It's the last day of September, wow this seemed like such a long month. It's also Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog as well. The Tall Joe Pye is in bloom right now and I captured this image on a walk one evening last week. I liked the bubbly bokeh behind and bokeh is good any day too!
Don't forget, I have pages here on the Blog listed at the top on the main page which you can use for reference to identify what you are seeing these days when you are out and about.
I have been given some neat opportunities for photographing Hummingbirds this year. I let some wild Sunflowers grow in my garden and this female Ruby Throat took advantage of them one evening to sit and rest in between feeding and I was able to capture her through the door window.
This is one of my regular Morning Glory flowers shot in macro. I don't get to see these flowers open very often because they are over by my large pond. I basically only see them open on cloudy days because I am rarely over there in the mornings. I love how they look like they are lit up from the center. This really comes out well when I shoot them backlit.
It's Steamy Sunday on the Blog once again! This image goes back a bit in my archives. I took this image on a trip out to California one year and at a visit to the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. This museum had lovely presentations of locomotives in great displays like this one of the Governor Stanford seeming to emerge from a tunnel. This locomotive was built in 1862 and was from the Central Pacific. You can read much more about it at the Museum's website. https://www.californiarailroad.museum/visit/exhibits The museum is another of many in need of donations as it has been closed due to the Co-vid situation.
As I mentioned, a friend of mine saw this field on her way back from Wichita and alerted me to it. It was a couple miles south of the State Lake that I have shot and shared images from. I was very happy to see that some of the blooms still were quite lovely looking and the heads had not started to droop as yet. Our skies are being affected by the wildfires out west so the sun was very hazy and fiery red as it was setting in the west.
TGIF! As I mentioned last week in my Wildflower post, the Dotted Gayfeather is blooming and it is attracting all kinds of nature as well. I was able to see and capture this Buckeye butterfly enjoying the blooms. I chose to share this image today because Friday's Are Bokehlicious and I liked the bokeh behind created by other grasses.
The Autumn Sedumn is blooming and attracting the bees and butterflies again. It is quite the magnet for both. It was nice to see these Honey Bees enjoying the blooms. When I looked at this image on computer I saw there was something else flying in to join them as well, possibly another bee.
