tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:53 +0000Morning GloriesSunsetCyndi LehanTexas wildflowersSchuylerville Monarch HerdersScary ThingsReptilesThis is the plus-sized Meez?San AntonioAlash EnsembleMirrorsFireTexas Hill CountryMulberry TreeJean Levert HoodRainforest ConservatoryKinney CountyFort WorthBo YinDo you like blog a lot?Paintbrushes100th PostTularosa RoadBen CutshallDawnOld Man's BeardPhotographer in TrainingHalloweenHaysheepKnippaSelf-PortraitFogLEDAustin Cap10KUvaldeMy backyardWhite Fallow DeerSignsInigaHypnotic GifsSolar CookerCattleCardinalKickapoo NationdeerAmateur PhotographydogsTowChristmasBonesHuisacheButtonsPetrified WoodClovenfieldBVFDWindmillBummersFort Clark SpringsFlowersHyacinth Bean VineIndigo SnakeLeona RanchFall veggiesOak treesTC-DC58BSt. Anthony'sGrass FarmingRose RedBugshummingbirdsAfrican Boer GoatsBlackbrusharchesPortraitNight photoswww.wheresgeorge.combutterfliesUtopiaSmall Town FrustrationsDaisiesQuarriesweb designcowsWineryMumsSpoffordGoat babiesRoadside standAntigonon LeptopusScam ArtistViguiera dentataBlossomsLightningMoldaviteBuzzardsOptical IllusionsArt StudioMojados: Through the NightTractorsBlackholes and AstrostuffMessages from the Collective UnconsciousMy CameraVVCRVFDPinto FarmOwlMoonSunflowersRobert's AnimalstreesArmadillosFoodPurple SageCloudsWeatherMacroFall Creek VineyardsHorsesLibytheana CarinentaSpringMirabilis JalapaHomemade LightboxPeter PopoffTurtlesWesley's Effing GardenGoldeneyeKidsPinto CreekPhoto-editingCypress TreesTexas Hill Country ArtLas Moras CreekPampas GrassMonarch MigrationGall WaspsQueen's CourtSpider WebsPleiadesSkyPenniesHandsTexasCemeteryMy FamilyB and WMushroomsfossilsTrainsBrackettvillePumpkinsCactusFlickrScarecrowsMuseo AlamedaRoadtripMoonflowersSt. Mary Magdalene'sBatsBaby GoatsCakeFallI live in Brackettville, Texas. It's scrub country with less than amazing geography, but I do my best.http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Genie)Blogger172125blogspot/genierobinsonhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-496941355215326525Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:52:00 +00002010-06-26T02:55:59.553-05:00CloudsSkyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/OPvfsztElK0/sunbeams-and-silver-lining.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)10http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2010/06/sunbeams-and-silver-lining.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-5568066156748197523Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:19:00 +00002010-04-05T03:25:04.530-05:00MushroomsMirrorsMy backyard Lesson learned with this series of photos? Always wipe the mirror down between shots. I've never shot with a mirror before and most of these were ruined with mirror schmutz. That's okay, won't happen again. If the mushroom isn't toast by tomorrow (it probably will be) I'll get another chance at it.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/Y9gWefwVI0M/dead-tree-trunk-that-keeps-on-giving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)11http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2010/04/dead-tree-trunk-that-keeps-on-giving.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-8993738339619218677Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:35:00 +00002010-03-17T18:33:17.349-05:00ArmadillosInigaPinto FarmCattlecowsSpringdogsMy beloved CRT monitor died--it had been threatening to go out on me for a couple of years but it held on longer than I could have hoped. It was HUGE. I loved that monitor because I felt I'd really gotten the gamma settings just right on it. I felt confident that my photos were being edited properly--that the color and contrast was coming out well. But now I have this new LCD monitor and it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/TeKtSoeqGLY/crt-monitors-lcd-monitors-and-rescue.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)6http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2010/03/crt-monitors-lcd-monitors-and-rescue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-3044541639926432309Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:56:00 +00002009-12-06T22:10:56.187-06:00My FamilyKidsI just got back from California where I got to see her the day after her remarkable birth. I'm so proud of my sister in law Suezanne for choosing natural childbirth. The baby came very fast and Suez couldn't have asked for an easier delivery. A few days later, at the pediatrician's, Eisley was declared, "Perfect!" Of course, we already knew this and we weren't at all surprised. My brother http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/6C7Zclnl3Zc/introducing-my-newest-niece-ms-eisley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)7http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/12/introducing-my-newest-niece-ms-eisley.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-8455800853822338702Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:43:00 +00002009-10-27T02:25:53.688-05:00Schuylerville Monarch HerdersCyndi LehanMonarch MigrationAt left: Cyndi Lehan prepares the Monarchs for shipping.Excerpt from email received on10-18-09: I loved reading Your Journal on the roosting monarchs. I am a teachers aide in Schuylerville Central Schools in upstate New York. Our 3rd grade class has just finished studying monarchs. They have hatched about 8 monarchs. With our cold weather and snow in New York they won't stand a chance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/mTrdHHfSu6k/schuylerville-monarch-herders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)9http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/10/schuylerville-monarch-herders.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-466942712876804960Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:20:00 +00002009-10-17T19:21:21.817-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/y_Of5tY0qLg/queens-wreath-vine-that-grows-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)2http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/10/queens-wreath-vine-that-grows-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-8830748229072257836Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:45:00 +00002009-10-17T17:51:38.692-05:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/XZpXiD4NhTA/2009-monarch-migration-through_17.