10/04/26

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image is of the other full size locomotive I get to help fire on.  It is a Porter Tank engine which means it's water supply is carried over the boiler and not in a tender behind.  They were usually used for short distance operations.  It's a fun engine to fire on and I learned a lot of other operations with it this year such as how to take care of the compressor and I helped fill it with water for the first time.  Kind of scary as I am not fond of heights.  😅

 

10/03/26

 Today's image is of the view from Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri looking south.  The World War I can be seen on the upper right. The clock in the foreground is partially original but the works are not, I don't believe.  The building on the left is a hotel I once stayed in and got a night shot of KC.

 

10/02/26

 It's Friday, TGIF!  Today's image is one I was able to capture recently of a neat looking Dragonfly.  It is appropriate to the month as it is, apparently, a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly.  It gets that name from it's coloration.  It enjoys perching on top of a plant and swaying like a pennant in the breeze.  I chose this image for today due to the lovely bubbly bokeh in it as Friday's Are Bokehlicious here on the Blog!

 

10/01/26

 My pond at the Gazebo has been doing pretty well this summer even through the very hot weeks.  Usually it goes very low but this year it stayed nice, maybe because lower ground levels were more saturated since we had rain before it got hot and dry.  Anyway, the frogs are enjoying it a lot.  Here is one that was being tolerant of me.

 

09/30/26

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is Blue Sage also known as Pitcher Sage.  It is in the Mint family and usually blooms July through October.  Livestock will eat it and it is very nutritious for them.  I find it rather photogenic too.

 

 

09/29/26

 While out for a walk in the early evening one day I was able to get this image.  There was a Red Shoulder Hawk sitting on a power line and it stayed as I walked past so the setting sun would light it better.  It lost it's tolerance for me and flew off the wire but I was able to capture it as it did.

 

09/28/26

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  I am starting off the week with an image of one of my water lilies.  I like the reflection of it in the water.