08/31/26

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  Today's image is of one of my Zinnias.  Instead of a peppermint candy look, this one is a yellow variety which I find quite nice as well.  Almost looks like paint has been splattered on it.

 

08/30/26

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image is of locomotive 463 heading back into Antonito Colorado on August 1 after it's double header with 168 for the Centennial Limited event.  It was about an hour or more late getting back and found out later from someone riding that they had lost and had to recover pressure at one point.  There was a storm in the vicinity so it made for a rather dramatic image i thought.

 

08/29/26

 We have been getting rain somewhat regularly this summer.  I have been riding my bike later in the day as well so I was able to capture this storm moving in around sunset recently.

 

08/28/26

 It's Friday, TGIF!  I usually post my Sea Oats Grass in autumn with the brown color but I was at the pond the other day and saw that it was looking lovely while still green as well.  It had some wonderful bubble bokeh behind so sharing for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious here on the Blog!

 

08/27/26

 The Common Milkweed in my yard has been done blooming for a good while now.  It is still serving it's purpose though as I have been seeing Monarch caterpillars on them recently.  This one was the largest one I have ever seen so nice and healthy.  Shortly after I took this image it disappeared.  I hope it has made a cocoon somewhere and will be a monarch soon. 

 

08/26/26

 It's a double digit day!  😁  It's also Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog.  Today's flower is one that I don't see blooming very often, Wild Lettuce.  It usually blooms July through September.  It is in the Sunflower family.  The leaves were picked and eaten as greens, the stems are milky though.  When grazed, it can cause the milk to have an off flavor.

 

08/25/26

 While I have been out on bike rides lately I have seen a couple of neat birds.  One is a lifer that I have yet to capture, Quail.  The other is this, a Nighthawk.  These I usually only saw out on Konza Prairie but they seem to frequent a farm filed I ride by fairly often.  I got this capture a couple of weeks ago.  They are fairly distinctive because of the white marks on their wings and also the noise they make while diving after prey.