Or, purple heart plant. A few days of clouds and a little bit of rain brought out the delicate flowers.
Tradescantia Pallida
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Great Kiskadee: Rare
I saw this bird a couple of times only to have is fly away when I came back outside with my camera. I got lucky to get this far away photograph. According to my bird books, seeing a Great Kiskadee this far north (Creedmoor, Texas) is rare.
Great Kiskadee
Hatch Chile Season
It’s that time of year: Hatch Chile Season. It’s pretty big deal for a couple of weeks. Fresh, roasted Hatch chiles. Buy them roasted or roast your own. Or buy practically anything flavored with Hatch chiles.
Look closely and you can see the flames
Brandon, a Hatch Chile Chef at Central Market
Boxes and boxes of Hatch chile peppers to roast
Or buy a Hatch chile plant and roast your own
And the question is not, “What Hatch chile items can you buy?” but “What doesn’t have Hatch chiles in them?” Answer: Not much. I only photographed some of the items.
Outhouse: Black & White
Look at the view!
Outhouse on the hiking trail at Enchanted Rock
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Bathrooms or Outhouses
Seasons Change: Fiction Friday
The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
Photo copyright Janet Webb
Seasons Change
Sienna remembered finding her first wasp nest, amazed to discover it was made of paper, which was itself made of wood. Her young imagination opened to a world of chemistry.
The nests were sturdy but built for only one season. She learned that lesson many times in her scientific career as well as her personal life: some things were short-lived, but in their own moment strong, beautiful.
Retirement awaited her just outside the lab door. Picking up the wasp nest from her desk, Sienna thought it an accurate life symbol: seasons change. It was time for her to move on.
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To read other Friday Fictioneer stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.
