Comanche Lookout Park, Lower Elevations, Semmes Library to Fox Run Elementary School and Back

Today's photos:

Comanche Lookout Park is best known for its hill that has the fourth highest elevation in Bexar County. On my walk Wednesday, June 22, I followed the trails on the east side of the park up to the peak. Today I stayed to the west side of the park below the hill.

Photographically, my eye seemed to be especially attracted to textures today. The flowers that are in bloom may have had something to do with that.  The Texas purple sage (which actually isn't a salvia) was especially prolific. It is now commonly used in landscaping, but is a native wild shrub. It is, in fact, the official native shrub of Texas.*

I will mention that the weather has been perfect for nature walks for the last week or so and it looks like it will continue that way for awhile. Most importantly, it also looks like the overall weather pattern is shifting and we have a good chance of getting some Pacific storm systems tracking across the area this month. That would be a most welcome change.

* In 1997, the Texas Legislature, much to the consternation of native plant enthusiasts, named the crepe myrtle as the official shrub of Texas, but left the purple sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) as the official native shrub.