An American flag flies from a pole atop a pile of limestone rocks on the summit of Old Baldy at Garner State Park, Texas, framed by bare branches and golden fall foliage against a clear blue sky.

Rising Higher — Veterans Day at Old Baldy

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Today we honor everyone who has served our nation. Your service is invaluable and honorable. 🎖️ Every time I hike Old Baldy at Garner State Park, the rock pile where the flag flies seems a little taller, one stone at … Read More

A cluster of small pink-purple Redstem Stork’s-Bill flowers, each with five petals and orange-tipped stamens, with a fuzzy green bud below, against a blurred green background.

The Wild Geometry Next Door

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Lens-Artists Challenge #421: Exploring Geometry in Architecture, Nature, & Daily Life Patti leads this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge. In her post, she asked us “to be a photo detective, hunting for geometry—circles, rectangles, squares, triangles, arches, spirals—on the street, or in … Read More

A field of blue Texas Bluebonnets with white tips, framed within the outline of the state of Texas against a solid periwinkle-blue background.

The Morning Everything Looked Bluer

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How fitting that Texas now mirrors our state flower, the Bluebonnet (Lupinus texensis)! I am still in disbelief at yesterday’s turnout. On November 3, the people spoke, loud and clear — not only here in Texas, but across the whole … Read More

Feathery, pink-tinged Apache Plume seed heads twisting in different directions against a soft, dark background.

Faded, Frayed, and Still Beautiful

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Lens-Artists Challenge #420 – Looking Back to #125 You Pick It! “Wabi-sabi nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.”— Richard R. Powell, Wabi Sabi Simple What a clever … Read More

Metal tree sculpture with a rust-colored trunk and a wide canopy of hanging silver bead chains, rising from a dark steel planter on a concrete plaza in Memorial Park, Round Rock, with green trees and a pastel sunset sky behind it and two people walking in the distance.

A Willow of Steel and Light

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Among the trails I bike around Round Rock, Memorial Park along Brushy Creek often gets me to stop. Sometimes it’s the wildlife I see along the creek, and sometimes it’s a new piece of artwork the city has unveiled. The … Read More

Black-and-white photo of a metal road sign at a highway fork in the Davis Mountains of West Texas, reading South Texas 166 and North Texas 118, with a two-lane road curving in each direction beneath a partly cloudy sky.

Lens-Artists Challenge #417: Where Does It Lead?

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What does the title get you thinking about? Trails? Leading lines? Maybe animal tracks? There’s no single right answer, and that’s exactly the point. This week’s header image says it well: a signpost fork on a lonely stretch of highway … Read More

Macro photograph of a Rio Grande Globe Amaranth flower head with layered red and magenta papery bracts and tiny star-shaped yellow florets, set against a dark background.

Paper Fireworks: Rio Grande Globe Amaranth Up Close

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In early September 2026, I went to the Sunken Garden at San Gabriel Park in Georgetown, Texas. The garden is small but offers a good variety of plants and flowers. Although I often go there to photograph pollinators, nature often … Read More

Tall stalks of white common beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) flower clusters in the foreground of a green valley in Glacier National Park, with snow-streaked mountain peaks and a streaked, long-exposure sky behind.

X Marks the Spot: WXYZ Florals

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We have reached the end of Terri’s Flower Hour ABCs. It was a fun and revealing undertaking. For these last letters, the hardest one for me was X. I wanted to stay in Texas, but it was not easy. You’ll … Read More

Whitewashed limestone officers’ quarters at Fort McKavett State Historic Site, with a covered front porch, shuttered windows, a weathered wood-shingle roof, and two chimneys, beside a large live oak under a deep blue sky.

Close Quarters

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Lens-Artists Challenge #415: Move Your Body When Anne set this week’s challenge, I knew exactly what I wanted to show. However, because I was in Colorado until Monday, I waited until I got home to put this post together. Like … Read More

A Great Blue Heron stands in shallow water at the edge of a pond, one leg raised, with willow branches and their reflections filling the water behind it.

Still Hunting

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Last week, after my daily meditation, I noticed a Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) at the edge of the pond behind the house. It was motionless, the way they are when they hunt. A Nutria (Myocastor coypus) surfaced nearby, swam … Read More

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