My San Antonio River walk

My San Antonio river walk isn't one bit like the popular tourist attraction in the fine fair city of San Antonio Texas...In my opinion it is more like the early Mexican and American Settlers saw it...maybe not as wild back then but still a wild beautiful place...and one of my favorite places to be...

Texas Baby Blue-Eye

Black Vulture

I sat for awhile today and watched the river go by...the current is swift! I can't even imagine how the early Americans felt when they came to this river or even had to cross it...Water meant life or death in this country!

Fred's Remark to "Whatever" for dinner...

Where is the Salt and Pepper?

And no he did NOT eat "Whatever" for dinner...he had chicken fried steak!

Rain Clouds!

Not HERE....(sigh!)

I took this photo after my Mother made a comment that someone somewhere was getting rain...But not us! This is looking East towards the Gulf of Mexico...It rained at Michael's school today, which is a few miles from us, but NOT here...

Don't tell Wendy....

If I ever ask you what you want for dinner do NOT tell me Whatever...as that may be what you get!!

This afternoon I called my husband and asked him what he wanted for dinner...He told me Whatever...I asked him not to tell me Whatever but to give me a straight answer...he once again said Whatever...Okay, Fine!!

So I came home and cut out the letters Whatever and put them on a plate...That is HIS dinner!!

I wonder what he'll think of his dinner?? He asked for Whatever and that is what he is getting!!

Valentines Day at School

Michael celebrated Valentines Day at School today. I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately but managed to make him some Valentines and attend his Valentines party (tea party) with my camera.

Above are the Valentines he gave out...we attached them to a GIANT box of Dots and he loved it and so did all the other kids and a few of the Mothers too...

I thought they did an exceptional job decorating!

Yep this is the boy that got student of the week, lol...Guess you can't always be good!

The Kinder class and their Valentine celebration!

He's loving it!!

Doing a little Valentine Jig! (Are you taking photos Mom?)

Michael with his teacher.

Proud Momma!

That boy pictured above has made me so PROUD!!

This morning we left for school early as we had gone a bit over-board on the valentines and Michael needed some help carrying them to his classroom...As I was leaving the school his teacher chased me down and asked me to attend the end of the week assembly in the cafeteria...I didn't have a clue as to what was going on...Before I knew it Michael was on the stage with his teacher and she was announcing that he was Student of the week!! Oh how I was beaming...She stated how proud she was of Michael. How far he had come since the beginning of the year...How he went above and beyond to do his school work, home work and even more...This is the second time this school year he has made student of the week and I am so happy for him...all our hard work has paid off...and believe me we have worked hard!! He started the year off not even knowing how to write his name and now he is doing that plus reading books to me...he has learned his alphabet, his numbers to 100, and just lately he is doing addition...I can't help but feel we have accomplished so much this year...I love my BOY!!

Way to go Michael!!

Evening Photo Therapy ~

I should have been working on valentines but decided photo therapy sounded soo much better...I wanted to get some color this evening...so tired of all the brown dreary crunchy stuff around here...I was outside setting up the tripod and my camera when my sister called to talk to our Mother...I had to practice a few shots to see what my settings needed to be....

Hello Mom....Hello Karen!

Then I thought I would attempt the Jasmine...it smells so sweet! But just too darn windy out...ARGH!!


And this is what I actually wanted to photograph tonight...
Huisache, pronounced "wee-sach" or "wee satch-eh," is a small tree or a large shrub, rarely more than 25 feet tall, with a spreading rounded or flattened crown. It's all over the place down here and considered a nuisance by ranchers!
This to me means spring is here as the Huisache is blooming...I'll try for more and better Macro photos when the wind isn't blowing so hard...and if you would like to read more about Huisache click here...It is really an interesting article and I even learned to spell it correctly, lol



As I was coming back up the driveway my sweet Julie bird had to come see what I was up too...


She's showing her age...and her filthy winter coat too...Carriage horse turned ranch horse...fat and sassy if you ask me...a wee bit spoilt too...as you can see there is NO grass so she gets her alfalfa cubes every day...soaked in warm water for a bit too soften them up...and I will tell you when a 1,000lb animal wants her alfalfa cubes you don't argue with her!!

Then here was Jakey waiting at the gate for me!!

There was some sweet alyssum blooming...more color!!

Ahh HA!! Then I found these two...lots of color here...and a bit of a sparkle in the eyes too!! Actually lots of fidgeting as they waited for me to get the settings right and take photos...Grammy is easy but the little imp on her lap is a PAIN!! He seems to have a tongue problem when I get the camera out...ha ha ha....so I told him to play puffer fish...then we had a cheek problems...I finally gave up but got one decent one!

Millipede and a South Texas Sunset

We actually accomplished something today...With Mom's help Fred and I managed to clean the Utility room...The Utility room was and is our catch all room and it was a Mess...But today we moved everything out and cleaned, rearranged, trashed quiet a bit, and re-organized...I have to say it is kind of nice to be able to walk in the utility room and actually be able to move around in there, lol...Now I just hope I remember where we put everything and I can find stuff when I need it...Yikes!!

In the middle of redoing the Utility room I was out in the yard and noticed this big guy...

He's a Millipede...

I had to get the Macro lens out...

I didn't have much time though...Someone was grumbling that I was playing with the camera when I should be working, Oops!!

But when a photo Op shows up you have to "Go For It!" and I did!! I think this guy is pretty cool...look at all those legs...

Then this evening I was sitting here at my desk working on Michael's Valentines when I noticed the gorgeous Sunset...I didn't switch lens so this was taken with the Macro lens...it's a bit grainy as I turned the ISO to 800...Ekk...But I didn't have time for the tripod or monopod, actually I was to lazy to go back and grab one or the other...But I love the colors and that is what I wanted to share, the beautiful colors of the Sunset...

If you would like to see some great shots of Goliads La Bahia and Mission check out my friend John's photos he took this evening...click here!