One of the highlights of my hiking trip to Scotland was to be the Old Man of Storr on the Isle of Skye. The “Old Man” of Storr refers to pinnacles of rock near a massive cliff formation “the Storr”. This feature is one of the major tourist attractions on Skye, and for good reason.… Read More The Old Man of Storr
When I was in Cairngorms hiking, I had a plan each day for where I wanted to be when the sun either rose or set. That didn’t always work out as you can tell if you read my previous blog post about Craigellachie. Having never been there before, I mainly relied on research for this… Read More Sunset and Sunrise Over Lochs
I did a lot of hikes in the Cairngorms. I generally picked a morning hike around sunrise and a late afternoon hike before sunset. During the middle of the day, I generally did something easy. With this blog I am writing about two hikes on one particular day. My morning goal was to hike to… Read More Craigellachie and Creag Bheag
For a long time, I have wanted to go hiking in Scotland. It has been at the top of my list for years. I would have gone in 2024 if the Svalbard trip hadn’t come up. Last year brought a lot to deal with, but this year I put it on the calendar and planned… Read More Bagging My First Munro
I predicted reasonably good chance of a beautiful sunrise for Sunday morning and I had nothing better to do so I planned on being at a specific overlook out at the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge for the pre-sunrise color show. I have been to this overlook many times before and tried to capture nice… Read More September Sunrise
Ospreys are a close relative of hawks and are sometimes called fish-hawks. They almost exclusively hunt and eat fish, rarely being seen very far from a waterway. Many of the sources I have read suggests that they don’t live in central Texas, or that they just migrate through and are mainly in Texas during the… Read More Ospreys
It’s that time of year that I can take off hiking after work and have plenty of time before it gets dark with the sun not setting until well after 8:00PM. I don’t so much love the heat of summer but the long days give you opportunity to get things done. So, off I went… Read More Afternoon Scenes from the Wildlife Refuge
I have a planter in my backyard that holds 3 cubic yards of soil. I put it there to grow some vegetables a couple of years ago but I was very unsuccessful with that venture. This year in February I threw three bags of wildflower seeds and a sack of compost into it to see… Read More Backyard Wildlife
Being a bored person with a camera on a holiday Monday morning, I headed down to the fish hatchery to find birds to shoot. The birds love to hang out here for one reason or another and they are easy to find and photograph. Most of the birds are relatively tolerant of people as well,… Read More Scenes at the Fish Hatchery
I went to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area last Sunday for a walk. Much to my delight, the place was covered with wildflowers. So, I have some photos of the wildflowers among the granite to display. These were all shot hand-held on a very cloudy morning, while hiking up the rock dome. The photo below… Read More The Wildflowers of Enchanted Rock
