Judy and I celebrated her birthday with a session at Painting with a Twist in College Station, Texas. Thanks to instructors Kelly and McCall, our latest masterpieces, Cherry Blossoms, are ready to add to our collection.
Just imagine what we could do if we owned a Subaru Outback. Judy’s previous vehicle was a Subaru and I’ve ridden in one, so maybe that counts?
Cherry Blossom Masterpieces
Here’s what “stuck in traffic” looks like to me. Somehow my lot in life is to be behind a larger vehicle anytime traffic is slower than normal or stopped. I can’t see ahead to figure out if I should change lanes or not. Usually I don’t, only to find that when the larger vehicle in front of me changes lanes, I’m then right behind the traffic hazard (stalled vehicle, emergency vehicle, etc.).
The view in traffic
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is my view when I take my morning break and walk around the Texas Capitol grounds. Beautiful trees: a pink crape myrtle against the backdrop of a majestic pecan tree.
Two Trees, Pink and Green
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My view of the night sky. I took this photo on Monday, 24 June 2013, early in the morning as I walked to my office building. I took a moment to appreciate this chance encounter.
Moon and Texas Capitol
Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes
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
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
A view of a statue on the Texas Capitol grounds. (Look through the windows.)
A memorial statue
I visited with my friend Susan Miller recently. She lives in a heavily-wooded area that she appropriately named The Nature Channel. There was constant activity at the hummingbird and bird feeders while I was there: chickadees, cardinals, white wing doves, a roadrunner, a male and female ladder back woodpecker, hummingbirds, squirrels, bees. In this photo there is a squirrel at one feeder and some doves at the other.
Susan’s Nature Channel
Everything is green on the Texas Capitol grounds with the recent rain.
Westgate Tower, looking across the Texas Capitol grounds
Weekly Photo Challenge: Background
It's a long story ... 