8/7/22

It's Steamy Sunday once again here on the Blog!  I am sharing something that has been a long time coming.  We bought this locomotive back in 2013 and we are just now, working at getting it to run well so we can take it to the track we get to play on near Topeka.  This is an Ottaway locomotive built in 1947 and it runs on 12 inch wide track.  It was heavily modified by the people we bought it from but we like a lot of what they did.  They only ran it on air but we are getting it back to running on steam.  It's close, this is it's third fire up and the timing is still a bit off but it did move under it's own power up the short bit of track we had put out for the first time in many years.

8/6/22

 We had a beautiful sunset the other evening.  I wish I had caught it earlier because I bet it was even more vibrant but I was busy inside.  

8/5/22

 Happy Friday, TGIF!  I usually don't see these butterflies very often as they usually prefer shady locations and don't visit flowers very often but I have seen them around a few times in different places this year.  This is a Wood Nymph butterfly with some lovely bubbly bokeh behind it.  Sharing this image today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!

8/4/22

 Today's image is another of my frog buddies peeking at me from the water of my pond.  

8/3/22

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  This year was a very good year for Cat's Claw Sensitive Briar.  It blooms May through September and in June while out on Konza Prairie it was blooming all over.  The stem has briars on it, which is where part of the name comes from.  The "sensitive" part of the name is due to the fact that if you rub your finger down the middle of the leaflets they will close together.

8/2/22

 Today's image is another of the Scissor Tail Flycatcher that I was able to see and capture this spring.  They can be found fairly commonly sitting on fences so a cliché image.  😁

8/1/22

 It's August!  My goodness this year is going so fast.  Happy Monday as well.  I planted Cosmos in my garden this year.  So far they are turning out to be only white but they are quite lovely.  Very dainty looking as well with their lacy leaves.