The TGIF Daily Cap(s) (153)
Good Friday morning
The Friday morning gathering of a bunch of quacks….
The first Friday of every June is National Donut Day – shouldn’t that be every day?
The spray park opens on this particular Friday…
A sunflowery Friday morning….
A cool looking shack along the side of the rode on a Friday morning drive-about
I can shoot overexposed butterfly pictures on any day, not just Fridays. (but there is something dramatically appealing about this photo, agreed?)
Even when you’re expected, wandering about the ball park on a Friday morning taking pictures (and not just of goofy shots of me in front of odd signs or eating donuts in the parking lot) certainly brings out inquisitive folks (and cops)…
A Friday morning breakfast picnic at sunrise….nothing beats that
The Friday evening nightcap at Rooster’s….now let’s see here, hmmmm….donut in the morning then a cheeseburger, pulled pork nachos, and a cold beer tonight. No wonder I’ve got a gut ache and my tonnage-loss program has been significantly compromised.
The Fellowship-Flee-Fishing Daily Cap(s) (152)
Fellowship: these guys all came together from the other side of the pond looking for a hand-out…and didn’t get one from me
Flee: a Blue Heron stretches out of the water to escape my approach….
Fishing: I just like this guy’s attitude (ease into the morning with some fishing solitude) and style (never let your lines cross)….
The Wet Daily Cap(s) (151)
A Japanese Maple…after the storm
The storm a cometh….
Another look at the Japanese Maple…after the rain
Oh the things one will sit and wait for….(and take about 300 pictures just to get one you will keep)
A storm front is always impressive….
The Backyard Daily Cap(s) (150)
I proudly have the first Crapemyrtle in the neighborhood that’s in full bloom (not that I’m being boastful or anything)
This guy was chirping up a storm (literally…we have thunderstorms headed our way tonight)…here he does a tuck-and-dive towards the ground….
Pre-storm clouds moving in….
The Ew-Ah-What Daily Cap(s) (143)
Ew: A Blue Heron flies towards the rising sun – what a wonderful way to start your morning
Ah: I agree with the Heron – this is a great start to the morning
What: Everyone should have a John Deere on the ground, mounted on the wall, and one for the roof…I really wanted to go knock on this guy’s door just to visit with such an obvious personality, but didn’t. But I know where he lives!
The Zoey+More Down By the Lake Daily Cap(s) (134)
Zoey: This would by the goofy Princess Zoey, Scottie #2 owning the house (or at least the easy chair). She sleeps like this often….
More: Rudbeckia down by the lake
More: Thistle, down by the lake
More: another Rudbeckia (down by the lake)….
More: I’m not sure what this is…yet…down by the lake
More: being bugged…down by the lake (a couple chiggers were had for these pics)
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 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 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 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 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 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
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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?