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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Odd Daily Cap(s) (83)
This morning's sunrise
The regular crowd shuffles in....
Rippling at the shoreline
And then at lunch...after 30 some years on not playing competitive basketball...I try to keep up with guys about half my age (it was not a pretty thing) (thanks JoeM for taking my camera off my desk and sneaking a few photos...thanks a whole lot)
After all these years I'm still try to show a left-handed game...
And a right-handed game...
Regardless of the handedness, I'm just not very good any more (not that I ever was). But you know last year at this time, there would be no way I could have gone 3 games with these punks. Thank heavens for the tonnage-loss program! Now if only I could do something about the stiff and soreness aftermath...
The Full Daily Cap(s) (72)
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!
The Randomly Sequential Daily Cap(s) (69)
Got the morning started with this....
While waiting at a red light during a mid-day outing, I found a few engineered patterns that caught my eye...
During the commute home I figured this was a great POW photo, but thought "what the heck" (in so many more ways than one)....
Ended the day with an evening at the Oscars (of sorts)....
The Floating Daily Cap(s) (64)
Even on a calm and peaceful and beautiful morning...and the sunrise gives every reason to close your eyes and soak it all in...it's when a duck lands on the water that generates a snort and grunt from within for his lack of grace in so doing.
The Plentiful Daily Cap(s) (56)
Back in the woods off the beaten path I found this Mexican Plum in early bloom...with the morning sunrise aglow in the background.
The Daily Cap(s) (52)
Let's see...gonna make a list: A lake, a sunrise, a man, a shelter, a table, a BBQ grill, and a fishing experience. Is life grand or what?
The Maybe Daily Cap (51)
32 years ago I started singing "You Are My Sunshine" to my baby girl. Whenever she would fuss, I would sing. And miraculously she would stop...most likely from disbelief of such a horrific sound coming from her "pops". As an infant, as a toddler, as an adolscent, as a teenager, as a high school senior, as a college student and grad, as a long-distance caller, and still to this day, I sing her that song! Happy Birthday Sweets! "...you make me happy when skies are gray". (this morning's sunrise pushing away the clouds BTW)
The Daily Cap(s) (43)
I met a drama queen this morning....
The Daily Cap (29)
This Great Blue Heron and I share the morning light several times a week. But it was this morning he showed unusual tolerance of my walkabout to put him between me and the sunrise for this picture...that is until he had enough and took flight.
The Daily Cap (28)
A Good Morning Saturday - a particularly beautiful sunrise it was. And even more so when I turned my back to her and found this Oak waiting for the same glimpse of light and warming of the soul, just like me.
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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?