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....
The Go Fly A Kite Daily Cap(s) (113)
I photo-imposed on a family reunion & picnic down by the lake this afternoon. The breeze was just right, the temperatures were in the 70's. It was a perfect day for flying a kite....
For kids of age...
For kids of youth...
There were teaching moments....
there were moments of release....
there were moments of anticipation....
and moments of frustration....
But things seemed to always be looking up....
Even if things came crashing down at times....
It was a wonderful family outing to watch....
Those kites and the one's flying them could have gone on all night.
The If You Build It Daily Cap(s) (112)
It all starts at Home....
Sometimes the base paths you travel are blocked...
It's good to step out of the box and assess the big-picture situation...
And then you suck it up, decide to run the base paths, and simply plow ahead....
Ya never know when folks just might be willing to help keep your hits from going foul....
But you will need to put the ball in play to get to first base...(these have been a few pics of the 4-field baseball complex our company designed - it has been my turn of late for the construction administration)
The Catapulting Daily Cap(s) (111)
Many came out to watch the company "catapult" competition at noon. Four teams competed - they had restrictions to follow in building a catapult. The goal was to launch five projectilse approximately 30 feet to a target for points, all within a time limit. It was fun!
A father and son team...with a bicycle wheel catapult
Line up the shot...
...pull the trigger
We had the Sergio-Jericho team...with a wood slingshot catapult (complete with a stained finish) that shot the ammo backwards as much as it did forward...look out camera guy (me)
The fine tuning didn't help much...
Setting up for the shot...
These guys ended up winning the competition...but not before making precise measurements of the counterbalance weights for their catapult.
3...2...1...FIRE! A weight-drop catapult design
The other father and son team took a few seconds to play in the sandbox (where they had to set their catapult)
This was the "flinging half-wiffle ball" catapult....
...with a pull chain
Competition was fierce, concentration was intense...fun was had!
Winners were woo-ed, champions were crowned, bonds were bound, and noses were picked ("come on Dad, hurry it up why don't cha") ... LOL!
The For All The Marbles Daily Cap(s) (110)
Decoration on the fireplace mantel....
Always knew they were there....
Never really looked closely at them...
If someone caught me photographing them, can you imagine the grief I would catch...something like "you find dem marbles you lost?"
The FD is sensational again
Here we go! The FD (Favorite Daughter) is web-sensational again. If you recall the “Group The Webseries” released episode 1 a few weeks ago with
My FD, The Internet Sensation.
Now, episode #2 is “her’s”:
Use this link if the Vimeo above doesn’t show up and/or poops out for you:
I can choose a positive frame of mind
‘aire she is…in all her acting glory. The BFA is paying off and gainful theatre employment is right around the corner! (yes I too choose a “positive frame of mind”). If you know T, this is so not her personality…which only makes it more funny. And for those of you that don’t know her, your missing out. Watch the video and then think the opposite of her character (then come see her next time she’s back for a visit).
The Foul Ball Daily Cap(s) (109)
The field-inspection-before-sodding happened today...we're building it and they are already waiting.
Wait, what? Is that a golf ball on what will soon be a pitching mound? We'll have none of that play here....
So I've got to hand it to the contractor that owns this front-end loader. He has certainly gotten his money's worth out of this set of tires (and even the butterfly likes the tractor tires)
The Daily Cap(s) (108)
These guys were all over a Keller park this afternoon - if it was bloomin' they were busy fluttering
Already sickly is this tree, and it's only spring...an early spring at that
They are a colorful lot with bookend wings...I think this is the Common Buckeye Butterfly
Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects
Cowboy boots and goloshes
Military and Boy Scouts...Marines and Navy
Golfing and Dancing (OFB TR doing the trick)
Basketball rivals and "having your back"
Wildflowers and Weeds
(A family favorite photo of mine) Father and Son (OFB Tony) in opposite directions (ya think they had words or something?), and different hats, and club-apparent club-not, and cigar-with cigar-not
The About Fort Worth Town Daily Cap(s) (107)
In downtown Fort Worth you can still look up and see a whole bunch of sky (and clouds)
In my line of work...this would be called an urban streetscape without intention
Maybe I'm just a fuddy-duddy, but what exactly is the appeal in doing this to your pickup truck?
