It snowed in central and south Texas last night. That’s a rare occurrence but it was even more unusual that it happened this early in the season. Our ash tree is quite laden with snow on its limbs.
Tree in Snow
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An Early Freeze
The Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
Photo copyright Dale Rogerson
An Early Freeze
Sam bent over to pick up the newspaper, falling on the ice. Lola, a Labrador Retriever, had escaped her back yard again and interpreted Sam’s flailing arms as an invitation to play.
He rose to his feet only to have Lola jump on him from behind, knocking him down. Lola thought this was great fun, this new game of Knock Sam Down. She played it several times before her owner whistled for her return.
Sam tried to get up, discovering his jacket had frozen to the ice patch. This is not how I thought today would go, Sam thought, shivering.
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Shelter from the Storm
Two blue jays sheltering underneath our picnic table during Hurricane Harvey. We’ve had 10 inches of rain in the last two days, as Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey sits at a standstill over Texas.
Shade
We’ll take any shade we can get in this brutal, central Texas heat and humidity.
Looks like all the beer evaporated already.
Somewhere in Luling, Texas.
Rain Boots
Here are the rain boots worn by me and my fellow students at a wildflower photography workshop. It was a dark and stormy morning — lightning! thunder! wind! rain! — but by the time we wanted to venture outside for our first photography session, we had blue skies. It was still wet, however, so we donned our rain boots for most of the afternoon.
It's a long story ... 