3/31/14

Last day of March, I think it's going out as a lion.  The wind is incredible again.  Very tired of this and we are horribly dry even without it.  Hope we get the rain that is predicted.  At least Spring has finally sprung.  The Crocus are blooming and the Daffodils are just beginning.  Here is a macro image of one of the Crocus in my garden.

3/30/14

My favorite subject today, steam trains.  :-)  This is one of the trains on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad heading out of Antonito, Colorado on the way to Chama, New Mexico.  The scenery starts out quite flat and soon becomes quite mountainous.  The water tank is one of the old Denver & Rio Grande tanks that are still in use on the line.

3/29/14

We haven't had any colorful sunsets lately, at least none that I have been able to observe.  Hope to see one again soon.  This is a sunset from last August that I thought the cloud patterns were interesting in. 

3/28/14

I had bought a Gerber Daisy plant a few weeks ago as I love their flowers.  I was playing around with some images I took of it and here is one of them.

3/27/14

It is actually fairly warm out today though still quite windy.  The Crocus are up and blooming, lovely to see.  This is a photo from this Fall of a leaf that I loved how the light was hitting it and really defining the details in it.  I am also partial to the contrast in colors.  :-)

3/26/14

I am in the mood for a butterfly today.  This is a Heliconius Butterfly that I observed at the Sioux Falls South Dakota Butterfly House a while back.  I played around with the image as well to make the butterfly stand out more.

3/25/14

I don't usually post this kind of train photo here on the blog.  I took this in Pennsylvania at the historic Rockville Bridge which is the largest stone masonry arch bridge in the world.  I was photographing just the bridge but then got lucky when a train started across it as well.  Norfolk Southern still uses this bridge and crosses it very slowly.  I would guess to keep vibrations to a minimum so as not to cause damage.  This image has a slight HDR effect added to it.  I also cropped it to a bit panoramic view.