Happy Monday and happy new week! November is flying by! Today's image is a surprise one for me. I captured this image just last week. This is a Common Variegated Fritillary that was visiting my hanging on Zinnias. I was glad I had something for it to eat while it was out and about on a warm November day.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! This is an image from the Santa Run late in October at the C & H Railroad. The semaphore works and is a neat fixture at the railroad. There are a lot of actual pieces of railroad equipment or buildings in use there which makes for a more realistic experience. You can see the semaphore operating in the video I had posted HERE.
I took this image this past Tuesday evening of the colorful sky to the east as the sun was setting and the moon was rising.
It's Friday, TGIF! I was over at my Gazebo pond recently and the Sea Oats grass was still looking good. I took this image with my phone and really liked the bokeh in the image. Followers to the Blog know that Fridays Are Bokehlicious here!
I went walking last week after a rain and there were so many snails out on the sidewalk. In just a short span I counted 50 of them so there were at least double that amount if not more. I had never seen so many at one time. This is an image of one of the larger ones, most were about half the size or smaller. I thought it's shell was rather interesting with it's design.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! This is another flower that surprised me this past week. I was walking to get the mail and looked down and saw several blue blooms of my Chicory! That was quite the surprise as it is usually not even blooming at this time of the day much less this time of the year. Chicory usually blooms July through September, this plant was obviously confused. Chicory grows along roadsides fairly commonly and can be seen along I-70 in Kansas and Missouri during it's regular bloom time fairly consistently.
Sharing an image for today to bring a smile. A couple of the many Budgies that were in the Budgie enclosure at the farm I visited a few weeks back now. These were just as you went inside. I am sure they were hoping I had some food. Budgies are also known as Parakeets which are a type of Parrot.
