1/31/16

Well, it's the last day of January but it feels like it should be March or April, 50F or 10C today.  That ends today with a snow storm predicted that is supposed to begin tomorrow.  This goes back to a nice warm day in September at a friend's place in Minnesota where he has a large scale railroad.  This is his Challenger locomotive and it's train just after it crossed the bridge alongside the pond.  His friend and co-hort who helped him build the railway is operating the locomotive.  I have been allowed to operate this one and it just seems to go on forever when you are in the seat.  It's 12 inch scale but quite large for that.  A beautifully detailed locomotive as well. 

1/30/16

Wow, I can't believe we are in the end part of January.  Supposed to be in the low 60 F again today!  Of course this isn't lasting and a snowstorm is predicted for early in the week and then highs in the 20s.  I worry about my emerging Daffodils, hope they will be OK.  Anyway, on to today's image.  I have not had a lovely sunrise to share in a while.  This was the one I saw as I headed in to work on January 11.  I loved how the pink color was catching on the clouds across the sky as well as the intense color in the east.

1/29/16

We are going to hit the low 60s today!  I like that kind of temp but I know it won't last so not good at all.  I have Daffodils peeking through in the front garden already.  Yikes.  Anyway, today's image.  :-)  I had received an Amaryllis in a mixed bulb gift before but it never bloomed.  I decided to try again and bought a bulb last December.  It grew and bloomed recently and I have been playing with it putting it in different types of light.  I liked this shot because I thought the light on the back flower made it almost appear to be a reflection of the bright one.  

1/28/16

Well, a nice warm, sunny day again today.  I felt I could share this and not make myself too cold.  :-)  This is from a couple weekends ago when it was only about zero F outside and it created quite a bit of frost on the storm doors.  I thought this particular image reminded a lot of ferns with the patterns it made.  Quite the lovely abstract art I thought.

1/27/16

A lovely sunny warmer day today.  Doesn't mean I am not still thinking of Summer though.  Today's image is of another type of blue Butterfly that I was able to see.  I visited the Butterfly Pavilion outside Denver, Colorado a while back and it was quite a cool place with all kinds of lovely butterflies fluttering and sitting about on flowers and plants.  This one is called a Metallic Blue Wave that sat very nicely for me to take it's photograph.

1/26/16

It's going to be warming up quite a lot this week which will be very nice.  Today is still cold but a clear blue sky was had this morning to start the day off and that was quite nice.  I am dreaming of Spring and my Sis-in-law gave me the perfect gift for Christmas.  During the 3 most dreary months of winter, I get a basket of bulbs delivered and get to watch them grow and flower.  The first one came earlier this month and just bloomed on Sunday.  I had to take a photo of a bright spot of life in the dreary winter.

1/25/16

A dreary misty drizzly morning had me dreaming of Spring today.  Fortunately during this time I have some lovely flowers to enjoy.  My Christmas Cactus that sits in a shady west window in my kitchen is in bloom right now.  I took this macro image of one of the blooms yesterday.  Lovely looking flowers, interesting too.