My Autumn Sedum was popular with many insects and butterflies this year again. There was this Crab Spider with an interesting butt marking color. I usually see them with this mark in grey but this was the first one I have ever seen with a pink one. I know its not really it's butt, it is it's abdomen. 😁
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is the Jerusalem Artichoke which is not named for the town, it is said it's a mispronunciation of the Italian word "girasol" which means "turn sun". They are in the Sunflower family and usually bloom August through October. The tuberous rhizomes are edible and form in autumn.
This is an image I was able to get this spring. This Horned Lark posed nicely for me. It was not in a very natural setting but in a parking lot but I will take what I can get as I don't see them very often.
Happy Monday and happy new week! I am starting off the week with one of my very favorite flowers, a Columbine. This one is not a wild one in my area. They mostly bloom in the spring though if the conditions are right they can bloom well into the summer. We had enough rain this year that mine did this a bit.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image goes back to Rollag Minnesota and the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion this past Labor Day weekend. I was out and about in the evening before the show started and the Porter locomotive that I get to help fire on was sitting outside the Roundhouse. I liked that when I saw the photo later, the moon is visible as well, a nice bonus. The Porter is a tank style locomotive meaning it carries it's water in a tank over the boiler as opposed to in a tender behind.
This is another image that I decided to give a B&W treatment to that I liked how it turned out. This is one of my Cosmos flowers photographed from the back of it and the B&W gives it an almost negative type effect I thought.
It's Friday, TGIF! It's also a double digit day! 😁 Today's image is another of the Monarchs I was able to see enjoying the Goldenrod on my land. Due to the subdued bubbly bokeh I had to share for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
