I shot a buck and a doe...

...and I shot them within seconds of each other!  Maybe not with a gun but with my camera. 😆

When I looked out my kitchen window a couple days ago, I saw something different in the pasture.  After I saw it move, I realized it was a deer.  I readied our Canon 5D Mark II camera with our 400mm lens and was hoping I could capture the deer on my way out of our driveway.  To my surprise, I discovered she wasn't alone; there was a buck too.  From the warmth of my car😁, I shot my first buck since we have been living in the country since 2009.  Here are the best shots of the buck and doe!  Enjoy!

Goodbye wildflowers... catch you in the Spring!

It's been a busy summer and I didn't photograph as many wildflower images as I had hoped.  I did, however, take advantage of a nice evening last month to capture some late blooming wildflowers in our yard to include a cute image of a yellow and black bug on a red rose from our knockout rose bush.  I love our knockout bushes; we get to enjoy the roses all summer long!

Not all of these are wildflowers but weeds, but pretty weeds they are!  Our Geary County Extension Agent just had an article in the newspaper about these plants with the red berries.  He warned about getting rid of them as they will take over and choke out undergrowth!  Also, the red sumac leaves are gorgeous when backlit and are another plant that will take over a pasture!  Nonetheless they are pretty and I have included them here for you to enjoy!

October snowfall in the country

Because there's nothing as serene as seeing the countryside covered in a fresh sheet of snow! - Anonymous

On the way to town this morning, I captured this scene with my iPhone.  I don't like the cold weather, but I love the snow!  This image brings back good childhood memories of snowy winters in my hometown of Baltimore!

Drama in the skies...

Who doesn't love drama in the skies?  From a distance of course!  It's a bit scary to be out in bad weather but it was hard to let these dramatic scenes pass by without capturing them.  Since the sun was setting the sky reflected some awesome colors.  My favorites taken from our front porch on this late day in June are provided below.  Enjoy!

Harvest time, prairie wildflowers and butterflies

This year was my first for capturing golden wheat ready for harvest.  It was the same time wild prairie roses bloom along with the milkweed and blue sage wildflowers.  The pearl crescent butterflies took advantage of the milkweed plant and didn't mind being photographed, letting me get real close to them.  My favorite images captured on this beautiful day in June are included below.  Enjoy!

Wildflowers backlit during the "golden hour"

My favorite time to photograph outside is during the "golden hour."  The following flowers with their identifying comments below were photographed using the sun as a backlight during the "golden hour."  Enjoy!

The next three images are purple coneflowers.  My favorite is the second image with its colorful background.  Shooting with a wide aperture lens when backlighting makes for beautiful background colors!

These daisy fleabane wildflowers are so tiny and so much in abundance!

This daisy fleabane image was taken from above in the warm light of the "golden hour."

This unique milkweed is called green comet; very fitting name, isn't it?

A bumble bee feasts on this milkweed called spider antelopehorn inflorescence.  What an interesting name!

A caterpillar on the milkweed plant, same type as above.

Last but not least is this cobaea beardtongue wildflower!  You can see it's furry tongue sticking out of the flower!

The first wildflowers this spring...

Overcast days bring out the rich colors of the wildflowers and the green grass.  The images below with their descriptions were the first wildflowers to bloom this spring.  Enjoy!

Berlandier's evening primrose are very tiny and tall wildflowers and this closeup gives the impression they are bigger than what they really are!

I waited too late to catch these wild blue-indigo as they were well eaten by bugs. 

Love using macro lens to get closeups of these beardtongue wildflowers.  The name is very fitting!

These Missouri evening primroses were plentiful this year! 

The heart of this Missouri evening primrose is so beautiful!

This bug was watching me take its picture while feasting on this pink evening primrose.

Tried to find wild blue-indigo that hadn't been marred by bug bites.  Love the purple and green colors!

This goatsbeard macro shows these tiny white seeds that I didn't notice till I looked on the computer.

I like how the leaves in the background frame this young purple coneflower!   Be looking for my next set of wildflowers taken during the "golden hour" of sunset.