5/7/23

 It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog!  Today's image goes way back in the archives to an early visit I made to the Colorado RR Museum.  This is Rio Grande Southern #20 built in 1899.  It originally operated on the Florence and Cripple Creek line.  After floods destroyed much of that line it was sold to the RGS in 1916.  It operated on that line until 1951 when it was sent to a hotel in Alamosa where it sat until the museum opened and it was donated to it in 2006.  The 20 had undergone a major 14 year restoration at the Strasburg RR in Pennsylvania and is now back in at the museum and operating which is wonderful that it was brought back to life.

5/6/23

 Today's image is of a bird I don't get to see very often, they are very elusive around here it seems.  I was weeding in an area of my yard and looked up and saw it in the Sycamore tree and was able to get a few captures from a distance and then was able to move closer and get more such as this one.  This is a Bluebird.  They are quite lovely but not bird feeder visitors so it's nice to get a glimpse of them.

5/5/23

 It's a double digit day and Happy Cinco De Mayo!  TGIF, it's Friday too!  I was able to see and capture Red Admiral butterflies quite often this spring.  They are usually the first one I see and there were several of them around.  On this day there were at least 5 on the Lilacs at one time and then a couple over in the Crabapple tree.  I chose this particular image of one enjoying the Lilacs because of the lovely bokeh because Fridays Are Bokehlicious!

5/4/23

 My frog buddies at my backyard pond are around and active.  I captured this Leopard frog sitting at the side of one of my plants while I was repairing the waterfall leak.  The pond was low at that time and accumulated some algae which it is sitting in, so not a picturesque capture of it but it was nice to see frogs around again.

5/3/23

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog.  Today's image is a new one for me and one I had to get help IDing as the first resource I used said it was found in the eastern part of the state.  This is Rock Buttercup I believe.  It blooms in April and May.  I need to update my Wildflower Page with this one.  Remember, I have those pages available by color to help you identify what you are seeing.  

5/2/23

 I recently got my second opportunity this year to get a Heron image and it turned out to be one of the best I have ever been able to get.  As usual, it was flying away from me but it made a circle and actually landed back in the pond across from me and I was able to get some shots of it there which I will probably share later.

5/1/23

 Happy Monday and Happy May Day.  The year is really moving along quickly.  These Tulips are blooming right now but this photo is from last Spring and I never shared it.  I love these tulips as they start out as a very pale pink, almost white color and as they age, become more and more pink.  It's interesting to watch.