A few months ago on a quick trip to Abilene, Texas, we stopped at a roadside park as nature called. The park was landscaped nicely so, while waiting, I grabbed my camera.
I am not sure what variety of flower this is but the sun shining through the petals made a nice shot.
Photographed Near Abilene, Texas 2019.07.06
Most days at lunch, I take a walk around the neighborhood. Partially for exercise and partially for photos. Sometimes I find a photo here and there that I have not seen before, even though my path is generally the same.
The sun was hitting this prickly pear just right to make in look intimidating. I remember as a kid getting stuck with these things. Not fun!
Photographed: Plano, Texas 2018.01.22
Living in the city has it’s advantages, except for traffic, and skylines among a few other things.
I have to be selective when I take pictures of a nice sunrise or sunset to avoid all the other stuff around. It takes about an hour to drive somewhere else to see the horizon.
But sometimes…
Photographed: Plano, Texas 2018.10.22
It seems like I tend to take a lot of pictures of flowers. This is no exception. As I was sitting on the back porch one Saturday afternoon, the sun was shining through the back of this Hibiscus flower.
It may make it to a printed photo one of these days!
Most days I take a walk around the neighborhood and most days I carry some type of camera, be it phone or DSLR.
This little flower caught my eye and of course my camera!
Photographed: Plano, Texas 2017.04.10
Earlier in the spring we took a quick trip to East Texas. Coming back home we crossed Lake Tawakoni.
Before we crossed there was a little park, but coming out on the road I couldn’t pass up this shot.
Its a good thing they put this bridge here. Where else would they put all those signs?
Also, does the water curve underneath a bridge or is this an optical illusion?
Anyone that has lived in Texas for a while, knows that it gets hot in the summer. A nice shade tree is always a welcome site to park below. However I am not sure this will qualify.
This was taken near Broken Bow Oklahoma. It gets hot there too!
I took this picture a few weeks ago of a Peace Lily on our back porch. I’m trying my hand at selective soft focus. Abstract if you will.
I took this picture from the glass door in our living room of my 95 year old Mother-in-Law creating her art work. She has a creative side and can arrange flowers like they came from a florist.
If you have read my bio on this site, you will see a blurb about my Mother-in-Law who lives with us.
She has a creative side as well. The other day I saw her in the back yard by our Magnolia tree doing her daily walk but didn’t think much about it. I went for a walk and noticed this on one of our patio tables.
These are the spent Magnolia flowers from the tree and one of my gloves.
The next day she had four more patterns, but I didn’t get the shot before she gathered them up and threw them in the refuse bag.
Photos by Pody 