8/7/15

I am dreaming of Spring today and cooler weather.  This morning turned out better than I thought, it was nice and cool again and another good day for sleeping in when I can't.  Sigh.  Ah well.  Anyway, this is a macro image of a couple of Columbine blooms in my garden from this Spring.  This variety grows wild in Minnesota and probably elsewhere.  I planted it on purpose.  :-)

8/6/15

Wow, we had such a nice cool morning today!  I wanted to stay in bed longer, it was perfect for sleeping and probably the only one for a bit.  It's going to be getting hot again.  So this image is one I was able to capture in early June.  I think it's a Bumble bee but not sure with that nose, might be a Carpenter Bee.  It was flying around some Larkspur blooms and I was able to capture it in flight.

8/5/15

Had some rain today, that was nice as things were really drying out and I didn't have time to water last night either.  It also cooled off a bit so yay for that.  This image is from a cool day in South Dakota after we had been to Sturgis and then went for a drive looking for waterfalls in the Black Hills.  This is the first one we came to.  This one is very appropriately named Bridal Veil Falls.  I did a long exposure on it so made it appear even more veil like.  It was flowing nicely due to the rain the area had been receiving lately.

8/4/15

Today's image goes back to June when I was on a hike out on the Konza Prairie.  I photographed this June Grass, very appropriately named :-) in the evening sunlight.  The heads of this grass capture the sunlight in such a lovely way I think.

8/3/15

Hot hot again.  I saw this spiky type of Milkweed flower while we were on a hike in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  I believe this type is called Showy Milkweed.  When I saw it I thought that the shape of it would look good with a black and white treatment.  I shared that over on my Google + Page which can be found by going to the About Me section on the right hand side of the Blog.  I liked it in color as well so thought I would share that here.

8/2/15

Well, here we go, mid 90s again today.  Yuck.  Pretty soon I'll be complaining it's too cold.  Sigh.  Need to move where it's more even all year round.  This image goes back to cool days in South Dakota and the 1880s Train or Black Hills Central Railroad.  We were in the town of Keystone where you can either ride the train right back or take a later train and spend time in the town which is what we did.  Before the locomotive heads back it needs to take on water which is what is happening in this photo.  The wood tank however, is just for show pretty much.  The guy on the other side of the locomotive is near a stand pipe with a hose where the majority of the water for the tank is coming from.  At least they are trying to make it look authentic.

8/1/15

Yikes, it's August!  Summer has gone too fast.  This image is from last week when I decided to go check out the waterfall at the Geary State Fishing Lake south of town.  I was hoping that due to all the rain we had had it would be flowing nicely.  It was flowing but not like I thought, I waited too long.  Ah well.  On the way back to the car I was able to get this view.  This is actually a panorama of 3 frames shot portrait style and then stitched together.  A lovely evening with the clouds.  Best viewed full size by clicking on the image.