Purple wildflowers, a Palomino horse, and signs of autumn in God's country!

These purple wildflowers called false purple thistle appeared in our pasture for the first time since we moved here over 6 years ago.  I discovered them during an outside client session and came back a few days later to photograph them at sunset.  I had to be careful when getting down low to photograph these wildflowers as they are prickly and I got pricked on my Bahamas! :)

I can never have enough photos of my horse Ace and he looked especially stunning among the yellow broomweed and against a deep blue sky!

I very much welcome autumn this year along with the plants that decorate the pasture with their autumn colors.

This last image of the day taken captures a beautiful sunset in the Flint hills of Kansas, better known as God's country!

Blue sage, yellow wildflowers, and a stormy sky

On an overcast and rainy day I was delighted to discover blue sage growing just a short distance from our home.  The yellow wildflowers and stormy sky made a complimentary background to these pretty blue wildflowers.

There are several types of goldenrod in this area and the image below is called Rigid goldenrod. These were growing out of a rock!

Some folks believe that Goldenrod is a main cause of  seasonal allergies.  The reason this myth came about was because Goldenrod's peak blooming period coincides with the peak of ragweed season. Another important point is that Goldenrods are bee pollinated, where ragweeds are wind pollinated. This means allergy suffers are especially affected on windy days as a result of ragweed’s win pollination and not Goldenrod’s bee pollination.

This broomweed is sometimes found in overgrazed pastures.  Very pretty!

My photo session was cut short by rain as you can see by the stormy clouds image shown below.