It's Friday, TGIF! Today's image is of one of my Morning Glory flowers. It's a lovely purple and the light was hitting it in a way to make it look like it was lit up inside. I also love the bits of bubbly bokeh behind which is perfect for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
It was hot and dry for a while and I was watering my flowers and discovered this. This is a female Praying Mantis that was on the leaves of one of my Coneflower plants. Females have the larger abdomen than males which tend to be rather skinny. They also are of a paler color usually.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is Western Ironweed which normally blooms July through September. It is part of the Asteraceae - Sunflower family. It is one of the most common pasture weeds in Kansas but is very bitter so cows will not eat it though sheep will.
I was in Minnesota recently and while driving I saw quite a number of Swans. I was able to capture these 2 on the way back from dinner one evening.
Happy Monday and happy new week! I was given a couple of Clematis by some friends earlier this year. They have been establishing themselves and must be doing okay as they bloomed recently. I always thought they only bloomed in the spring. Anyway, I really love the colors on this one and thought I would share it for today as a lovely start to the week.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's photo is from my trip last week in Minnesota to work the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion. I work a 3 hour shift in the afternoon with this locomotive, a 14 inch scale Wagner. It's a fun locomotive to operate. I took this photo in the morning on a cloudy day of it in front of the newly completed, expanded roundhouse.
While I was in Minnesota, I was working the Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion. During some times of the show, some storms were in the area but missed the showgrounds for the most part. This was good as some areas received quite a bit of rain, like 7 inches in one spot. Crazy. It did make for some very interesting cloud formations.
