Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! It's also a double digit day today! 😁 This is a version of my Christmas card that I sent out this year. I took this image back in early January when we had 16 inches of snow! I had never incorporated my figures into it but I think it worked fairly well. This is my Live Steam Forney locomotive having the track cleared for it.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog and it is also Christmas Eve if you celebrate. Today's wildflower is not native to Kansas but is very Prevalent in pots during the Christmas Season. The plant grows wild in Central America and Mexico. The red leaves are not the flower, the flower is the small yellow centers that develop. The red leaves are actually Bracts as well and not true leaves. Natural colors for Poinsettias are red, pink and white or mottled colors of these. The other colors you may see, like blue, the petals have been dyed.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! It's also Christmas today if you celebrate. Today's image is of one that is a wildflower but not here in my area, but grow wild in Mexico and Central America. A lot of times people thing the flower is the red but those are actually just leaves as well as the green. The flower on this plant is just starting to emerge in the center of the main red leaves of this image. This is a Poinsettia that I purchased last year and kept throughout the year. It goes outside during the summer and then I bring it back in when it gets cold out and set it in a sunny window and it turns back red and re-blooms for me. Another easy care plant.
Merry Christmas!
It's a double digit day today! 😁 It's also Christmas Eve for all those who celebrate. Sharing another of my Christmas ornaments. This is one I got from my mom which she painted as well. Has 2 of hers and mine favorite things, Christmas and a cat.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I am sharing today's image due to the Christmas season. American Flyer trains used to be quite popular along with Lionel for having around the Christmas tree. Lionel had better sales people I guess because AF had more realistic looking track. Anyway, this is one of my locomotives in front of the tree. I bought it later in life. It still runs which I have a few times, it smokes as well if you put the fluid in the stack. Quite fun. It's a Hudson style locomotive, a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.
It's Friday, TGIF! Tis the season so I was doing some artsy pics with my Christmas decorations. This is an image of one of my Nutcracker soldiers and a rocking horse. The horse is one of the very first decorations I ever bought for myself so it is about 40 years old now. The Christmas tree lights provided some lovely bokeh so perfect for today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Happy Monday and happy new week! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, it's Christmas day! Today's image is looking back towards the entrance to the Grand Plaza where the light show was. It was all quite beautiful and magical looking with all the lights and decorations.
Happy Christmas Eve to those who celebrate! It's also Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Sharing something a bit different for the day. High above your head in the KC Union Station near the model trains that were on display and over the vintage train ride that was available for children was a Christmas train. It had Santa sitting in it and waiving and he was animatronic but looked incredibly lifelike which didn't really come through in the photo, I don't think. Anyway, the train was a nice looking realistic steam train I thought.
Out in the main area at Union Station, it was quite decorated up for Christmas as well. This was a group of trees that greeted you as you enter with Mickey Mouse dressed as a railroad engineer.
When you are in the light show at Union Station there is a water fountain show. They have quite a number of fountain spouts that shoot up jets of water in different amounts and directions in time to Christmas music. It's pretty impressive and was quite lovely to watch. I have a short video here where you can see a bit of the show. Wish I had caught a bit more of the end. Ah well. It can be seen HERE.
Happy Monday and new week!. It's the week leading up to Christmas if you celebrate and hope you have your Christmas shopping done. 😅 I am going to celebrate the season by sharing some images I took on a visit to Union Station in Kansas City last week to view their light show and model railroads. This first image is as you entered the light show. It reminded of walking through a stargate if you were a fan of that show.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Happy Steamy Sunday to everyone! I wanted to make today's image both seasonal and steam related. This is what I came up with. Just a part of my village with a sky photoshopped in and a steam engine ornament. 😃
Happy Christmas Eve to all who celebrate! Happy Saturday to everyone else. 😊 This is an image of a lovely Santa that I have on the tree from my mom. Hope you have been good and Santa comes to visit you tonight. This image has some great bokeh in it as well and it's not Friday but bokeh is good any day!
It's Friday, woohoo, TGIF! It's been a wild couple of weeks and it is now the start of my vacation. Today's image is of one of the locomotive Christmas Ornaments that have been made and given to me by a friend of mine. I chose this image for today because of the season and, well, trains, and also because of the lovely bubbly bokeh. Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Happy Saturday! Today's image is the last one for my holiday bokeh theme and an appropriate one for me. Another of my mom's ornaments of Santa with a cat. A lot of people don't appreciate cats and, no, they are not like dogs, but they do appreciate you and show affection. Ours is sometimes too affectionate, almost needy in her old age but I am thankful to still have her around. Hope you all got what you hoped Santa would bring and have a joyous and safe holiday.
Happy Christmas Eve to those that celebrate! It's on Friday this year and Friday's Are Bokehlicious even though this has been a bokeh filled week of posts. Today's image is a whimsical Santa just ready to pop down your chimney with lots of bubbly bokeh.
I love Nut Crackers. I have a few that are larger free standing ones. These are a trio that were my mom's. I love the short one with the wild hair. The tradition of Christmas Nutcrackers started in Europe quite early and came to be more the type we know in the 15th & 16th Century. In German tradition, they are symbols of good luck and protect the home. These 3 are on the door side of my tree protecting my house. 😀
It's Wildflower Wednesday on the Blog! Today is a bit of a stretch to fit in with my theme for the week. Poinsettias are actually shrubs or small trees that are found growing wild from Mexico to southern Guatemala. This Poinsettia is one that I bought last year and has rebloomed and colored for me this year. I don't do anything special to it but it must like the amount of light it receives. The actual flower are the bud looking things in the center. The reddish/pink are actually the leaves.
It's a double digit day! 😊 Today's ornaments contain one I have had for quite some time and then another that was my mom's with a cat. I was given the one on the left as a gift from a friend, it's a German one and is somewhat representative of my profession. The other one I just think is cute.
