Bluebonnets are in full bloom in Central Texas

Broomweed (Amphiachyris dracunculoides) with tall goldenrod (Solidago altissima) against cloudy prairie sky

Helianthus praecox

First Wild Flower in Central Texas

Cold Morning at the stock tank

Clematis seed head close up

Gulf Frittilary in my garden sunning on ferns.

Wild onions are one of the first wildflowers to bloom in Texas. Generally they are considered weed for most people.

I'm writing a little plant book for park interpreters. This is the photo I'm using for the overall view.

This flower is actually 1 cm in diameter aka Common Wire Weed, Broomweed or Teaweed.

A common weed here in Texas. I love weeds they help our pollinators. Normally this would have been cut down or killed with weed eater, but the hubs is traveling for work a lot. # In TX the grass is dead so the weeds in some areas are pushing through.

A Texas Native Plant that flowers profusely in early Spring

Fruit of the hackberry tree(Celtis occidentalis) in the rain

One of my favorite things is to wander through fields and meadows but here in Texas it is risky business. This day I got mixed up in prickly pear and spanish bayonets, all the while keeping an eye out for snakes and skunks.

Blue Jay on my feeder.

One of the earliest Spring wildflowers. Oxalis violacea Now blooming Feb. 2023.

(Lupinus texensis) the first TX Bluebonnet of 2022

Finches kept the view...

Goldfinch on my feeder. Jan. 2021

Underside of Giant Swallowtail I raised in 2017 on Caelsepinia. Papilio cresphontes

Cutleaf Groundsel Packera tampicana blooming in Bates Allen Park. Kendelton, Texas southwest of Houston. Mar. 2023.

Worth Ranch Flora

A Cardinal and a Sparrow on one of my feeders in my backyard. Houston, Texas. Jan. 2023.

On one of my bird feeders. Houston, Texas. May 2023

A Texan Crescent Anthanassa texana seen in Goliad State Park in Texas. May 2023

Usually called Agarita Bush in my neighborhood. This is an Indestructible native that frequently finds its way to city lawns.

Clasping coneflower (Dracopis amplexicaulis) against sunset

Milky way over a field of Texas bluebonnets

I just got a Panasonic Lumix ZS7 pocket camera to play with. This photo of Icicle Cholla is one of the first photos I got using it. The Leica optics of this camera are nothing short of amazing!

The plant is uncommon to rare in Texas, but exists in very small colonies in Brewster County where I live. It's a beautiful plant, but the slightest touch of one of these spine's tips will result in the silvery sheath coming loose and attaching itself firmly to your skin.Like we say to children, "look but don't touch!"

Total solar eclipse over field of Texas Bluebonnets (lupinus texensis). Three photographs used ina composite image.

Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae on Caelsepinia flowers. In my garden. Caesalpinia pulcherrima 2022

Sandyland Bluebonnet Lupinus subcarnosus near Simonton, west of Houston, Texas. Wildflower road trip, Mar. 2023

Monarch on Lantana. Houston, Texas. Sept. 2021

Honey Mesquite Tree Prosopis glandulosa, a member of the Pea Family in Bates Allen Park, Kendelton, Texas in Fort Bend county.

Livestock like to eat the sweet seed pods.

Melothria Pendula

Texas Dandelion, false dandelion or carolina desert-chicory (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus)

Blue Larkspur Delphinium carolinianum in Bates Allen Park, Kendelton, Texas. Fort Bend County. A deadly beauty, all parts of Blue Larkspur are toxic. Ranchers have lost livestock from this in the pasture. Mar. 2023.

Giant Swallowtail butterfly Papilio cresphontes sunning in my garden. April 2021.

Lemon bee balm (Monarda citriodora) is part of the Prairie restoration project

Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus on Pink Lantana in my garden. Aug. 2021

flower of prairie false foxglove (Agalinis heterophylla) against bright sky

Horace's Duskywing Erynnis horatius on Lantana in my garden. Houston, texas

Golden Fronted Woodpecker on one of my feeders. Considered rare in East Texas. Houston Jan. 20, 2021

Lower Rio Grande Valley Barrel Cactus.

I just got a Lumix ZS7 pocket camera to play with. This is one of the first photos I got using it.

One of my favorite birds visiting one of my feeders in my backyard. Spring 2022.

wild ground cherry

common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

11/13/18

National Butterfly Center,

Mission, Texas

A color variety of Blue-Eyed Grass Sisyrinchium exile. The petals are more slender and pointed. The eye in the center is yellow and green with a dark red edge. I'm delighted to find this in my garden as the little flowers look like little stars sprinkled over the grass. April 2022.