Walker Ranch Historic Landmark Park, Across the Salado Creek pedestrian bridge, halfway around the Meadow Loop Trail with a return
along the Panther Springs Creek trail
Today's photos:
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Walking Into 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Walker Ranch Historic Landmark Park, Across the Salado Creek pedestrian bridge, halfway around the Meadow Loop Trail with a return
along the Panther Springs Creek trail
Today's photos:
Today's walk was a very good beginning for the year. I didn't take as many photos as I otherwise would have given the cold, damp, overcast weather, but this set of photos is a very effective representation of the experience.
Walker Ranch Historic Landmark Park, Across the Salado Creek pedestrian bridge, halfway around the Meadow Loop Trail with a return
along the Panther Springs Creek trail
Today's photos:
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Light of the Winter Solstice Sky
Friday, December 21, 2012
Salado Creek Greenway, Oakwell Trailhead downstream
Today's photos:
If sunflowers are an effective symbol of the summer solstice, then bare tree limbs are probably as effective a symbol for the winter solstice that one will encounter in South Texas. With that in mind, I drove to the Oakwell Trailhead on the Salado Creek Greenway knowing I would find an abundance of photogenic bare trees.
As I began to walk along the trail, the winter sky quickly attracted my attention. It drew me ever deeper into its embrace, guiding me along as I slowly began to realize where it was leading me.
A mourning dove, a red-shouldered hawk and a crested caracara (a.k.a. Mexican eagle) watched intently as the sky tightened its grip on my attention.
I was astonished to find, in the end, the sky had drawn me all the way to the moon…
Salado Creek Greenway, Oakwell Trailhead downstream
Today's photos:
As I began to walk along the trail, the winter sky quickly attracted my attention. It drew me ever deeper into its embrace, guiding me along as I slowly began to realize where it was leading me.
A mourning dove, a red-shouldered hawk and a crested caracara (a.k.a. Mexican eagle) watched intently as the sky tightened its grip on my attention.
I was astonished to find, in the end, the sky had drawn me all the way to the moon…
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Autumn in South Texas
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Other than Lost Maples State Natural Area, South Texas isn't known for colorful fall foliage. However, some years in some locations the golden-yellow of the fall elm and the reds of the red oak and flaming sumac can be quite spectacular. The bright orange berries of yaupon and red berries of possumhaw provide an additional burst of color.
The Salado Creek Greenway North, Creekbed Trail* is one of the areas that is a color binge right now. These photos were taken on my walk yesterday. They include in the order I encountered them: red oak, flameleaf sumac and possumhaw. There was also some beautiful golden fall elm, but I couldn't find an angle to get good photos of them.
Other than Lost Maples State Natural Area, South Texas isn't known for colorful fall foliage. However, some years in some locations the golden-yellow of the fall elm and the reds of the red oak and flaming sumac can be quite spectacular. The bright orange berries of yaupon and red berries of possumhaw provide an additional burst of color.
The Salado Creek Greenway North, Creekbed Trail* is one of the areas that is a color binge right now. These photos were taken on my walk yesterday. They include in the order I encountered them: red oak, flameleaf sumac and possumhaw. There was also some beautiful golden fall elm, but I couldn't find an angle to get good photos of them.
* A note of caution to anyone walking the natural surface trails of the creekways: insect repellent is highly recommended. The mosquitos are also quite abundant now and tend to be more a problem closer to the actual creek beds than to the paved greenway trails.
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