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Pink, Super Moon in Beaumont, TX

2020-04-08T15:04:00.003-05:00

Two views of the Pink Super Moon from Tuesday night in Beaumont TX.

Curiosity at the The Dallas Arboretum & Garden

2020-04-02T13:28:00.001-06:00

A bronze statue opens the imaginagtion for a small child.

Tulip talk at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden

2020-03-29T13:22:00.003-06:00

Beaumont's Cattail Marsh attracting social-distancing walkers

2020-03-29T06:17:00.001-06:00

Ferry boat ride to Dolphin Island, Alabama

2020-03-27T10:55:00.001-06:00

The ferry boat ride to Dolphin Island in Alabama is a great time for bird watching, waves, and scenery. A slow down from your busy life.

The magic of Mardi Gras 2020 New Orleans

2020-03-27T07:02:00.001-06:00

Cattail Marsh's smiling gator

2020-03-27T06:37:00.002-06:00

The happy alligator from the Cattail Marsh Scenic Wetlands & Boardwalk in Beaumont Texas.

Pimpled, Dappled Sky

2020-01-22T17:40:00.003-06:00

The sun didn't quite go down as I was shooting this, but it's brightness emphaises all the little speckles sprinkled around the sky.

What do angry clouds portend for the seasons ahead?

2018-06-05T18:36:00.001-05:00

These were the angry clouds that moved slowly through early this week. Habringer of turbulent summer weather to come?

Sunny flowers brighten backyard

2018-06-04T07:14:00.000-05:00

The sunflowers in the backyard are really putting on a show this week.

Cotton puff sky highlights Ole Glory

2018-06-04T06:52:00.000-05:00

I was watching the sky today as we moved around the city on chores. This shot was while I was at Kinsel Ford dropping off a vehicle which needed repairs. I was struck by the contrast between the cotton puff clouds in the background and in the foreground the American flag flapping actively in the breezes brought in by a cool front.

Great Blue Heron ponders how to eat a catfish whole

2018-06-02T14:56:00.000-05:00

Okay, you're a Great Blue Heron and you have caught a big catfish for your meal. How do you eat it?

Well, you play with it and poke it with your beak for about 20 minutes. (repeat poking and playing as necessary). Then you are ready for the "big swallow" (see bottom photo).

This was taken at Cattail Marsh Scenic Wetlands and Boardwalk in Tyrrell Park in Beaumont, TX -- a popular birding spot.

Excuse the fuzziness -- but this heron was a long way away and wasn't going to tolerate me getting any closer (fearing I would steal his meal).

Alligator enjoys an after lunch nap at Cattail Marsh

2018-05-07T13:35:00.002-05:00

This alligator at the Cattail marsh seemed to be enjoying a nap back a good ways from the viewing boardwalk. He was up on the land to get more heat to help digest his meal of one of his marsh fellows.

Sunset near the Indiana-Michigan border

2017-10-12T11:45:00.000-05:00

This was a recent sunset from near the Indiana-Michigan border. The cool night seemed to make the colors crisper.

Posing lizards thumb noses at gravity.

2017-06-07T07:17:00.000-05:00

My brick-scaling, gravity-defying, photo-posing lizards are very active this summer, in case you wanted to know.

They want you to know.

Driving into the Houston sunset

2017-05-26T14:44:00.000-05:00

This is how things looked driving into the Houston, TX, sunset on the I-10 a few weeks back. Beautiful colors, but blinding views to have to maneuver through.

Flowery needle lights.

2016-12-22T07:17:00.000-06:00

This Alaskan flower shot, from our Alaskan cruise, seems like needles of light.

Sunset gazed

2016-12-21T20:44:00.000-06:00

A scene from our Alaskan cruise. Linda gazes into the sunset.

Stools make great stomping for inside kids

2016-12-16T13:54:00.003-06:00

This was a kids playground at a hospital we were at in Dallas last week where our 8th grandchild was born.

You get a better sense of the intense, playful activity from above.

Snow, silence and a white winter greet horses' hunt for grass.

2016-12-16T13:51:00.004-06:00

This was the scene of our daughters ranch in Indiana earlier this week. The snow eventually accumulated to 9+ inches. I love the hush that falling snow pushes down. It looks like a White Christmas for her family.

Seattle's aptly named Discovery Park

2016-08-28T07:31:00.000-05:00

Having fun with a game of chase under the huge trees in Seattle's Discovery Park which overlooks the Puget Sound. We could have spent days exploring this wonderland.

Riding the DFW Sky Link

2016-08-27T16:58:00.002-05:00

what else do you do when you have a long layover?

Baton Rouge airport sky view

2016-08-27T11:31:00.000-05:00

This is the scene at the Baton Rouge airport as we waited for our flight home.

Nectar neighbors

2016-08-16T07:09:00.000-05:00

It's not just bees busy with nectar searches.

Nectar seeker

2016-08-15T07:05:00.002-05:00

Foraging for nectar.