9/14/14

This is a bit different image for me.  This was taken while at the Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion in Rollag, MN.  There were a couple of mornings that were quite foggy and misty and this was taken on one of them.  This is looking across Gunderson Pond which is not named for anyone I know but a great name.  ;-)  There is even the train that I work on in the distance which you can only really tell by the plume of smoke.

9/13/14

This is the Horse Power area of the Steam Thresher's Reunion at Rollag, MN.  On this particular day with the clouds and horse drawn cart I thought it made for a rather picturesque scene made modern by the windmill towers that have gone up around the area.

9/12/14

This photo is appropriate for today due to the fact that it is supposed to get very cold already, 38 F.  Yuck, I am not at all ready for winter.  This is an image from this spring of a Vinca that was blooming with frost crystals on it.

9/11/14

Posting late, had to go to a class out of town today and then had to drop off my right arm to be repaired.  Somehow the LCD screen is broken which I could live with but it's the side that tells me the battery level and how many photos are left.  <SIGH>
Anyway, this is a bee that was collecting pollen on a Foxglove bloom in Minnesota.  As you can see the pollen is quite plentiful.  Best viewed larger by clicking on the image.

9/10/14

This is a wild flower called Fringed Gentian.  I found this in a hot springs pool area near Old faithful when we were in Yellowstone and have never shared it.  This flower must really have like the conditions around the pools as there were quite a number of them just in this one area.

9/9/14

Konza Prairie's Bi-annual Visitor Day is coming up at the end of this month on the 27th.  Visitors get to see areas of the prairie not usually open to the public.  This is one of them that is also open once a year during the Wildflower Walk.  This is Butterfly Hill in bloom.  It's name comes from the numerous Butterfly Weed plants that give it the orange color and attract butterflies to the area.  Best viewed larger, just click on the image.

9/8/14

These birds are very difficult to capture for me, they are always moving and rarely sit still for long.  I got lucky that it was eating seed from this spent Sunflower.  A Black Capped Chickadee, the Kansas State bird.