The Lemon Minty Daily Cap(s) (133)
The Lemon Mint (Monarda citriodora), a wonderful Texas wildflower, is beginning to show off around here. Sometimes it is called Lemon Beebalm as it attracts bees when blooming, as well as butterflies and the occasional hummingbird.
I’ve been told it makes a nice tea, and it has been used in jellies and jams…not that I’ve tried any of that. Indian lore has it when crushed being used as a type of “Neosporin” for wounds, cuts, bruises, and the like…not that I’ve tried that either.
Oh yeah, the flower stalk stands tall and likes to sway in the breeze….
The Wading Daily Cap(s) (132)
It is the gathering of all the kids for a swimming lesson…Dad is oblivious.
Making waves….
regardless of the direction he is headed….
Then he realized he was getting his picture taken and then he stood still….
The Maiden Piper Daily Cap(s) (131)
The maiden flight of a radio controlled minature airplace this morning…a whole lot of excitement amongst the pilots
There were other minature aircraft taking flight prior to the this one….
I overheard these two talking…this is a true 1/3 scale minature of a Piper Cub…
Don’t ask me what they’re doing….I thought we were going to have a sling-shot takeoff there for a minute….
A guiding hand during taxi….
Ready, aim,….
Take off!
Her underside catches the early morning sun….
No tricks…straight forward flying and easy turns this morning
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to “the ground”. Please remain seated until the aircraft has come to a complete stop at the gate. Be careful when opening the overhead bins as contents may have shifted during the flight….
The Sketchy Notes Daily Cap(s) (130)
Work: meeting notes and doodles from yesterday’s brainstorming…dang near had the project designed by the time we got finished, or so it seemed (I’ve got more – I am so out of practice with handwriting – dam you iPad – and sketching)
Work: figuring how we might get that boardwalk rebuilt above the flood line…and out of reach to those dern water snakes. And yes, one should always know where the “duck standing area” is in your life…
Church: just something to keep in mind and in perspective (first line – if you can read my handwriting)….
The Rah Rah Daily Cap(s) (129)
The University of North Texas Eagle mascot – doesn’t know a stranger…
UNT AD (Rick Villarreal) and the Eagle cheerleaders (all 37 of them – yes, I asked one of them just how many there were) welcome UNT boosters, supporters, and Chamber members
Head Football Coach (Dan McCarney) tells us they are getting better each day (and so is he – he had a stroke on 2/13/2012)….
New Women’s Basketball Coach (Mike Peterson) brings his energy and enthusiasm to the crowd….
13 days on-the-job UNT Men’s Basketball Coach (Tony Benford) shows us his winning attitude and expectations….
UNT’s new football stadium is ready for it’s second season of play….
The Watching Me Watching You Daily Cap(s) (128)
You may have thought you were hiding…
or perhaps the cover gave you some sense of security….
Or was it all that water that gave you thought you could always “duck” under and hide (Hey you ol’ coot! The turtle was giving your position away)…
Or could it have been you just needed to sit on the fence for a while on this one issue…
Regardless, it didn’t keep me from watching you watching me watching you….HA!
The Lifecycle Daily Cap(s) (127)
My front yard Desert Willow shows a bountiful life being in bloom and a vitality in setting a seed head.
My back yard Mexican Plum, I fear, is showing signs of a good life coming to an end as I had to remove yet another dead limb today
The Silhouette Daily Cap(s) (126)
I wasn’t the only one watching the sun rise this morning….
First they were in the water, then out, then back in, and now coming back out….
Coaxing the last bit of daylight out of a day’s worth of fishing….
The Morning Daily Cap(s) (125)
I can handle this wake up call any morning it so chooses…
Even the shoreline rocks like a good sunrise…hey wait a minute! Where are all the fishermen this morning?
The Botanic Daily Cap(s) (124)
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens: a common and frequent guest of the Park
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens: a rainbow of “wild” colors
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens: complimentary (colors) in nature
Fort Worth Botanic Gardens: I finally gave up and left before this guy did….
The Paired up Daily Caps(s) (123)
Year ’round Canadian Geese…paired up
Year ’round Turkeys…paired up
Apparently, year ’round Jack-o-lanterns…paired up (and at the curb – don’t ask me why ‘cuze I haven’t the foggiest)
The OKC Daily Cap(s) (122)
Coming back from Oklahoma State University, I decided it was well past time I stop and visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial, a unique National Park that touches everyone that stops by...
The Park Rangers were aplenty and they interacted graciously with the visitors, rightfully so....
The longer you're there, the more you simply wonder "why"....
The chairs - both adult and child size - puts a lump in your throat....
A very respectful design, kept spotless (didn't even see a cigarette butt on the ground), maintenance is impeccable..and then there was the setting: appropriately so, numerous church steeples can be seen from all areas of the Park.
What the designers chose to leave behind gives a sense of the unimaginable violence on that April morning in 1995...
