08/12/25

 In June I was able to see and capture a Loon again in Minnesota.  It was stretching as I was photographed it so I was able to get a bit of an action image.  Most times I only hear them but got lucky on this trip.

08/11/25

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  Starting off the week with a nice bright flower that I am growing this year.  This is a variety of Blanket Flower or Giardia.  The usual ones are orange in color.  This is another I will be interested to see if it comes back next year.

08/10/25

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Once again we are on my ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Rwy in late June.  This image shows a good example of the types of landscapes the train travels through.  It is a combination of scrub vegetation and mountains which provides some lovely views and variety.  It's  a great ride that I highly recommend.

  

08/09/25

 Today's image is another of the Sunflower field near where I live.  I wonder what they are growing these for as they have smaller heads on them than the kind for oils or seeds.  Maybe they just make them happy as they do for me.  I was able to get a photo from a different angle so I was able to capture more heads facing the camera.  

08/08/25

 It's Friday TGIF!  It's also a double digit day.  😁  I have been able to see and capture some Dragonflies at my pond lately.  I love the shimmer on this one.  It also had some great bokeh so I had to share for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

08/07/25

 When I was in Minnesota in June, I was out for a walk one evening looking for birds actually but I got to see and capture this Muskrat.  It was swimming in the pond near where I was walking very closely to me.

08/06/25

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog once again!  We are already more than halfway through the year.  This is actually an image from last year that I never shared of a flower that blooms everywhere in my area.  This is Daisy Fleabane.  It can be a nuisance as it gets in gardens and lawns and my garden railway.  It is a lovely one though so I generally try to leave it for the bees and butterflies.  They usually bloom May through September and can grow to 3 feet tall.  There is also another type of Fleabane called Annual and the 2 are rather difficult to tell apart.  😊