4/30/22

 I was traveling back from a trip to buy Mulch last weekend and there was a beautiful storm cloud to the south.  As usual lately, we received no measurable rain once again.  We are so dry with also suffering from regular 50mph winds.  

4/29/22

It's Friday, TGIF.  I have a few Crabapple trees on my property.  They were just beginning to bloom when I shot this image a little over a week ago.  I liked the look of the buds with their pink color.  When they open, the blossoms are white.  this image had some great bubble bokeh so had to share it today because Friday's are Bokehlicious!

4/28/22

 The Grape Hyacinths are quite the bee magnet.  It's great to see Honeybees around since they are endangered.  I was able to get this closeup of one flying towards one of the flowers.

4/27/22

 It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog!  Recently the Sandhill Plum or Chickasaw Plum was made our state Fruit.  I had transplanted a couple a couple of years ago and they are blooming.  This is the end of one of the branches with lovely flowers.  I just transplanted 3 more and they seem to be surviving the move so I am happy about that.  Butterflies like them quite a  lot.

4/26/22

 The Killdeer are back in the area.  I was able to photograph my first one on a walk last weekend.  This one was quite cooperative and stayed fairly close for several shots.  I love their red eyes.

4/25/22

 Happy Monday!  The Tulips have started to bloom around the area.  This is one from my garden, the only set of Tulips that I have planted in recent years that comes back.  I love the color of these, mainly yellow with red streaks.

4/24/22

 It's Steamy Sunday once again here on the Blog!  Once again we go back to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg.  This is Pennsylvania Railroad  locomotive 460 which was built in 1914 and retired in 1956.  This locomotive has the distinction of being the train to carry the first Theater film of Lindberg's historic flight over the Atlantic landing in Paris to an event in Washington DC.  The train reached speeds of 115 mph but was still beaten to DC by planes.  However, the film on the train was able to be processed en-route and so was the first one to be shown at the event.