Saturday evening

Okay I was bored this evening.

My husband was watching football and being grouchy and my son was running around telling me he did not poo in his pants, when in reality he did!! I more or less was thinking of that old commercial Calgon take me away...but instead I decided to take the camera and run away outside, lol...and here are the results...

South Texas Sunset!!

Water droplets on a Black and Yellow Argiope spider....pretty close and pretty HUGE spider!! She didn't bounce in her web on me this time, YEA!! She's got babies all over the place and her boyfriend/husband was visiting her this morning...but he wasn't there this evening, OOPS!!

A water droplet on a branch...reflecting the house! I thought it was pretty cool!!

Okay so it's not the greatest photo!! But I did get one!! I got several but this was the best out of the bunch, that if you blew it up you could still see it, lol...anyways it is a Yellow-Billed Cuckoo...I have been trying for the last few months to get a photo of one...They fly around here all the time but are pretty shy. This evening I had a lot of birds in the Pecan tree out back, I wondered what was going on...and then I saw the web worms in the tree...The birds were eating dinner!! There were 2 Cuckoos, a bunch of cardinals and chickadees (ekk sounds like a Christmas Carol, lol)....I so want a bigger, badder, better camera to take photos of the birds but since this camera isn't even a year old I don't see that happening for awhile...ah well I will keep trying!!

Now you can really tell I was bored...this is the center of one of my Aloe plants!!

A water droplet on a boganvilla leaf...

Peek a Boo...it's a spider watching me from under a leaf...look at his hairy legs!! So cool!! I love the dots and then if you click on it and look real close on certain segments of his legs you can see red stripes!! LOL...Polka dots and stripes...hmmm not a fashion statement or then again maybe it is!!

Water droplets on a Crepe Myrtle Blossom! I took most of these photos in between thunder showers that popped up this evening....

A snail....I loved the colors and the textures of this one!! Except the little darling was on my moon flower plant and that leaf will probably be gone in the morning, Ekk!!

Well that is about it for my Saturday evening...now I'm off to see if I can see any falling meteorites...yes tonight and Sunday night are meteorite showers in the NE sky, 2am and after is the best time to watch them...go take a look...not sure about Aussie land Helen, your probably a bit to far South but then again I could be wrong...

Mom

A Scrapbook layout I did of my Mother from a photo I took in April.

My Friend Helen is such a DAG!!

She has bestowed the above honor on me and I'd like to Thank her!!!!

Thanks Helen!!

Here are a few sites that I would love to bestow this honor too....of course Helen's is number one...

http://hancocksat.blogspot.com/

And then there is Colleen...she brings out the humor in me and makes me laugh!!

http://porchrockers.blogspot.com/

The next site is my sisters, she just started her blog and is doing a great job but alas you need an invite into it....

http://kwolfe79.blogspot.com/
The next site has some beautiful layouts....they're paper and just absolutely gorgeous...I love going here for inspiration...

http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/

These are just a few of my favorite blogs....there are so many how do you pick and choose, lol....

Thanks Helen!! Hugs to you ma'am!!

Carousel at the Corpus Christi Mall

Monday Michael and I went to Corpus Christi (1.5 hr drive one way). After a meeting I had and some shopping we went to the Mall so he could ride the Carousel. Daddy and Trey just happened to show up and Michael got to ride with each of us and had a BLAST!!

It is a double Carousel and just beautiful. I was told by the attendent working there that in October they are going to tear it down, fix everything up and move it to the other end of the mall.
Daddy and Michael.
Not a great photo but Michael was grinning.
I was laughing at this photo because when Michael is really intent and working hard he sticks his tongue out, lol...Guess he was really working hard on reining in his horse.
Michael and Trey. Trey so didn't want to ride the Carousel with Michael but he did it!! They choose the seat rather than one of the horses...I think so Trey could sit and watch the girls!! LOL!

Aransas WildLife Refuge ~ Us and Views

What do you see Daddy?? Share Daddy Share!!

Fred traded me the binoculars for the camera!! Ugh!! Helen, HB in her outdoor attire! LOL.

A view of Hog Lake. I was working on reflections for my photo group.

Walking the ramp to the observation Deck!

View of San Antonio Bay from the Observation Deck.

The boys found a frog!!

Fred viewing something and Michael waiting his turn on the observation deck.

Aransas Wildlife Refuge ~ Critters

Here are some of the critters we saw. Not to many as it being mid-day most of them were napping!!

Common Moorhen

Frog that Fred and Michael found and were checking out.

As we were leaving the refuge the deer were coming out.

Whitetail Deer.

I love the deer peeking out from behind the tree!

Aransas WildLife Refuge ~ Alligator

We went to the rufuge with the express purpose of letting Michael see Alligators. I've always seen a few there...but this time we only saw one very large one from the observation tower...I labeled the wide angle photos so you could actually see where the Alligator was from our viewing point...a long, long ways away....lol...but we saw one! The refuge was pretty much full of water and I suppose the alligators moved out and away from all the viewing areas...sigh. Maybe next time we'll see more and a bit closer.

Aransas Wildlife Refuge ~ Water Lillies

Sunday we took a little trip over to Aransas Wildlife Refuge. We didn't make it over there until about noon as we had to go to Dad's ranch and feed the cows and dogs. The sun was a bit bright for photos but they didn't turn out to bad....

Water lily bloom.
We only saw this one giant yellow water lily, quiet strange being the only one in all the blue/purple lillies...This is Jones Lake and last year when we went it was all dried up, due to the drought. Sunday it was full of water!!

Jones Lake again...
Hog Lake.