Misc photos that Chris took while here with her Sony camera

A deer in the brush up by the house.

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An old Pontiac at a restaurant in Victoria Tx.

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Me on the Ferry at Port Aransas

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Me at Mustang Island, Port A Texas

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Another shot of me in the surf working on the camera settings...

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Me on the Huron flats trail at Aransas Nation Wildlife Refuge. Chris sure was having fun taking photos of me, argh!! LOL...

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One of the gators we found at ANWR

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The sun streaming through the clouds and shining down on the Bay

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The walkway up to the large observation deck at ANWR

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Deer crossing the road at ANWR

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Brush fire tanker truck in Austwell Texas

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Cattle guard on a country road

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One of my landlords cows as we were driving down the driveway...

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I think Chris had fun it sure looks like it by all the photos she's taken! We sure do miss her.

Our latest project...

I cringed when Fred cleared the area...bye bye flowers and in their place we have a cover for my tractor, lol...

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She's loving the shade and cover from the weather. There are 12 tie downs on it and we are going to cement steel post/braces in on the legs just as a secondary precaution...Fred is tickled, he's been wanting something to put the tractor and equipment under for awhile and we finally managed to do it!! Well have it done, anyways!

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See she is smiling...Happy tractor!

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Misc photos from this past week...

The wildflowers around the pool are being cleared off. I'm fix'in to do a little bit of work and it's really hard to walk around the pool when you have wildflowers that are knee high. In fact today I got most of them cleared away, sheesh it was hot! It was really nice to take a dip in the pool afterwards and cool off :o) I didn't spot any snakes either, yeah!

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I couldn't help myself...My tractor sure looks sexy in all those wildflowers, lol...When I sent the photo to Fred with the above phrase he came back and said "it's a He and he's all mine and get him out of those wildflowers!", Ha! I told him lets see who's put the most hours on her?

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The Indian blankets are blanketing the pasture...sweet!

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Loved the sun beaming through the fog and Oak trees!

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Julie bird is enjoying all the green stuff. Hope we get some rain soon it's getting a bit dry out again, ekk...

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Wildflowers here at the house along the driveway...it's just beautiful!

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I had to take this photo as sometime in the future those Oaks across the way will be tore down for a natural gas pipeline. So sad, some of the Oaks are 200 yrs old or older. I hate seeing mature healthy Oak trees get tore down. If they put the line another 200ft to the NW where there is open land these trees would be safe! Guess it's too much trouble for a Pipeline company that makes Billions of dollars per quarter to even consider saving these Oak trees, sigh!

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Tuesday, April 3rd a visit to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge with Chris

Our original plans for Tuesday April 3rd were to go Kayaking but the weather did not cooperate so we changed plans and headed to the wildlife refuge...

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We were tired, the mosquito's were horrible but she still managed to smile for me!!

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Chris spotted this Bullfrog

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Chris loved these Oak trees at the picnic area...I handed her my camera and told her to go for it...I was staying in the truck, less mosquito's in the truck, lol...

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Male Cardinal Feather blooms

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Brown Pelican flying by us on the fishing pier.

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Coral Bean also known as Cherokee Bean

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Bye Bye Mr. Osprey

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Feral Hogs on the run

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Carolina Wren singing his heart out...

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Chris on the smaller observation deck

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Red winged blackbird

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Little gator

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Prairie Nymph

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Gull, Terns and Sleeping Pelican

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Have you ever seen a Pelican yawn?

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Beaching combing in Austwell near the public fishing pier

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Redhead and Scaup ducks

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Gar carcass

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Look at those teeth, Oh boy!

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On our way home we took the scenic route

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San Antonio River, the black specks are swallows

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She's still smiling

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Okay two can play this game!

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I have never stopped here but thought with Chris with me, why not?

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Not too many tombstones left

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Getting eaten by a tree, ekk

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Chris said NO naps and then she snuck off, lol...we were both really tired!! We had fun but it was so nice to be back home for a bit of a break!!


I still have a few more photos from our adventures so stay tuned!!


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