And folks that just sat, and made you too contemplate and memorialize the event that gave credence to the great need for this place....
The Big Wheelie Daily Cap (121)
For their semester final design, I'm meeting and judging a class of OK State landscape architecture students in the morning. Fun! (thanks for the invite my good friend Nick). Therefore I tossed my bike on the back of the truck and will re-live my college days (but those aren't at OK State) in getting myself to and from campus....
The Backyard BBQ Daily Cap(s) (120)
Gang...it was the Royal Scotties, my Canon, and The Daily Cap(s) that took a back burner to slow-grillin' a rack of Raspberry Chipolte rubbed spare ribs, Broccoli-Dill slaw from scratch, glazed baby carrots, handmade guacamole and blue corn tortilla chips, and....
Grilled Corn on the Cob and always a few jalapeños make their way to the grill - love my new Char-Griller 'Akorn' Kamado Kooker grill (pizza and biscuits cooked on it last weekend). Deb, OFNi Sarah, and Jerry this afternoon got feed after their quick weekend road trip. I had no idea it would take me all afternoon....
The Can’t Play Ball Daily Cap(s) (119)
Yesterday, 2 baseball fields received sod. By noon I rejected 1 1/2 of the those fields...because of the workmanship and lack of playability...I was not a popular person amongst the contractors. So today, I brought a soccer ball to the field....
- I hoped the laborers would play a quick game of soccer with me on their break. My intention was to prove a point to them on taking pride and ownership in their craft, and what they were doing was not right. None of them took me up on a quick game BTW
So I kicked the ball around by myself, in front of them. Once they saw the ball "bounce" across their newly laid sod, I seized the teaching moment. I rubbed my shaved face and said "smooth for soccer", then rubbed my chin whiskers and said "no good for soccer" - and pointed to sod shaking my head. They all looked at me rather odd (imagine that), but their workmanship improved a little bit. I say it was all my Spanish Hand Talking...we'll see when I'm back out on Wednesday whether the other 2 fields get rejected....
The Wild Flowering Daily Cap(s) (118)
Mexican Hat shedding a few tears, giving perch to a spectator
the colorful, can't-go-wrong-with-this-one Indian Blanket
a grove of Plains Coreopsis (a grove?)
Texas Dandelion...not a typical dandelion by any means
This picture I like...a very peach-fuzzy, young Black-eyed Susan
Back to that Indian Blanket. All these pics taken in front of Wylie (Texas) City Hall this morning.
The Red Daily Cap(s) (117)
A female Cardinal precariously perched on a flimsy wildflower stem yet singing her heart out to me this morning....
You've seen this plant on this blog before: Hot Lips Salvia waiting for bees and butterflies and standing tall for me this morning....
I'm not sure whether it's the simplicity of the photo, the color contrast, or the story that surely goes along with this abandoned chair that caught my attention this morning....
OK, so maybe there is ever a slight hint of red somewhere in the sunrise this morning... (squint and you might see it)
The Find Your Spot Daily Cap(s) (116)
These guys were adding a "spot" to the boat dock this morning...in a 20mph wind and choppy waters. It was quite an exercise, in more ways than one. Sure I holstered my camera and helped them. :)
I don't think there was one empty "spot" left along the shoreline this morning. I've got to think with so many poles in the water the fishing really isn't that good...but maybe it is just the right "spot" for a Wednesday morning social event.
The local ABC news helicopter found a "spot" to hover for 10 minutes...right over our office building this afternoon. (still don't know why...)
The Captain My Captain Daily Cap(s) (115)
Now this is a big ol' sail boat catamaran kind of wind-aided floatation apparatus - makes me wonder if the lake is really big enough for it....
Atop the yarrow, another kind of sailor, of sorts....
The Backyard Black and Yellow Daily Cap(s) (114)
Stella d'Oro Daylily - blooming in my patio pot
Mackie Queen of Scots stands guard over my Daylilies in the backyard
These Daylilies, they are a colorful thing...for being yellow and all
Princess Zoey - yes she too thinks the Daylilies and backyard belongs to her...
Who else looks at the backside of a Daylily? Kind of cool if the setting sun hits it just right....
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Say Again?
- Hannah Arendt"Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom."
- Sallust"Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay."
- Sallust"Necessity makes even the timid brave."
- Rebecca West"It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster."
Say That Again?
- W. Somerset Maugham"I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't."
- W. C. Fields"I never vote for anyone; I always vote against."
- Dame Edna Everage"My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia."
- Ambrose Bierce"Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen."
- Oscar Wilde"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience and rebellion that progress has been made."
Once a Year
NCAAF: Dr. Saturday
- College Station’s mayor won’t let Will Muschamp’s comments about her city die
- SEC approves 6-1-1 scheduling and LSU still has to keep playing Florida
- At long last, a Joe Paterno tribute country song (AUDIO)
- When being an Ohio State fan goes horribly wrong
- Michigan DT learns the hard way he’ll never be in a Dukes of Hazzard remake
What say you?