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)0http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/10/2009-monarch-migration-through_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-7663994528743396442Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:09:00 +00002009-10-14T05:13:43.591-05:00If you like to grill and/or bbq, you should come check out my Texas Cook blog and enter your name for the random drawing I'll be doing later this week: Cheap, Fast, And Tasy!Yes, I haven't been around lately. I blame the weather for keeping me indoors. It's just been so hot. But the Monarch Migration has arrived, as has slightly cooler temps. We've even had COOL days, but they're leaving us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/RcPuAjRJqEE/doing-little-give-away-over-on-my-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)1http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/10/doing-little-give-away-over-on-my-food.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-3905448620833099813Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:24:00 +00002009-08-24T12:29:25.748-05:00FlowersMy backyardWe don't usually see Rain Lilies unless it's actually rained, but my yard is full of weeds, not grass, and I've been watering the lawn weeds rather religiously lately. Trying to get stuff growing so that when we finally get our chickens, they'll have a nice salad bar to munch on.Imagine my surprise when I saw some Rain Lilies in the yard the other day! It was at sunset and the most amazing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/DU-MkgLOk8Q/brackettville-rain-lily.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)7http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/08/brackettville-rain-lily.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-1268207536005993633Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:00:00 +00002009-08-24T12:12:38.643-05:00Moonhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/b3NhVZhM0gI/lovely-brackettville-moonrise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)3http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/08/lovely-brackettville-moonrise.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-6586344301541685291Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:03:00 +00002009-08-08T17:21:43.200-05:00hummingbirdshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/6eCme_8UYrk/baby-hummingbirds-growing-up-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)9http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/08/baby-hummingbirds-growing-up-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-6833889872041409336Tue, 26 May 2009 14:46:00 +00002009-05-26T10:06:47.762-05:00SunflowersWhite Fallow DeerBlossomsTularosa RoadUvaldedeerSaw these sunflowers on Hwy. 55 outside of Uvalde, Texas. Seems it's the thing to plant in Uvalde this season, maybe they've got a buyer already? Sale on sunflower seeds? Doing something for the soil? I don't know, but I've never seen fields of sunflowers driving through Uvalde before and I was delighted!Click 'em big.Jean and I went up to Tularosa Road again just to see what there was to seehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/jqzgE3iXA3M/sunflowers-in-uvalde-white-fallow-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)9http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/05/sunflowers-in-uvalde-white-fallow-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-7058472642463271168Wed, 20 May 2009 01:44:00 +00002009-05-20T21:14:45.485-05:00Pinto FarmcowsMy FamilyBugsFirst, we had a family reunion of sorts at MY HOUSE. Yeah, I freaked out for the three months prior and have pretty much been recovering ever since. I thank my lucky stars that a friend turned me on to someone that helped me get the house ready or I don't know what I'd have done. And then, an even luckier me, my cousin and her family stayed with me and she bent over backwards to keep the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/oCGwRMIpfXs/ive-been-otherwise-occupied-here-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)12http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/05/ive-been-otherwise-occupied-here-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-9096090053296873152Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:11:00 +00002009-10-13T13:30:58.638-05:00LEDhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/apt_V-RQfwc/playing-with-led-lights-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)9http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/03/playing-with-led-lights-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-4793589419216989017Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:18:00 +00002009-03-19T00:40:44.525-05:00Blackholes and AstrostuffBo YinMacroI seem to talk about Bob at Blackholes and Astrostuff every other blog now. Which is fine with me! Ten days ago he held a Celestial Image Race, the first person to send him notice of someone's birthday occurring that week and send him a current celestial image would win a Sikhote-Alin Meteorite from his own private collection. I won I won! First race I've ever won, I guarantee.I received the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/A_uavjyLg7E/sikhote-alin-meteorite-discovered-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)12http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/03/sikhote-alin-meteorite-discovered-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-1692757299100686016Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-03-12T00:38:45.457-05:00Photographer in TrainingI love my Canon S3 IS except for the flash. It's a pop up, no hot shoe, and it's either up or down. That's it. I can't angle it or turn it. They don't make a Puffer for the S3. My sister in law, Suezanne, told me about Puffers. She takes the most amazing shots and is a master with the flash. When she shoots faces out at night, on the town, no one ever looks washed out. The flash is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/pyQSf3yOzZQ/canon-s3-is-flash-diffuser.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)10http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/03/canon-s3-is-flash-diffuser.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-159763494276477780Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:19:00 +00002009-03-06T01:24:15.214-06:00Jean Levert HoodHuisacheBlossomsBlackbrushTularosa RoadNope, I haven't been around much. Not on your blogs nor mine. I forced myself out today, though, because it's MARCH! And, in Kinney County, Texas, March means that our landscape is turning gold and yellow as the Huisache and Blackbrush all break out in bloom.The air smells sweet, almost like candy. That's the Blackbrush. I love it. It's gorgeous. I shot the Huisache and Blackbrush blossoms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/jG4g2o2fmjs/brackettville-in-march.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)14http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/03/brackettville-in-march.