05/14/26

 I captured my first frog of the year and it is even a Leopard Frog.  They are my favorites to see and are fairly elusive at times but this one was quite cooperative.  I captured it in the small backyard pond while I was taking some Lily photos.

05/13/26

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is from one of our trees, a Black Locust.  I love these flowers, they remind me of Wisteria.  It normally blooms in May and June but I took this image in the last week of April.  Even though it is a tree, it is part of the Legume family.  It's leaflets fold closed at night and it is drought hardy.

05/12/26

 I have had several opportunities to photograph Killdeer this Spring while out on bike rides.  They are fun to watch and I always love to see their red eyes.

05/11/26

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  I was over at a friends house last weekend and their Clematis was blooming and looking lovely.  I have never had one of my own, may have to change that.  😁

05/10/26

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Thought I would share something different this week.  I share a fair amount of my G Scale trains but on the opposite end of the spectrum, I also work in N Scale.  I had been developing my city area this past winter.  Today I thought I would share an image of it with my Santa Fe steam train running by it.  I still have lots of detailing work to do but I am pretty satisfied with how it is coming along so far.

05/09/26

 I have been getting a lot of opportunities to see the Cedar Waxwings this year.  They have discovered my backyard pond and apparently told their friends.  😂  I have had some pretty large flocks coming to visit and get a drink.  It's been fun to watch them.  This is an image I got early on where it looked like a couple of them were having some kind of disagreement.  

05/08/26

 It's Friday, TGIF!  Today's image is one I hope to be taking soon.  This is a Dragonfly in my Gazebo pond on a reed.  I believe the Dragonfly is a Blue Dasher  It has a few bokeh bubbles in it which I really like so sharing it for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!