Thursday, December 27, 2012
Here in San Antonio, today has been a grey, overcast day, much cooler than forecast. As a matter of fact, the high temperature was about five degrees cooler today than yesterday.
Monday (December 24), when I walked the Eagleland Reach of the San Antonio River, the cold front had not yet arrived. It was a bright, sunny, warm afternoon. This is the remainder of the photos from that walk.
The mockingbird tried to steal the show (as mockingbirds frequently try to do), but it's difficult to upstage a great egret:
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
San Antonio Botanical Garden, Texas Native Trail once around the pond
Today's photos:
There was much to see and photograph today at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, especially along the section of the Texas Native Trail (pdf map link) that circles the pond. This particular section of the trail emphasizes the plants of the East Texas Pineywoods region.
I would like to have had more time to spend walking today, but physical therapy for my shoulder took priority. As can be seen in the photographs, there is much more to the Botanical Gardens than just plants.
So that there is no confusion, the butterfly in the first photograph of the series is a Queen butterfly. It is one of at least a couple of butterfly species that closely mimic the appearance of the Monarch butterfly.