...or this guy doing that to his truck, for that matter/ (everybody's gotta work, right?)
The Apparently Summers Here Daily Cap(s) (106)
Nothing like having a fun, friendly family soccer game during the Sunday afternoon picnic outing...except for the one guy who looks a bit chapped about something...or maybe he's just cutting through.
...and the little girl could care less about some silly old game of kicking a ball around...she's got some orange shoes that deserve her undivided attention right now...that, and a cool refreshing soda.
a family jet ski outing...
The size of your boat really doesn't matter, nor the way it moves across the water...
...Just as long as the dang thing floats!
Wonder what the investment in this guy's fishing pole is....
...this guy has his investments under control...all you need is one pole with a bobber (and a pair of chest waders comes in handy at times)
...but these guys, holy cow...another one of those "family that fishes together" sort of gatherings - I have a gut feeling their pole-investment is not the priority here...
Now this, I'm all for: get cha a small Zebco pole from the local discounter and give it a heave-ho sidearm cast...and I bet this kiddo is full of questions
Show off...
Seriously?
OK, you're good...enough of you and your fancy water skiing..'Hey Buddy! It's only April. It's supposed to still be a bit chilly out here on the lake. Grab a towel"
And so the kid has to show me a trick or two as well...
Does it get any better than a kid's dog anxiously waiting and proudly watching from the dock? I think not. This is good stuff...
The Lincoln Daily Cap(s) (105)
Look who we went and saw today...
Now what a minute...who is this little guy with the wild eyes and crazy hair? And that definitely is a smile upon his face!
FS, FDIL, FGs...I like these guys...alot
The Doorways Near Work Daily Cap(s) (104)
Fort Worth: 1 block from the office...who knew? (Canon 60D, edited with Dynamic Light)
Fort Worth: next "door" to the "doorway" 1 block from the office...had never slowed down long enough to take a look and see (Canon 60D, edited with Dynamic Light)
Fort Worth: 3 blocks from the office...made me wonder how the porch light got knocked cockeyed (Canon 60D, edited with Dynamic Light)
Fort Worth: next "door" to one of my favorite sneak-away-from-work-for-30-minutes coffee shop, 3 blocks from the office (Canon 60D, edited with Dynamic Light)
Fort Worth: 4 blocks from the office...love the symmetry and simplicity (iPhone 4s, edited with Dynamic Light)
The Not-In-My-Backyard Daily Cap(s) (103)
These two soon realized that this pool had a "no lifeguard on duty" policy...so there they sat pitifully longing for a nice cool dip in the pool
I called this kid's backyard recreation somewhat "ingenious". The property manager I was with during our morning property walk called it "redneck"....
A favorite tree...the hickory has a great trunk and bark pattern
The Now That Was A Good Morning Daily Cap(s) (102)
One by sea, two by land...wait, that's supposed to be the other way around isn't it?
Hey you guys...you guys...you got a bite! Guys? Yo...Guys? Hello?
Rise and shine...through the clouds and fog
It's been a long time since a ewww-ahhhh sunrise happened around these parts. This morning's was the closest we've had in a while.
The sunrise lost its ewww-ahhh after about 3 1/2 minutes....but it was those first 3 1/2 minutes that were pretty cool!
Lo and behold, out of nowhere...these guys showed up and sat down and then walked away with a basket in hand. It was the same balloon and crew that landed two doors down (in the street) from my house a few months ago.
The Salvia(ating) Daily Cap(s) (101)
The Cherry Salvia is in bloom in Coppell
The 'Hot Lips' Saliva is in bloom down the street at my subdivision entry median
What a minute...this isn't Salvia
Neither is this curly Q, serpentine, wiggly sidewalk, but you can get just as drunk walking this pathway as you can enjoying the brilliance of Salvia in bloom down the street....
The Lincoln Link
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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?