Oklahoma Sunrise/Sunset
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I saw the clouds moving in, as the sun was about to set, the other evening and immediately started scrambling around looking for something to use as foreground interest. The only thing I could find was this old gate. I know it is just a gate, but I thought it turned out kind of nice!! Comments and constructive criticism are always appreciated. Have a great week.
A nice, big thunderstorm, but not for us.... When I got home after shooting this I looked at the weather radar and this storm was located in Oklahoma on the Kansas border. Our drought continues - hot, dry and no rain last week and sunny and 90s is the forecast for the coming week as well....
for a natural early fall colors in Oklahoma I did not have to go far to find this patch of wild shoemake in red foliage, with wild golden rod and wild blue asters!
Rogers County, Oklahoma
Horses are deeply social animals and feel secure in groups because isolation causes anxiety. They have a prey instinct and their response to perceived threats is to flee, making them easily startled by unfamiliar sights, sounds, or smells.
My husband and I decided we wanted to try out the new tent so we loaded up and headed out to the Sequoyah State Park, located on Ft. Gibson Lake in Oklahoma. We just started the campfire when I looked up and noticed the colors in the sky.
Osage County, Oklahoma, facing Northeast. Captured on my iphone and processed with DXO Photolab, photoshop, and upsized with gigapixel AI
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Oklahoma is home to the most marijuana dispensaries per capita of any state in the USA. Known as the "Wild West of Weed," there are more dispensaries (over 2,000) currently operating in the state then there are gas stations. There are about 36 shops for every 100,000 residents.
Medical marijuana cardholders are allowed to purchase up to three ounces of marijuana flower at once from a dispensary. They are allowed to have a total of eight ounces of cannabis in their private residence.
Flower, which is “traditional” marijuana bud, is the most popular product with 49% of transactions compared to only 13% for Edibles, the next highest.
Verdigris is named after the nearby Verdigris River, so named by French traders who settled in the area around the late 1700s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdigris,_Oklahoma
BNSF Railway
(reporting mark BNSF) is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, 33,400 miles (53,800 km) of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives.
The white-lined sphinx moth, Hyles lineata, is a common sphingid moth that occurs throughout most of North America, from southern Canada down to Central America. It has long, narrow, triangular forewings and shorter hindwings, with a wingspan of 2½ to 3½ inches. In poor light they can easily be mistaken for hummingbirds as they hover at tubular flowers, sipping nectar with a long proboscis, and are especially attracted to scented flowers. This one is nectaring on a Red Horsechestnut in my yard in NE Oklahoma.
Still trying to get a better shot of our backyard owl pair. I took this shot back in Oct. There are no leaves on the trees now, but they don't show up until dusk, making it difficult to get a good shot.
Tamra and I made it to the car show today. The 62nd Annual Darryl Starbird Car Show.
Lots of beautiful rides! Forgot the make and model. I want to say Mercury something.
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exploring Oklahoma
Ft Sill Reservation bordering
Wichita Mountains Wilflife
Refuge.
A juvenile hangin' out in my yard in NE Oklahoma. This bird is listed as "vulnerable" in Oklahoma, according to iNaturalist.
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About this Photo: Taken during a recent business trip to Oklahoma. This is a picture of sunrise along the Muskogee Turnpike near Ft. Gibson and Muskogee.
And then, there is my version of Dylan Thomas-like poetry...
Strangers to Life’s Inevitable Suddenness
By Don Iannone
You forget the golden sunrise, letting
the shifting sands of time, slip
through your fingers, like
life falls off the bones
of subtle lonely strangers
Knowing nothing of the waiting
shadows linger deep
just out of reach of tomorrow, where
hearts ready in quiet desperation
haunt us, then let us go
And then, just before surrender
to what beckons
you rewind, and
in your own unique suddenness
the inevitable happens
Fall is finally in the air, and I'm back at a familiar spot. A place where three game trails intersect, and the bucks often walk along an edge with thick oaks in the background, providing a great photo op with a mixture of early-morning sunlight and shade.
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