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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is a bit different, it's not a train. 😄 A few weeks ago,the steam roller that we own was a participant in "The Bigger Dig" which was a huge construction equipment show in Kansas just south of Concordia. It is held every 5 years and our roller was making it's second appearance there but the first since we owned it. The roller was built by the Iroquois Company somewhere between 1910 and 1915 and used by the Barber Asphalt Co to roll roads back in the day. Barber developed asphalt and bought the Iroquois Co. It is pictured here alongside the steam traction engines that were there for various displays like plowing. We fire it on wood.
It's a double digit day! 😁 This past week I went to the World War 1 Museum in Kansas City and also to Union Station which can be seen in this photo promoting the Chiefs. I found it a bit surprising that they were promoting them as the Chiefs are moving to Kansas and this is Missouri. It's all weird an I really don't care. 😆 Anyway, I took this image from on top of the museum which has a concrete courtyard and a great view. There is a tower you can go up in for a higher view but I didn't find it necessary. The Western Auto sign seen on the right, was recently restored to full operating condition and financed by the homeowners in the building it sits atop. Very cool to keep the iconic sign going even though the company does not exist any longer.
