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 Dances With Turkeys Daily Cap(s) (100)
I know…you guys are probably getting tired of all the turkey pictures, but this morning these two, I swear, were dancing for me. It’s probably the same two that were singing for me a couple days ago. Regardless, let it be known here and now that anyone who dances for me will at least get the top Limeyfish post-a-day billing. So if you can, please enjoy the series of 12 consecutive pictures of these two Tom’s strutting their stuff in a manly way just for me. It was definitely their defining stage moment; their showtime and time to show; their song and dance for anyone willing to pause a moment and watch; their foggy morning romancing of the hens. It had to have been…I just know it! I am much too aware that of the age, looks, and disposition of yours truly, it certainly does not warrant any kind of courtship…even one from one turkey (or two) to another turkey.
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The By-Gully Daily Cap(s) (99)
Clouds obscured the Easter sunrise this morning so instead I listen to some Vivaldi /Mozart and watched the gulls fish. (sorry for the dark photos and blurriness y'all - it was much too early this morning to expect the head to have all the shuttering worked out beforehand)
Successful fishing venture on this dive...
Trying to get back in the air after a dive-bomb...and with a load
Persistance and perseverance pays off...
Synchronized attack formation...what an enjoyable strategy to watch....
The Wading Daily Cap (98)
I guy didn't take into account the size the boat wake would make....
2 guys fishing, 3 guys coaching....seems almost political
Sitting on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away....
The web is everywhere...
The Lake Daily Cap(s) (97)
Is it...a family that fishes together, stays together (despite the smell)?
Is it...the family with the most (and biggest) poles, catch the most fish (or at least look the best in not doing so)?
New foliage on an immature Honeylocust catches the last bit of setting sun
Looky here who's on the run from me...my turkey buddy (or perhaps he is my buddy that's a turkey)
You know they know who I am (or have seen me enough times) when they stop 30 yards from my truck and sing (gobble) a duet for me. That was pretty cool despite them being just a bit "pitchy".
The Woodsy Daily Cap(s) (95)
Wish I knew my butterflies...they sure can be purdy
Winecups are always hard for me to photograph....
Still looking for my Texas Wildflowers ID books...can I get a little help here?.
A weathered old Bois d'Arc fence post...and a much newer post hold up a rusty 5-strand barbed wire fence
The New Park Daily Cap(s) (94)
At the newly opened area at the local Corps park, I watched this guy, on a sliver of land, catch a fish...
and then he caught another....
and for the love of stink bait, he went and caught himself another (3 fish, 10 minutes - kind of makes a guy want to grab a pole and start fishing himself)
and then I found my old buddies checking out the new area of the park....
all puffed up and showing off...for me?
Struttin' his stuff...
Most will overlook the weedy looking flowers, I try not to hurry through the day so quick...now where did I put my Texas Wildflower books?
The Butter Flying Daily Cap(s) (93)
You'd think he was watching 'Shakespeare in the Park" or something
Relaxed on an abundance of blossoms
Checking out all of the Chinese Photinia
Looks like he's about to jump on unsuspecting photographers below....
The 88˚ and Sun(day) Daily Cap(s) (92)
88˚ and Sun(day)...and pushing the limits of your boundaries
88˚ and Sun(day)...and Indian Paintbrush responding....
88˚ and Sun(day)...and big boats and catching a few rays where you can
88˚ and Sun(day)...and half nakedness on boats partying on the lake (and for a reason that only beer and sunshine could probably explain, the one guy in the red cap has a toy gun holstered to his leg)
88˚ and Sun(day)...and that probably has little to do with this Superman casting technique
88˚ and Sun(day)...and my backyard Sour Cherry Tree in bloom
88˚and Sun(day)...one week from Easter, and the Royal Scotties are still fashionably wearing black
The Nightmare Daily Cap(s) (90)
Have I ever mentioned that next to tornadoes, I like snakes best?
The guy I was with today had a golf club shaft and used it to poke at these creatures of questionable value (that is a strictly a personal commentary on my part...although don't try to argue differently with me please - you will not convince me otherwise)...like he wanted me to start screaming and see how fleet-of-foot this big ol' boy is when hightailing it.
