02/24/26

 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.

02/23/26

 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.

02/22/26

 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.

02/21/26

  Today's image is one from this past November that I took thinking I would use it for a calendar photo but I took a different one that I liked better.  This is the Smoky Hill River that is one of the 3 that join and which my town is named for, Junction City.  The other 2 are the Kansas and The Republican.

02/20/26

 Happy Friday TGIF!  Today is a partial palindrome date day. 😁  As I write this, it is supposed to be snowing today.  Last weekend was warm and rainy though.  On a walk I was able to capture this photo of water drops on heads of grass.  The bubbly bokeh in this image made it perfect for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious! 

02/19/26

 I feel for a summery photo for today because winter is supposed to be back tonight.  This is an image of a Bumblebee enjoying Purple Prairie Clover on a summer day last year.

02/18/26

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's image is of Narrow-leaf Bluets.  These usually bloom May through September and can be from 4 to 20 inches in height.  They have a deep taproot so are able to withstand drought very well.