10/24/26

 I finally made it down to southeast Kansas and drove on Route 66 with my classic car.  I went over to Joplin Missouri as well and a bit south of town is Grand Falls.  There had been good rain in the area so it was flowing quite nicely.  It flows over formations of Chert rock.  Chert usually has edges that are razor sharp when it breaks, Native Americans used to make tools from it.  Because of the many years of flowing water, this Chert was quite smooth and rounded and rather different looking than usual.  It was a lovely falls.

 

10/23/26

 It's Friday, TGIF!  I captured this Bluejay patiently waiting to go get a peanut at my in-law's house in Missouri last week.  I liked the bokeh created by the leaves and berries of another tree behind.  Sharing for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious here on the Blog! 

 

10/22/26

 I saw a perfect looking Buckeye butterfly on Route 66 in Galena Kansas on this past Sunday.  It let me get fairly close with a normal lens on which was nice.

 

10/21/26

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's flower is Curly-Cup Gumweed.  It is in the Asteracaea-Sunflower family and usually blooms June through September and I found this at the very end of September.  Many Great Plains tribes used this plant medicinally to treat various things like coughs, colds and stomach aches.  The root can grow up to 6 feet making it very drought hardy.

 

10/20/26

 Today's bird is a Killdeer.  I usually see them in the Spring but this year I have spotted them at various times, or heard them, all year.  This photo is an older one taken in the Spring  They get their name because their call sounds like they are saying that.

 

10/19/26

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  Starting off the week with some, seemingly, glowing Morning Glory flowers.

 

10/18/26

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image is from the special train that the Cumbres & Toltec was running for Colorado's 150 birthday.  168 and 463 were pulling in to take on water at Sublette on the way to Osier Station for the lunch stop.