8/14/15

Still nice mornings though not quite as refreshing today.  My image today is of a Water Lily in my pond.  I took this macro image of it to show off it's various curves.  Curves was the theme for this week of my Black & White project and I liked the various types in this flower from the petals to the center thingies (my very technical term) to the over all shape.  If you would like to see that version just go to the About Me section on the right of the page and click on my photo and it will take you to my G+ page.

8/13/15

What another lovely morning it was, only 63 when I left for work, nice!  A bit warmer during the day than I would like but if the mornings are cool I'll take it.  :-)  This image comes from the day I went to check out the waterfall at the Geary State Fishing Lake.  Both times I have been there I have seen these dragonflies, I think they like the falls as well.  They are beautiful and hard to get a photo of and I believe they are called Jewel Wings.  I like their hairy legs.

8/12/15

What a lovely refreshing morning we had for a change today.  Low 60s, that was nice!  Today's image goes back to our bike trip in South Dakota.  At the Trailhead we first thought would be our destination, but then we rode further, we saw a couple of cute little Chipmunks running around.  We were resting and having a drink of water and I was able to get off a few shots of them.  They are just so cute the way they scamper around.

8/11/15

Ah, it finally cooled down at night and during the day a bit.  Nice!  This is an older image I got, I think it was last fall.  The Marigolds I had planted were finally in bloom and this Skipper came to visit and let me get pretty close with my macro lens.  Sometimes they sit still very well and other times, very flighty.  LOL

8/10/15

It was still quite steamy this morning.  The windows were even fogged.  Yuck.  Tonight they are calling for mid 60s.  I'll believe it when I see it at this point.  Sigh.
This image goes back to cooler days this Spring when a Blue Jay came to visit.  We have a River Birch in the Front yard that the birds seem to really enjoy.  It made for a nice spot for the image anyway.

8/9/15

So today is going to be an almost literal Steamy Sunday with the bit of rain we got producing high humidity and the 90 degree heat.  Yuck.
I'm taking a break today from the South Dakota train and going back to Steamfest 2009 in Michigan where I got to see several very cool locomotives.  One of them was this one, a Berkshire type housed in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Nickel Plate 765.  It was putting out some steam as it was being turned on the Wye to be at the head end of it's excursion train on the way back to Owosso.  We had ridden the daylight the day before but chased this one for photos the next day.  It's a quite beautifully restored locomotive.

8/8/15

Well, we got rain last night but supposed to be almost 100 today so a bit like a sauna again.  Sigh.  This image is from when I went to check out the waterfall near where I live but it was a bit disappointing.  The vies that evening however were not.  This is looking south over Geary State Fishing Lake.  Some rather dramatic clouds that evening.  It's a 2 frame panorama so best viewed large by clicking on it.