Friday, August 3, 2012
Eisenhower Park, Cedar Flats > Upper Shady Creek > Hillside Trails
Today's photos:
The effects of the continuing drought are very apparent at Eisenhower Park right now. We have had a fairly wet year since December, but we need a lot more rain to make up for the lack of rain the previous year.
A surprising number (at least to me) of the junipers have died in the past year. Many of the larger deciduous trees are clearly stressed. On the other hand, much of the understory and ground cover vegetation is doing quite well.
I found myself taking a variety of photos as I walked along the trails. The impact of the drought could easily have been the theme for today's post, but in the editing this evening, once again the photos of the little things I encountered particularly stood out.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Eisenhower Park, Cedar Flats > Live Oak > Hillside (south) Trails
Today's photos:
Monday night and Tuesday morning the sky opened up releasing a deluge of rain, officially 4.01 inches worth to be exact. May is normally the third wettest month of the year in Bexar County. On top of the previous rain this month, as occasionally happens here in South Texas, we received an entire month's worth of rain in less than twenty-four hours.
Rather than beginning the new While on a Walk year along the Salado Creek as I had been planning, I decided it would be better to walk today at Eisenhower Park. This park is on high ground that drains fairly quickly. It is essentially the side of a very large hill. And I hadn't yet walked the south portion of the Hillside Trail in the park.
I passed up several gazillion photo opportunities.
I really did.
But, I still ended up with way more than enough photos for one post. So, the torrent of nature photographs continues…
