3/31/17

I was very happy to see that my Lilacs were not open enough to get hurt by the hard freeze we had.  They are slowly starting to bloom in the dreary rainy weather we have been having.  The rain has made for some nice photos though.  This is a macro image of one of the bunches with a couple of drops.

3/30/17

Well we sure are getting the Spring rain.  Looks like more coming too though I think we have had enough for right now, the ground is pretty soggy.  I found today's image while I was going through  the archives looking for something else.  I love this type of Iris and there was this lovely one blooming in Minnesota that I had taken several shots of.  I was pleased to see this image had an added bonus of a bee in focus in it as well.  Hope to see some bees this year.  They are missing the Spring blooming with all the rain and cold.

3/29/17

Some nice and much needed rain we are getting.  Hopefully it all doesn't come at once and then stop.  Last week I was in Pennsylvania and one day walking down by the Conodoguinet Creek by my dad's house where I almost always see some type of wildlife.  I was treated to something new this time and made me wish for a bigger lens because they were not very close when I was able to capture them.  This is a female and male Hooded Mergansers that were floating on the creek.  They had actually been closer at one point but I was not expecting anything to be right there and scared them off.  

3/28/17

So we had some good rain, with chances for more, and the Redbud trees are blooming.  I thought that made for a good combination for a macro shot.

3/27/17

I have had this shot around for a while and it fit for the theme of Birds In Flight for Bird Poker today on G+.  This is a very common sight in Kansas, in fact I just saw one yesterday gliding around in a much drearier sky.  This is a Tukey Vulture or Buzzard (Cathartes aura) gliding on the thermals over my home one summer day.

3/26/17

Dreary day today but at least we are getting some Spring showers.  My image today is another of the locomotive I get to fire on in Minnesota as it clears out it's cylinders in the fog after stopping to pick up passengers one morning.  I just found out yesterday that this locomotive will be featured on the cover of Trains Magazine in May, how cool is that!  The 363 is an ex Soo Line switch engine that runs at the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion each Labor Day weekend.

3/25/17

We finally got rain!  Nice!  Hope it helps the plants and flowers along.  That wind we had been having really dried it out.  I have not seen any colorful sunrises or sunsets for a while to photograph or at least be in a good spot to photograph it.  This is a lovely sunset from back in November that I was able to see and capture.