My next design project involves dealing with the habitat of these "nasty disposition black water snakes - I say they are Diamoondback Water Snakes - with non-venomous bites" (did I say "bites"? Oh geez). It seems I have been challenged with re-designing a City park boardwalk that traverses over this snake pit/beaver dam. It will require additional field investigation, which in turn will involve countless hours of insomnia, sudden night time awakenings with sheet-soaking sweats, and Indiana Jones type of fear-facing. Am I getting paid enough?
The Mushy Daily Cap(s) (89)
It's what I call a "mush" sunrise...low clouds, haze, fog, and probably ozone make for all the morning colors kind of mush together. Some days you have to really work at seeing (and appreciating) the beauty in what's given. I like "mushy" sunrises.
This Jake has been out gobbling solo the past couple of mornings. That's a pretty sure bet (the) Tom isn't ready to give up his rule around these woods just yet. So I'm guessing young Jake's life is kind of "mushy" right now. Yet he still manages to offer up a colorful pose along the cool-looking tree line.
The I’ve-Seen-Things Daily Cap(s) (87)
Oh the things you see when at a complete stop in morning rush hour traffic (besides a nice sunrise)
Oh the things you see in the cultural "public restroom" at the brand spanking newly opened Walmart (pretty swank hallway if you ask me)
Oh the things you can see if you let your vision get a little bit cloudy sometimes...even if it's just for a wee bit of time till you get your focus back
Oh the things you see walking along the boggy side of a creek when you're not so dang concerned about water mocassins or copperheads.
The Botanical Daily Cap(s) (86)
From an evening stroll at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens: a sugar maple fruit
By any other name....
Saw few birds, but plenty of bees
A favorite tree of mine in bloom (Texas Buckeye)...does it look like a bunny sticking its tongue out to any one else?
A little bit of old, a little bit of new....
Reaching for the last of the day's sunlight...
The Foggy Daily Cap(s) (85)
When fishing gets rude, I wonder what fishermen say to each other when a trolling motor crosses much too close? "Hey, it's a big lake here guys!"
A foggy sunrise
With a glorious sunrise, cool temps, and a banded fog like this...well...doesn't it kinda makes you want to run through it with your arms flailing overhead and babbling incoherently? Or is it just me?
Now this exhibit of concentration was about as educational as it was entertaining, and as it was comical. Four males blindly chasing the female...I couldn't tell whether she enjoyed the attention or feared it. Ahhh spring is in the air!
My Zoe-Bird...The Royal Princess Zoey will always strike a great pose for me.
The Fisherman Daily Cap(s) (84)
Wonder what the morning conversation was..."whadda mean you didn't bring the donuts?"
Fishing for fish so they can go fishing (why do I like to watch these guys do this...and end up saying the same thing over and over again?)
With all the rain of late, the fishing pier has also become the wading pier.
The hope and wishes of youth is bound to bring a smile to your face, right?
Oh the lengths fisherman will go to just to catch a fish. Poles in a bucket on a submerged picnic table, pole on the bank, and of course in order to let the little boy in each of us (men) out, ya gotta have one in hand so you can wade out in waist deep water for the cast
But they always get an enviable great show first thing in the morning....
The Setting Sun Daily Cap(s) (82)
Rather odd clouds over downtown Fort Worth tonight
Cool cloud layering over Alliance Airport tonight
The horizon aglow south of Denton tonight
The last glimpse of sunlight at the University of North Texas campus tonight
The Springing Daily Cap(s) (81)
An early spring, an early rose
Here come the perennials and wildflowers (Black-eyed Susan with arthritic looking petals)
Taking a guess that this is a lovely Prairie Coneflower counts as knowing, right?
Crimson and clover...over and over
Check out the fuzzy Bluebonnets behind these...these...Black-eyed Susans
Last year's Buckeye fruit shell...with this year's blossom way in the back
This year's Buckeye fruit is forming...
What would a Daily Cap picture set be without a bird picture...a one-leg-longer-than-the-other bird picture (this Mockingbird stands all crooked in a Chinkapin Oak that's just about done flowering)
The Birding Daily Cap(s) (80)
Best I can tell, this is a Northern Flicker (woodpecker). More specifically, I think its the Yellow-shafted Flicker...you know, the male Yellow-shafted Flicker with the red splotch on the back of the neck and the way-cool mustache.
This is one of my "if only" photos. "If only" the focus were better on this Bluebird in flight....
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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."
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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
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