Today's image is one I got in early autumn as the trees here were just beginning to change. On this particular morning it was fairly cold and there was some steam coming off the pond ( I would have shared this tomorrow for Steamy Sunday if it had shown up more prominently 😉). I liked the glassy look of the water that day. This is Homer's Pond in town.
It's Friday, TGIF! Today's image is one I captured of my favorite grass, Sea Oats. I find it picturesque with it's curves and how it's seed heads hang. I chose this image for today due to it's great bubbly bokeh because Friday's Are Bokehlicious! There is a Kansas variety of this that is called Broad-Leaf Wood-Oats. I believe I have some of this as well in another area of my yard.
It's an interesting date day! It's a double digit day but also, the first 2 add up to the 3rd or each are half of the 3rd. 😃 My image for today is one I took in early October at a Nature Center over in Manhattan Kansas. The Asters were blooming quite nicely and attracting all kinds of bees and butterflies including this Monarch.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! Today's flower is another that I captured in late November that was very confused. This is a common Sunflower that is only supposed to be blooming from July through September but was happily blooming on the 22nd of November. Common Sunflowers are the state flower of Kansas.
Today's image is one that I was able to get recently of a semi cooperative male Cardinal, he did have his back to me. It was sitting in the Walnut tree in the backyard and I was able to get a few images of it before it flew off. Cardinals are such lovely bright spots in winter but they rarely sit for long.
Happy Monday and happy new week! Today's image is another of my Toad Lily. It's a very unique looking flower that does well in shade. It is, apparently, a very tasty flower as every year something eats most of it. I even had a cage around it but will have to put a different type this next year as something still got to it. Anyway, this photo shows off some of the unique details of it pretty well I thought.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Today's image is another from when we had the Memorial Run out at the C&H railroad. We had all 3 engines operating for the very first time so I had to capture some photos of them. These are all 12 inch Ottaway locomotives that were originally built in Wichita Kansas. The 1st one run on the C&H is on the right, the second on the left and the middle one was restored by the owners several years back now.
