Sunday, February 5, 2023

A winter of frost and snow

Frosted tree branch in front of a red barn

Red, white and blue along the Big Sioux River near Baltic, SD

Frost on weeds with Sioux Valley Baptist country church in the background

Bald Eagles along the Big Sioux River near Trent, SD

The beginning of a heavy snow event at the Sioux Falls Outdoor Campus

American Tree Sparrow in tall grass

Snowfall at Terrace Park in Sioux Falls

White-tailed deer near Oldham, SD

Lake Whitewood Church (eastern Kingsbury County) on a frosted morning

Trinity Lutheran in rural Kingsbury County

American Goldfinch at the Dells of the Big Sioux near Dell Rapids, SD

A red barn after a foggy morning east of Dell Rapids, SD





October 2022

Late afternoon at Palisades State Park
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Autumn farm along the Big Sioux River near Baltic, SD
Backlit leaves at Palisades State Park
Leaf detail at Palisades State Park
Autumn afternoon at Palisades State Park
Sunset over Zion Lutheran church and cemetery south of Hartford, SD
Macro of Autumn leaf - Family Park - West Sioux Falls
Sunset reflection at the fishing pond at Family Park
Sunset reflection at the fishing pond at Family Park

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

September 2022

Sage Creek Wilderness - Badlands National Park

Sage Creek Wilderness - Badlands National Park

Painted Lady Butterfly

Orange - harvest haze at sunset

Yellow - Aspen leaves

Blue - Downy gentian wildflower

White - Great Plains Ladies-tresses orchid

Red - Common serviceberry leaf

Northern Black Hills highlands in late September

Northern Black Hills highlands in late September

Vanocker's Canyon Road

Mirrored September sunset


 

Monday, September 5, 2022

August 2022

Dewdrops on spiderweb

Late sunlight through a seedling

Fogbow reflected

Dewdrops on tall grass

Big bluestem florets

Lesser fringed gentian

Blue butterfly on great blue lobelia

New England aster

Grass of parnassus bloom

Regal fritillary

Bottle gentian

Regal fritillary and Monarch butterfly on blazing star



Sunday, August 14, 2022

July 2022

Snapper turtle close-up

Frog's reading lamp - more commonly known as One-flowered Pyrola

Broad-lipped Twayblade Orchid

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid with crab spider

Black Swallowtail butterfly

White-tailed fawn

Regal Fritillary on blazing star flower

Bumblebee on blazing star

Bobolink on blazing star

Monarch Butterfly on blazing star

Butterfly butt

Northern lights over headlights