It's a double digit day! I was bike riding home from going out to dinner last Friday for the last time this year, with the time change it has gotten too dark to safely ride that late. The sunset as I was almost home was pretty spectacular looking so I had to stop and take a photo of it. The lights in the distance are the continuation of the walking/biking trail in this particular area of town.
Happy Friday, TGIF! Celebrating autumn color once again, mainly because it is gone now after our hard freezes. These are some beautiful leaves from my Golden Rain Tree showing why it is named that. I am sharing this image today due to the lovely bubbly bokeh behind the leaves because Friday's Are Bokehlicious!
Horses in Autumn. A pair of beautiful horses out in their pasture with autumn colors behind them that I stopped to photograph during a recent bike ride.
It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog! I captured this flower last week. I was quite surprised to see it as they are usually only around in my area in spring/early summer. We had some really cold temps, down in the 20s at night but here they were. These are Dandelions which are considered weeds but I like them because they provide food for bees and butterflies early in the year when there is not much else. I find it an interesting looking flower. It's name comes from the French term meaning tooth of the lion, which is probably referring to the shape of the leaves. It usually blooms April through September but I found this one on the last day of October.
These birds have left the area now for warmer climates. They have been gone about a month now. This is a Mississippi Kite that I captured one day while out on a bike ride before they moved on. I love their masks, gives them character I think.
Happy Monday and happy new week! This gal would like to say Hi and have a good week as well. 😁 A Praying Mantis female that I captured on my Cosmos one day peeking out from beneath.
It's Steamy Sunday here on the Blog! Last weekend I about froze my you know what 😅 off at the C&H railroad. We were doing the Santa Run which is the last run of the season for this private railroad which operates just a few times per year and mostly by invitation. It turned out to be a pretty good day despite the cold until it started to rain at around 12:30 in the afternoon. Wet track and steam engines do not do well together, can't get traction very well with metal wheels on metal rail. Larger locomotives have sand domes which allow sand to travel down a tube to the drive wheels to give some grip when a cord is pulled.
The image is of the owner of the C&H sitting with Santa Claus at the station.
I have a short video of this train running that morning located HERE.
