July 9, 2025, marks our first anniversary at this home. We have settled into our forever home and are enjoying the natural surroundings. The photo above was captured on July 5, right after storms had passed through the area. The … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #355: Looking Back to #42 – Creativity This week, the Lens-Artists Team begins a recurring theme that we call Looking Back. In brief, we revisit a previous theme with new photos. This allows our viewers to revisit that … Read More

As I was looking out the dining room windows a couple of hours ago, I saw a Cooper’s Hawk (Astur cooperii) fly to the ground. I grabbed my camera off the dining room table and went outside to the deck. … Read More

A visit to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is always rewarding any time of the year. I can always find something blooming there. The first two images here are of Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea). I captured them earlier this … Read More

It has not been too long since I had a post about Great Blue Herons. This bird is worth featuring again, especially when all photos here were captured just a couple of hours ago outside my backyard. It all started … Read More

An advantage of having a pond behind our house is that I can spend ample time observing the wildlife that comes here, and there is plenty to learn from them! I am featuring the Green Heron (Butorides virescens) this week. … Read More

Lens-Artists Challenge #350: Zooming The featured image is one of the first images I captured using the zooming ICM technique. That was back in 2022. I really enjoyed the results I obtained. From time to time, it’s fun to get … Read More

Just as I did a year ago, today it’s time to shell-ebrate World Turtle Day (May 23). This year, I focus on the Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) or Red-Eared Terrapin. These are a subspecies of the pond slider (Trachemys … Read More

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center created the National Wildflower Week back in 1987. It is the first whole week of May celebrating “the beauty and importance of native wildflowers across the United States,” as the Center writes. Although several … Read More

Today’s forecast looked alarming and included a tornado warning all day. Fortunately, there were no tornadoes reported in and around our area. However, we did get plenty of rain and some early fog. During a short break from the rain, … Read More