TGIF, it's Friday! Another long week. Today's image is of a Hollyhock flower that I captured in Minnesota. There is a large group of them that is always in bloom on Labor Day weekend by the shower house we use during the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion. I loved the bokeh in this one so because Friday's Are Bokehlicious, I had to share it today.
The Painted Lady butterflies and the Autumn Sedum seem to be a great duo. When the Sedum blooms, they appear and take advantage of it. Like everything else, it doesn't last long enough but it's lovely to watch and enjoy while it does. I was able to capture these 2 enjoying it together.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is one I don't get to see very often. This is Chicory. The flowers close up during the day. It blooms July through September. I was able to capture this on a cloudy day when the flowers stayed open longer.
I have not seen these around for a while, I wonder if they travel to cooler parts in the summer. This is a Western Meadowlark which is the state bird of Kansas. I captured it in late spring surveying it's domain from high up in a tree.
Happy Monday! I purposely grew some Cosmos flowers for the first time this year. They have done rather well so I think I will try again next year. At first I thought they were only a white variety but then later this summer some pink ones finally bloomed.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! I was at the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion this past Labor Day weekend. I was attending the railroad safety meeting and both the full size locomotives that I get to help on were sitting outside the roundhouse steamed up. I was able to get this shot of them which I liked with the steam and smoke. The Porter is on the left and 353 is on the right.
I have been experimenting with my new drone and you can watch a short video I made of 353 HERE. I need to get a bit better with the controls but I was pretty happy with how this one turned out. It was quite windy that day as well but the drone handles it quite well so I was pleased with that.
The farm on the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion is rather photogenic I think. The first evening I was there was a very calm one and produced a fairly good reflection in the pond. The shadows were already getting long in the early evening. Happy first day of October!
