We had a beautiful sunrise while I was on my way to work on Tuesday of this past week. The clouds had a neat texture to them as well which made it more interesting. I hadn't been seeing as many because it is getting lighter out these days but in a week or so we will be back in the dark due to Daylight Savings time change. 😒
It's Friday, TGIF! Today's image is one I took back in late January when I was getting the nice snowflakes. The birds were busy at the feeder due to the snow and I captured this little Dark Eyed Junco on the ground. It had some lovely bubbly bokeh behind it so sharing it for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
It's a double digit day today! 😀 I have a few spots when I bike ride to look for Jewel-wing Damsels. I got lucky on this day and was able to capture 2 of them together on a plant in one of the streams they usually frequent. I find the shape of their wings interesting.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is the Clasping Coneflower. It normally blooms May through July and I took this image in June. It is in the Sunflower family and can grow to 2 feet tall.
Today's image is one from last winter of a lovely male Cardinal in the Walnut tree in the back of my house. They don't sit still very often but I got lucky with this one.
Happy Monday and happy new week! Today's image is another snowflake I was able to capture in late January. This one had some rime on it but was also fairly defined. It is a focus stack of 12 images.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is from my trip to Colorado and the Colorado Railroad Museum. This locomotive was on display when I was there in July but has since been moved back home to California after 40 years. It is now at the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine RR in Fish Camp. They are going to restore it back to operating condition which is really cool news. Glad I was able to see it before it left. Look forward to someday seeing it in California. The locomotive was built in 1926 for the Swayne Lumber Co. It then went to Westside Lumber until 1961. In the 1980s it ran there until 2004 when it went to the Colorado RR Museum. The boiler is in working order but there are other things on the locomotive that will have to be brought to working order.
