/26

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is one I am very much looking forward to seeing again as I find it quite lovely.  This is Sulphur Cinquefoil which is in the Rose family and usually blooms in May and June.  I have some planted in my yard and I saw that it is coming back up while working over in the area this past weekend.

04/07/26

 The Killdeers are back in the area.  They seem to leave for a few months when it is really cold and then return fairly early.  I captured this image of a pair of them a couple of weeks ago while on a bike ride.

04/06/26

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  Starting off the week with a lovely Cosmos flower that I can't wait to have growing again.  A Bee Fly was enjoying this bloom as well.

04/05/26

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the blog!  Today's steam locomotive is Denver & Rio Grande Western #318.  It is a C-18 locomotive with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement also known as a Consolidation.  It was built by Baldwin in 1896 and it began it's life on the Florence & Cripple Creek Railway.  The Rio Grande bought it in 1917 where it ran out of Salida, Durango and Montrose Colorado.

04/04/26

 It's a double digit day today!  😁 My Amaryllis was very prolific this year and also rather photogenic.  I decided to try a monochrome version of it and I was happy with how it turned out even though, for various reasons, it took me way longer to create this than it should have.  LOL  Anyway, I think the result was worthwhile.

04/03/26

 It's Friday, TGIF!  Today's image is one I was very happy to get.  We have had a Bluebird visiting the yard this Spring and I was finally able to capture it.  It has been fairly cooperative and sits in a tree for a while so that was great.  Because it has some lovely subtle bubbly bokeh behind it, I am sharing it for today because Fridays Are Bokehlicious!