7/14/20

A little over a week ago now I went out to Pennsylvania to visit my brothers for the only trip I would get this year.  I knew we were good because they all had been tested for various reasons and were fine.  We did a lot of walking and social distancing.  We went to a couple of state parks and Little Buffalo was one of them.  This is a Covered bridge which had been relocated approximately 1 mile to the park in 1971.  It has a bit of a railroad connection.  It's original location had it on the farm of John B Clay and it sat next to the Wahneta water tank for the Newport & Sherman valley Railroad.  It was often referred to locally as the Wahneta Covered bridge as a result.

7/13/20

In my large pond I had seen a lot of sheddings from Dragonfly larvae while I was skimming it but I had not seen an actual Dragonfly yet.  A little over a week ago now, I finally saw and captured my first one.  This is a Twelve Spot Dragonfly on a Cattail reed.

7/12/20

Welcome to another Steamy Sunday on the Blog.  Because of not being able to do steamy things this year I have been digging in the archives for older images I never shared.  This one is from a Steamfest in Owosso Michigan that I attended several years back where I was able to see and ride behind this beautiful locomotive, the Southern Pacific Daylight.  This image is actually one half of a stereo image I did at the time.

7/11/20

I have been going through the archives lately for different images and i found this one from quite  while back actually that I never shared.  This was a beautiful rainbow we had one July evening after a rain.  You can see a bit of a "double" one as well.  The double one is usually just a reflection of the main one created at a different angle.

7/10/20

My Pickerel Rush pond plant has been doing really well and blooming a lot, well, until the Cattails all blew over onto it.  I trimmed them back so hopefully things will be good again.  I got this image before the Cattails pushed it down.  I loved the bit of bubbly bokeh behind it and of course Friday's Are Bokehlicious!  

7/9/20

This is a fun shot I captured while out walking one afternoon.  This Praying Mantis was crossing the sidewalk and I loved how detailed it's shadow was in comparison to it so I had to capture it.

7/8/20

It's Wildflower Wednesday once again on the Blog.  I hope you checked out my new and improved Kansas Wildflowers by Color pages here on the Blog.  Today's flower is one I did not realize we had in this area of Kansas but has been quite prolific this year.  It is one of my favorites to photograph as I love all the details in it.  This photo is one that is my favorite I have taken of it I think.  This is straight out of the camera with a slight vignette.  This is a bloom from a Queen Ann's Lace.