It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is one I grow for the Bees and is called Beebalm or Wild Bergamot. It is in the mint family and usually blooms June through August. They are usually long blooming plants and are fragrant and attractive to bees. They are also drought tolerant which has not been an issue for us this year, so far anyway.
When I was in Minnesota a few weeks ago, I was lucky to have some opportunities for some bird images. I even got to see and photograph a Bald Eagle fairly close.
Happy Monday and happy new week! My Balloon Flower has been blooming. It's in a shady spot over by the Gazebo pond and it has been windy so challenging to get a decent photo of. I liked this one though.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is from Rollag Minnesota where I was about 3 weekends ago. This image is from last year and shows the 2 locomotives that I am privileged to work on. 353, a former Soo Line Switcher and the Porter Tank engine behind. I didn't work with these locomotives on this last trip but hopefully will be able to in September.
Happy 4th of July to those in the USA! It's our 250th and there are celebrations going on across the country. We went to a local neighbors show last night. He was trying to beat an oncoming storm so was setting off lots of fireworks almost constantly. It's always a great show but was really impressive. Unfortunately, the wind came up pretty bad right at the end and caused a grass fire that I am sure created some excitement and anxiety for a bit. It was a fun time though overall. This image is from the beginning of the show before it got totally dark. I did some drone footage as well that I need to work on and share.
It's Friday, TGIF! This flower has been blooming recently and has been looking pretty lovely. This is butterfly Milkweed which usually attracts butterflies but, unfortunately, butterflies are few and far between this year. I saw Monarchs early in the year and a few others but have not seen much of any since. Makes me sad. Anyway, this is a wildflower but sharing for today because of the wonderful bokeh, especially on the left hand side because Friday's Are Bokehlicious here on the Blog!
I was bike riding by the spillway at Milford Lake this past weekend. I went lizard hunting to see if these little guys were out and they were! I believe this is a Six-lined Racerunner. It wasn't as brightly colored as I have seen before, supposedly as they become warm, their color brightens.
