Texas Wildflowers ~ February 21 2010

I managed to get quite a few wildflower photos this past Sunday and thought I'd show you what I found...Most of these were taken with the Macro lens...some I took with the 50 mm, just playing around! All these flowers were found in the river bottom near the San Antonio River in Goliad County Texas. Just to note most of these flowers are tiny, very tiny and I also found 98% of them in a 50 ft by 50 ft sq. area...I love to stay in one spot and see what I can find regarding photos...

The above bloom is actually a shrub. I searched on the internet as I thought it might be buckeye but that wasn't it...I need to look through my notes but in the mean time just enjoy the beauty!

Baby Blue eyes...these blooms are all over the place at the moment!

Above and Below Fendler's Bladderpod, other names are Bladderpod and Popweed. One of the first wildflowers to bloom and it is gorgeous!

Perhaps? Western Peppergrass.

Hmmmm I found just this one tiny bloom in the yard...it's not a wine cup...is it a crocus? It's been awhile since I've seen one...It wasn't in my wildflower books...Anyone have a clue?

Ten Petal Anemone...I took a photo of this one before but this time I zoomed in with the Macro...Sweet!

Hmmm need to get a better photo of the leaves as there are several possibilities this could be...still love it!

Above a close up of Phacelia and below is a photo of the whole plant. It is also known as Blue curls, spiderflower and wild Heliotrope.

Sow Thistle.

It is an introduced species from Europe and has become a troublesome "weed"...hmmm aren't most wildflowers considered weeds? The milky sap was used for eye ailments and skin eruptions....

Possibly a Pencil Flower...but not positive on that...

A closer view...gotta love Macro!

I couldn't miss this bit of bright red crawling in the greenery. She didn't cooperate very well and kept moving, moving, moving...

This one was so tiny....I loved how tiny and delicate it looked.

Bokeh?

Looks like something from the Mint Family...

Southern Corydalis

Ahh well he's not a flower but he was in the 50 ft area I was in and I thought he was kind of cute!

A few digi layouts...

I've been spending sometime at the Dealership lately, a lot of time. I love the fact I can take the laptop and work on photos and scrapbooking while I'm waiting. Because I don't have internet there I get a lot done...But I'm so tired of going over there and hopefully I am done for awhile...A bit of advice if you are going to buy a truck do not get one with a sliding back window...they leak! We bought the truck during the drought so until it started raining last fall we had no idea...Today they replaced the whole back window so hopefully it's fixed...Below is what I accomplished today and yesterday I did photos which I will add here in a bit...Gotta make Mom happy :o)

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"You are Suppose to be Asleep"

Click on the photo to get a closer look and read the journaling...A lesson learned!

Credits:

Owl - In to the night kit by Create wings designs

Lets journal kit by Dawn Inskip @ Catscrap.com

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"Lover Boy"

Click on the photo to read the journaling. Jake is my lover boy, he's so sweet...

Credits:

Puppy kit by Dawn Inskip @ catscrap.com

Tag - Rex and Tinkerbell kit by Megan Farrow (Flergs)

Mommies crying...

Yes my Mother is crying and complaining...it's been a loong time since I posted anything, ekkk...So as most of us do we try to please our Mothers...Here's a few photos I took Saturday morning.

We've been having frosty-foggy mornings and I've noticed the dew drops on the roses leaves. I was finally able to break out the Macro lens and tripod and try for a few photos...

Carolina Jasmine...

Then Sunday morning before heading over to Mom and Dads ranch I broke out the 50mm lens...I haven't used it in awhile and it was a bit dark and dreary out so I thought I'd play with it...

Jakey Poo...lol he's such a sweetie!

My Macro lens...lol I told you I was playing!

Julie taking a mid-morning nap.....

We then headed out and I got some photos over there too so stay tuned...as soon as I get them edited and resized I'll post them.

Frosty February Morning...

It was 27 degrees F. when I went outside this morning and our world was covered in Frost...

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Sunday - The Flora

Sunday we were on the road again...headed to Dad and Mom's ranch over on the San Antonio river near Goliad Texas...

It's so much fun scanning the woods and fields for wildflowers...

Ten-Petal Anemone (crowfoot family)

Holly

Yucca

Sow Thistle

Cilantro (herb) also known as chinese Parsley.

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It was a beautiful day and it was nice to get outside for a bit and explore the Texas countryside....

Sunday - The Critters

Here are a few photos of critters we saw while over to Dad and Mom's ranch Sunday....

Moooo....

Say cheese....or maybe Milk?

Zooom-Zooom...

My "Where's Waldo" photo for the day...Do you see it?

Looking a bit rough...party too much the night before perhaps? He's so cute I don't think it matters :o)

Joe jumping...

Michael taught him how to carefully walk across the cattle guard...If he was a smart puppy he'd tell Michael to take a hike and just walk under the fence :o)

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Sunday - The people

Here's my people photos from our Sunday at Mom and Dad's ranch on the San Antonio River....

Posing in the flowers all sweet and innocent (*snort*snort*)

Time with Grandma and Grandpa...

Give him a gun (bb) and he poses for me, sheesh!

Can you believe this same little boy threw a tantrum for 25 minutes a couple hours before this...Now he's happy!

Laughter the best medicine :o)

~Dad~

Fred with his Dad & Mom

Trying to get Michael to pose with his Grandparents...ugh!

He poses with a tree and is happy...go figure?

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