Propeller

It's the white stripes that make it interesting.

Propeller

Propeller again

Windsock

Jesus: "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

John 3:8

What is it?

Hint: There's a connection with the last six crosses.

Airplane wing 2

Airplane wing

Psalm 139:9-10

If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

One more propeller

What is it? Airplane propeller!

What is it? 2

This one makes it more obvious.

What is it?

Hint: It moves -- fast.

Goldenrod 2

Goldenrod

Pink blossoms2

Pink blossoms

Purple blossoms 3

Purple blossoms2

Purple blossom

Any botanists out there who can identify this plant?

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, Nebraska

Building on the green

Heritage Center, Homestead

Lots of green

Summer green, Heritage Center

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, Nebraska

Leadplant

As always, I take delight in the near certainty that no one has ever made a cross out of leadplant before.

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, Nebraska

Palmer-Epard Cabin

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, Nebraska

More sunflowers

Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, Nebraska

Rows of color

How many billions of wild sunflowers are there? We're currently in Colorado, and the 600 miles of highways we traveled to get here are all lined with sunflowers. Gorgeous!

Blue morning mist and yellow sunflowers

A wonderful mix of warm foreground colors and cool background colors.

Sunflowers and colorful tall grass prairie

It was probably 7 or 8 years ago that I stood on this spot with my Olympus 3mp point-and-shoot and took the "purple prairie grass" picture that has been published in newspapers and is used extensively at Homestead National Monument of America. That's the image on the top today.

I've always wanted to return to the same spot, at the same time, to try to duplicate that photo. Below is my attempt from a couple weeks ago. The colors here are more varied than the purple of the original, and the quality of the photograph is much higher, but it's a matter of taste whether or not this one is more pleasing than the old one.