Long, hot, dry days of August in central Texas. Some leaves are already turning brown from the heat and the stress.
I found this beauty outside Mother’s Cafe and Garden, a wonderful vegetarian restaurant. (I don’t know what kind of flower it is.)
A visual oasis
These photographs are contrasts in time.
Winter tree
Summer Tree
Tyler Rose Garden Winter
Tyler Rose Garden Summer
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Shot
A day can be long and hard for no reason. Taking a walk and seeing a beautiful blossom is a gift well appreciated.
A beautiful spring blossom
A few more flowers around the house.
Passion Flower (domesticated)
Passion Flower (wild)
Honeysuckle in bloom
Honeysuckle, tastes as good as it smells
Blooms are beautiful and in the blink of an eye, they are gone.
Bradford Pear along Lady Bird Lake
Mexican Red Bud
Whenever I see Purple Sage in bloom, I think of Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey, published in 1912. Then I think of the band Riders of the Purple Sage. Then I think of the story Spiders of the Purple Mage by Philip José Farmer in Tales From The Vulgar Unicorn (1980), one of the Thieves’ World books. One thing leads to another …
Purple Sage
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
It's a long story ... 