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-2239526223698352950Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:45:00 +00002009-02-28T16:52:41.307-06:00Blackholes and AstrostuffNight photosMoonCanon S3 IS with the Canon TC-DC58B Teleconverter LensShooting Mode: ManualTv (Shutter Speed): 2Av (Aperture Value): 8.0ISO Speed: 400As usual, I wouldn't have known about this conjunction if Bob of Blackholes and Astrostuff hadn't told me. A thin layer of clouds kept this from being a sharper image. But Bob's got some FANTASTIC moon shots in his most recent blog entry, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/6UZLapkLpio/moon-and-venus-over-brackettville.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)10http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/02/moon-and-venus-over-brackettville.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-3499961194858702709Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:57:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.623-06:00BrackettvilleBlackholes and AstrostuffPleiadesNight photosMoonOnce again, Bob Johnson at Blackholes and Astrostuff clued me in to a way cool celestial event. Tonight the moon was due for a conjunction and even an occultation with/of the Pleiades. Woot! Thank you, Bob! I'd be oblivious without you! I don't know if there was an occultation or not, I don't know the Pleiades well enough to know if some of them were eclipsed by the moon as it, um, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/TjYt4UPNltA/hey-diddle-diddle-moon-jumps-over-bull.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)11http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/02/hey-diddle-diddle-moon-jumps-over-bull.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-7167426354788569909Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:07:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.634-06:00BrackettvilleFort Clark SpringstreesAmateur PhotographyarchesI joined an Amateur Photography Contest on Facebook. You can check out their past winners right HERE ON BLOGGER. Each week there is a new theme. This week's theme is "arches." Scoring is based on the quality of the photo and on how well it suits the theme. Here are the "arches" shots I got today. I've got too busy a week to go shoot some more original arches like my the arches on my niece http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/vow_q_y2trk/help-which-two-photos-should-i-choose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)5http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/02/help-which-two-photos-should-i-choose.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-4766206066791582389Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:22:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.638-06:00BrackettvillePleiadesNight photosTC-DC58BMoonFortunately I read enough reviews on the Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x converter lens (think zoom lens) not to get my hopes up too high. I knew it would be little more than a "bump" for my camera's 12x zoom capability. That's okay with me! The investment wasn't outrageous at about $95 with s/h.Below: It's my first somewhat clear shot of the Pleiades. Keep in mind, it's only the brightest stars I can http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/QEgq86y_Ljo/i-finally-whined-enough-and-got-tele.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)6http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-finally-whined-enough-and-got-tele.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-7368372876792286785Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:03:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.647-06:00BrackettvilleBaby GoatsPinto FarmGoat babiesIt's nice in southwest Texas right now. The days are the perfect temperature, high 60's to low 70's. The nights stay above freezing, sometimes in the 50's. But we haven't seen precipitation in a long long time. It's like a desert here. It's dry and dusty. Everything is coated with dust. No, not dust. Powder!Blog editor's note: It's 39 degrees and misty today (Tuesday, Jan. 27) with an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/hQk7sHqtsk4/whats-up-on-pinto-farm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)7http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/01/whats-up-on-pinto-farm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-5744133655171368506Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:28:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.666-06:00BrackettvilleFlickrBen CutshallI knew of Ben Cutshall through His Flickr Photostream which I found quite by accident while looking through Flickr for astrophotography shots. It wasn't until he died that I found out who he really was. I feel like I've really missed out. He was a photojournalist, and a damned good one. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/wY_fTGrszu4/goodbye-to-ben-cutshall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)1http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/01/goodbye-to-ben-cutshall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-4422755317248025524Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:38:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.670-06:00BrackettvilleNight photosHorsesPinto FarmMooncowsAbove: The horses aren't ours but they hang out on our place. They are Jumper and Stetson and I hardly know them. They're very skittish but they stick somewhat close to the cows. They came running when they realized we were feeding the cattle this evening.Feeding the cattle anything but treats is a relatively new thing for us--our grasses held out for a long while but this long drought has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/8fbRmUljW50/2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)7http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270057750548007853.post-4114456832765657504Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:57:00 +00002009-02-07T17:49:57.673-06:00BrackettvilleFogDawnSt. Mary Magdalene'sdeerClick images to enlarge.I was up all night and probably would have gone to bed around dawn but I saw that it was foggy. I wanted to try and take advantage of the dawn light through the fog. 200 photos later I had nothing to show for it. Yet I couldn't bear not to keep SOMETHING from the morning so I saved the sunrise shot above and the shots of this curious doe in the Brackettville cemetery http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/genierobinson/~3/2WOXCNEu2QQ/morning-fog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Genie)8http://genierobinson.blogspot.com/2009/01/morning-fog.html