It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I went to the Steam Up that a friend has on Memorial Day weekend again this year. It was a fun time as always and I got to see some neat Live Steam engines. I ran a couple of mine as well and this was my C-21 2-8-0 running in the evening on the ground loop that he has. The conditions were really good that day and the locomotive was putting out a quite nice plume of steam as it ran along the line.
I was out by Milford Lake the other day and was a passenger in the car so I was able to take this image as we were crossing the dam. We have actually been having a good amount of rain lately. The clouds over the lake and the sun in the one area was interesting to me and, hopefully, to you as well. 😂
It's Friday, TGIF! My Common Milkweed is blooming and I was able to capture a Monarch butterfly that was enjoying it. That made me quite happy to see it benefited even just one so far. I am hoping it laid eggs and I will get to see caterpillars soon. I chose this photo for today due to the bits of nice bubbly bokeh in the background because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Last week I was able to capture my first frog at the Gazebo Pond. This guy was quite unlike the usual frogs there who I usually only hear giving a squeak before they jump in the water. I was skimming some debris in the water and even hit into the Lily pad it was sitting on before I saw it and it never moved. That was quite amazing. It was fairly small so maybe the older ones had not yet warned it to be afraid of me? I only want to take their photo so there is no reason. 🤣
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the blog! One of my favorite flowers is blooming right now, Queen Anne's Lace. I had transplanted some to one of my gardens a couple years ago and these do not have the tell tale red spot on them able to be seen well. This does seem to be fairly normal as even on the Kansas Wildflower's Page there are photos where it is not prominent. They are in the Carrot family and usually bloom June through September so mine are quite early this year. They are a biennial plant and spread by seed. I find them very photogenic.
It's a double digit day today! 😁 This Spring I had a couple opportunities to take better Heron photos. I was able to get fairly close before they decided to fly off. This one was in a pond in the housing area not far from where I live and I was able to capture it while out on a bike ride one day.
Happy Monday and happy new week! It is also Memorial Day today in the US. I decided to share this photo of my Poppy which is appropriate to the day. The red poppy became a symbol of remembrance during WWI for military personnel who died in service. Vibrant Poppies bloomed across the devastated battlefields of Flanders, Belgium where many soldiers were buried. Thanks to all soldiers for their service.
