This morning – Mother’s Day – my day lilies bloomed. They hadn’t done that in a few years…
2013 marks 15 years without me getting to call her on this day, or any other day for that matter…
Moms do love flowers. My mom was no exception. I take comfort knowing she still has a way of saying “hello” even after all these years.
I’m all for everyone having a Spring-blooming, perennial flower planted somewhere in the yard…just for Mom. It is a happy Mother’s Day today.
My backyard Sour Cherry Tree (and not another pollinator anywhere close that I know of)
Sneaking a picture of neighbor’s Daylily (this took some “stealth photography” exercises in order not to alert the yappy dogs of my encroachment)
Petunias greet the postman every Spring day next door…
I’ve had these Spiderlilies at my front door for many years, although the blooms get less each year as my trees give too much shade (a Jamaican gardener I once knew called these “Trashy Ladies”…he had his reasons and I’ll leave it at that)
Why is it a rose – or that by any other name – poses such a photographic challenge for me…every blooming time?
Petunias-a-plenty
A Clematis twines the neighbor’s mailbox
Spent roses (Hey! Now these are roses I can photograph!)
Just about to burst open to delight all that take notice….
A neighbor practicing his own version of a rooftop garden…apparently
Hang on while I look this up (I really should know it without having to do that)
The neighbor-down-the-street’s Prickly Pear is showing a spring awakening
The fish must be “runnin’”! By my count (and mental math) this is nearly 3.2 poles per fisherman…all within arm’s reach or a few steps from each other.
Went for a walk with the Princess Zoey this morning (as usual)…she gave me a somewhat classic Scottie silhouette pose (not like usual)
This is not supposed to be happening this early in the year….
But it’s kind of purdy….
And The Princess doesn’t mind the pleasant weather each morning…..
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....
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
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
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...
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 leaves on this Post Oak are emerging early this year.
These coots (ducks) even peck in formation....
Tired of Spring Flowers yet????
Good Monday morning
A fishing morning this morning....
Patient fishing this morning....
Here come the weedy-looking spring wildflowers...
I think I remember my Grandma having these in the farm yard....
Fort Worth Japanese Gardens in bloom
Fort Worth Japanese Gardens in bloom
Fort Worth Japanese Gardens in bloom
A Japanese Maple at the Fort Worth Japanese Gardens
A Japanese Maple at the Fort Worth Japanese Gardens
Took the day off and spent it with the FD (Favorite Daughter) - beautiful day...we had a blast
After today, we feel the same way kiddo!
Anyone want to venture a guess on what are these North Texas spring bloomers? Hint: they all are small trees/large shrubs…and taken nearly two weeks ago (so they’re done blooming now).
Rain drop about to drop out of my Mexican Plum
Looking up, from under....
Huddled up - a cold front was coming
A soft start to the morning
A place for nesting...but presently witout eggs.
Back in the woods off the beaten path I found this Mexican Plum in early bloom...with the morning sunrise aglow in the background.
Spring already? Tell me it's not so. I'm not done wearing warm cool jackets yet. Some gut feeling tells me these guys are gonna get caught without a blanket one more time this winter, and they will get hurt. I guess the macro len/filter stuff needs dug out the back of the closet, huh? (Callery Pear, BTW)
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