I went hiking out at the wildlife refuge and I wasn’t expecting much besides a nice hike. It’s too early in the year for the long grasses to take on their golden color which looks so nice in the afternoon sun and I figured that the wildflowers had all come and gone. So, to keep… Read More Unexpected Wildflowers
It was my last afternoon in Yellowknife and it was cloudy, misty, and wet outside. I was thinking: “When I am ever going to be Yellowknife again? I need to get out and do something.” I found the Prelude Lake Natural Trail on the map and it was not too far away, promised a nice… Read More Slippery Hike at Prelude Lake
For each of my daughters’ graduation presents, I took them on a trip. With my oldest daughter, we went to Yellowstone National Park in 2019. My youngest daughter graduated in 2021 and we didn’t plan a trip because of pandemic concerns and because I was in the process of selling my house and buying another,… Read More Going Way Up North
I reserved a day-pass for Colorado Bend State Park for Sunday morning and planned to get out there early before it got too hot. For some reason I was wide awake by 4:30AM on Sunday morning, and decided that I might as well get an early start as it is an hour and half’s drive… Read More Wildlife Hike
I went on another summer afternoon hike at my favorite wildlife refuge, I didn’t have a particular plan other than to shoot some photos even if they weren’t good. The wildlife refuge is very dry this time of year, the wildflowers are gone, the creek isn’t flowing, and there are few people out there. I… Read More Silhouette or No Silhouette?
Saturday evening, August 12, there was a night sky event at Lost Maple State Natural Area west of San Antonio. Lost Maples is a rather remote park and thus has little light pollution at night and is a wonderful place to view the night sky. And, there was much to enjoy in the night sky… Read More Night Sky at Lost Maples State Natural Area
It’s been super hot since mid-June, which is basically what summer is here. I find the heat very demotivating when it comes to getting out hiking and shooting photos, but I had had enough demotivation and late Monday afternoon I went for a hike at the wildlife refuge. And as usual, I found that the… Read More 35mm and Hot
It was Saturday morning and I was awake around 5:00AM; I hate to sleep late and waste the day. Anyway, I knew the sun would rise at about 6:30AM and it was a little cloudy so I grabbed my backpack and a mug of coffee and headed for the wildlife refuge to see if I… Read More Sunrise Over a Creek and Wildflowers
A couple of weeks ago I spent an afternoon hiking around Colorado Bend State Park and am just getting to my photos. It had been raining quite a bit and I was hoping that Gorman Falls would really be flowing. So, my first hike was down to the falls. The hike from the parking area… Read More Afternoon at Colorado Bend State Park
After a glorious sunrise, we traveled about the park seeing a few more overlooks and looking for more wildlife. I wasn’t happy with my photos from the first overlook and didn’t post any here. At another stop we made looking for wildlife, I became more interested in the way the road looked going off into… Read More Some Autumn Color in April
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