It's the last day of 2021. In some ways it has been a long one and in others it seems like it flew by. Very odd. Also, since it is Friday and Friday's Are Bokehlicious, I had to include some nice bubble bokeh in my image for my last post of this year. Here is a toast to the new year coming in, may 2022 be better than this past year.
My last bee image for the year. Another Honeybee on Autumn Sedum. Hope to see many more of these this next year.
It's the last Wildflower Wednesday of 2021 here on the Blog! I want to end the year with one of my favorite wildflowers. This is a bokeh filled image as well but bokeh is good any day. This is an Echinacea or Cone Flower growing in my yard this summer. This year marked the year I updated and expanded my Wildflowers By Colors Pages and I hope you find them useful. They are found as links at the top of the main age of the Blog.
This past year I found an area that fairly consistently had Ebony Jewelwing Damselflies. They are a species of broad winged Damsels that I find quite lovely with their blue/green bodies and lovely black wings. They seem to be found a lot near water for me but I have seen then in my yard on occasion as well. There is a creek not far so that may be why.
2021 is quickly winding down to a close. This past year I was able to get several decent hawk images. This is one I was able to get in my own yard one morning. This Red Shoulder Hawk came and sat on one of the bird feeder poles and then got spooked by my cat at the window and flew into our Sycamore tree. I was able to capture this shot of it. It's not one I see around often so I was happy to get such a close shot of one.
It's the last Steamy Sunday of 2021 here on the Blog! The year seemed to go rather quickly in spite of everything. To end another year of steamy goodness, today's image is another of locomotive 353 at the Baker Depot during this past year's Labor Day show at the Western Minnesota Steam Thresher's Reunion. I have been able to have a shift for the 4 days of the show throwing coal in to get it around the grounds. A fun task that many would consider work but I am grateful to be able to get to do it.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Happy Saturday! Today's image is the last one for my holiday bokeh theme and an appropriate one for me. Another of my mom's ornaments of Santa with a cat. A lot of people don't appreciate cats and, no, they are not like dogs, but they do appreciate you and show affection. Ours is sometimes too affectionate, almost needy in her old age but I am thankful to still have her around. Hope you all got what you hoped Santa would bring and have a joyous and safe holiday.
