Flowers, flowers, flowers....

All in our yard (except the Amaryllis--we picked it in our neighbor's yard!). The first 7 were shot last year. The last 6 pictures were taken yesterday. Looks like it's going to be a wonderful spring!

Fun Stuff....

This ... ummm .... sculpture is in Abilene.
This just struck me as really funny......it was on Highway 31 between here and Tyler.
Cindy and I got in a discussion once about what was up with all the concrete gorillas showing up everywhere. So I've started shooting pictures whenever I see one! The pair is in a kids park in Trinidad. The big angry-looking blue one was in Corsicana, and the "boy scout" is in the yard of a really nice house in LaGrange.

Moon Eclipse in West Texas

I was lucky enough to be out in Big Sky territory during the full eclipse of the moon on February 20, 2008. These were taken on a dark dirt road outside of Sweetwater. It was quite chilly and I was a little afraid of farm dogs catching my scent so I stayed in the car! Balanced my Canon G5 on the door frame and used the timer in an effort to avoid too much movement. A few shots came out pretty well. This was the same evening as the moonrise photos in my last post with the wind turbines.

My most recent trip to West Texas

Two common sights in West Texas: irrigation and wind generation. These shots were taken between Midland and Abilene at sunset (and moon rise).

Cedar Creek Lake Spillway

Took a trip to the spillway the other day after the big rain....spotted a crowd of seagulls, cormorants and black-wing-tipped Pelicans stuffing themselves on ill-fated fish.

Spotlight on Trinidad

Think I'll try my hand at spot-lighting some of the little towns around the lake. You might see some of these on my City Daily Photo blog at www.gunbarrelcitydailyphoto.blogspot.com as well. Today's spotlight is on Trinidad, a small town on Hwy 31 on the east bank of the Trinity River. As you can see, it has an old feel to it but some touches of modern architecture, too. The dome building is part of the Trinity ISD. I spotted my first bluebonnets this year on this drive....just north of the railroad tracks in Trinidad.

Love to catch rainbows!

Some of my favorite evening/night time shots

And so it begins......

The lot when we first bought it

Our sweet little weekend camp