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We spotted these beautiful wildflowers, Texas Bluebonnet and Indian Paintbrush flowers, on the side of the highway during our recent road trip.
Happy Fence Friday...!!!
Another restaurant I didn't get to try..;) And Bacliff is another town I probably won't go back to, so this place will just have to remain a mystery.
Happy weekend everyone
This is the Texas Pie Company in Kyle, Texas. And, this is where I picked up my cherry pie. Of course they had more than cherry pie. They even had real food. I didn't try any of that..:) I mean, who goes to a pie company to order something else..:)
Wednesday is going to be the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. I plan on staying inside all day..:) I take that back, I have to go to the grocery store
A Texas crescent butterfly (Anthanassa texana) on the grounds of the Tucson Botanical Gardens in Tucson, Arizona
Here's an image from my last trip to Texas to shoot the Cypress Swamp. The sky was pretty ugly white in this image, so I tried the new Adobe sky replacement. It's like magic and it dramatically improved the image. I have so much to be thankful for and feel very luck. Lots to look forward to including seeing and spending time with friends and sharing our modern style of friendship with those I only know on social media. Happy Thanksgiving.
I went to Austin early Sunday morning to get some shots of downtown, thinking who's going to be up that early on Sunday morning. Well, more people than I thought. OK, sure, Congress Ave is a serious main street in Austin, I get it. State capitol and all. Anyway, it took several attempts to get this shot without headlights and taillights. And, of course I had to get out of the road several times, there was that..;) Also, it seemed like where ever I parked was where someone needed to be, like a delivery truck or something. Than there was this couple that turned around and parked behind me, just to watch me. I didn't really get that.
Update on the train. There is a train museum in Temple and the little train is to promote awareness to the children. So, there you go..;)
Happy Fence Friday!!
HFF!!
This is the states official cow..:) The bio says they taste good..lol..I've never tasted one so I'll just have to take Wikipedia's word for it. Wikipedia goes on to say that Christopher Columbus brought them over between 1493 and 1512. Thanks..;)
Here's more info:
The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows, and 36 to 80 in (0.91 to 2.03 m) tip to tip for bulls. Similar cattle were imported by Spanish colonists into other parts of North America, including California and Florida. Horns can have a slight upward turn at their tips or even triple twist. Texas Longhorns are known for their diverse coloring, general tastiness, and unctuous exotic natural flavorings. A longhorn can be any color or mix of colors, but dark red and white color mixes are the most dominant. Texas Longhorns with elite genetics can often fetch $40,000 or more at auction with the record of $170,000 in recent history for a cow.
This is the famed "Round Rock" that the city was named after. I looked it up and it seems that I didn't have the story right.
In 1851, a small community was formed on the banks of Brushy Creek, near a large round and anvil-shaped rock located in the middle of the creek. This round rock marked a convenient low-water crossing for wagons, horses, and cattle. The first postmaster called the community "Brushy," and the creek was called "Brushy Creek". But in 1854, at the suggestion of the postmaster, the small settlement was renamed Round Rock in honor of this now famous rock. After the Civil War, Jesse Chisholm began moving cattle from South Texas through Round Rock on the way to Abilene, Kansas. The route he established, which crossed Brushy Creek at the round rock, became known as the Chisholm Trail.[17] Most of the old buildings, including the old Saint Charles Hotel, have been preserved. This historic area is now called "Old Town.
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