Happy Monday and happy new week! I thought I would start off the week with a nice bright flower that kind of resembles summer for us right now, very hot. This is a flower from one of my Bee Balm plants. It is quite a bright red and with the sunlight on it, almost looks like it is glowing.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! We're still visiting my trip to the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad in late June. This is an image of the train as it is leaving Cumbres Pass, the highest point on the railroad and is heading for the lunch stop at Osier.
I have a short video of the train on it's way to Cumbres Pass HERE.
Today's image is another one from Garden of the Gods. This is the view you can get from the Visitor's Center just across the way from the main entrance. The "Kissing Camels" formation can be seen at the top of the right rock group. The weather was just perfect that day with lovely cloud formations and not too hot.
It's Friday, TGIF! It's also a double digit day. 😁 Today's image is actually from last fall but I had never shared it. I love the bokeh behind that gives it a kind of painted effect. This is a Painted Lady butterfly on Goldenrod.
I was out watering plants last week and was able to capture this little guy. He was sitting on a piece of plastic screening I was using to stop squirrels from digging in one of my pots. It looked like he was comfortably posing for me. 😄
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is one of my favorites and has been blooming like crazy around my area and especially in my gardens. This is Echinacea also known as Cone Flower or, here in Kansas, Black Sampson Echinacea. It usually blooms June through July. This Echinacea provides pain relieving compounds and Native Americans used it for toothaches, sore throats, wounds and burns. I find it very photogenic. Birds like to eat the dried seeds.
While I was in Chama New Mexico one evening I was able to get a few of the best Hummingbird photos I have been able to get in a long time. This Hummingbird came flying in and landed on a branch very close to where I was walking and allowed me to get several images of it.
