05/08/25

 While I was out in PA I would go on daily walks with my brother.  Around where he lives are a few Amish farms.  These were a couple of friendly horses at one of them.

05/07/25

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Today's wildflower is one that is blooming like crazy in my area and smells quite nice.  These are from Black Locust trees which were planted by settlers and escaped into the wild.  At night the leaves will fold together, I have to admit, I have never checked this out.  Black Locust is very drought tolerant but can be susceptible to fungal diseases and insect issues.  I think the flowers remind of Wisteria.  Black Locust is part of the Fabaceae or Bean family.

05/06/25

 Today's image is another of the Horned Larks.  I believe that this one is a female.  I took this image shortly after the male I shared recently.  It was smaller than the male and it's "horns" were not defined.  I find them on gravel roads somewhat consistently looking for seeds and bugs.

05/05/25

 Happy Monday and happy new week!  Today is a double digit day!  It's also an interesting number day as 5 x 5 = 25!  😁  Today's image is one last capture of my Amaryllis that bloomed very late in the year but bloomed rather well when it did.  I captured this image of it against the window so turned the sunny window white as I brightened up the flower.  

05/04/25

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image is of my Accucraft Live Steam Shay locomotive on my new/used raised layout.  A Shay locomotive is geared differently than the typical locomotive.  Shay's were designed with a flexible geared wheelbase and a jointed driveshaft.  This made them able to negotiate tight turns and handle steep grades so they were used in logging operations primarily.  It's a fairly smooth running locomotive but is not able to go very fast.  This locomotive is fun for me to run even on my layout on the ground as it negotiates the uneven grades of the track well and doesn't want to move too fast on a down grade.

I have a video of this locomotive running on the track on YouTube HERE.

05/03/25

 I could share birds every day for a while as I have been able to get some nice shots, for me anyways  😂 , lately.  I captured this image while at my in-law's house, they have a lovely Magnolia tree outside their living room window.  There were a pair of Cardinals that were in the tree and I was trying to take some photos and I got this one as the male was taking off.

05/02/25

 It's Friday, TGIF!  My Allium flowers are blooming.  It was attracting this Bumblebee to it's blooms.  It had some lovely bubbly bokeh in the image so sharing it for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!