We interrupt the trip photos for Halloween 2012...

About a month ago Michael told me he didn't want to do Halloween this year...no carving pumpkins, no costumes, no trick or treating...Then two days ago he changed his mind, argh!! He wanted to be a Soldier and no not a Marine but Army (We have the Marine outfit)...Thank goodness we have a store nearby that sells Army surplus items...

 

 Here's what we came up with...

 

 

 We met up with our Friend Alisa and her son Kaden and then another friends grandchildren, Toby and Nicholas for some trick or treating...

 I don't have a clue what he is doing...

 

 

 Fix'in to start trick or treating...

 

 

 And they are off...

 

 

 Loved this spider and web...

 We met a bumble bee dog...

 

 

 More decorations...

 

 

 Trick or Treat?

 

 

 Raise your hand if you want to trick or treat?

 

 

 I thought this was a toad on the road but it was a bat and injured or sick so we stayed away...

 

 

 Spooky yard!

 

 

 There was some great decorations...I asked if I could take a photo and the people got up and let the boys sit down for a photo. I didn't mean for them to get up but thought that was so nice...

 

 

One of our lasts stops was a spooky glowing garage all decorated with a creepy clown (on the right)...They did an awesome job!

 

We had a lot of fun and I'm glad we went!!

 

Happy Halloween!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



We took a little trip...

Friday, Michael and I, headed out to the Texas Hill Country for a little camping excursion! We just got home today and I thought I'd share a couple of photos for the time being...

 

 Our friends Dawn, Skeeter, Dacey and Trey met us there for the weekend and we spent Saturday hiking Lost Maples State Park and camped out at Garner State Park.

 

 

This photo was taken Sunday morning near the Dam at Garner State Park, the Frio River is behind us.

 

I took over 600 photos and got those narrowed down to 400 and a few videos too...Hopefully I'll have time to work on the photos here in the near future...

 

We had a blast and hope to do it again!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



What I saw through the lens today...

 

 

 American Kestrel

 

 

 Black Vulture

 

 

Western Kingbird

 

 

All on the electric wire and or electric poles here by the house this morning...

 

 

 

 

 

 



May the sun shine....

 

 

 

Some pretties...

Michael and I are fixing to go camping this weekend and Fred is staying home to hold down the fort and of course feed the animals!!

I've been busy getting stuff around and today as I was headed to the truck to get some items out of it I spotted butterflies...So I ran back in the house and grabbed the Macro lens, lol. My life story, seems I am always attempting to get some work done and I grab the camera and totally lose track of time and what I was attempting to accomplish, ekk!!

 

 

 Bordered Patch Butterfly and a female. The males were all over her and attempting to breed!

 

 

 An Empress that has had a hard life...

 

 

 Ms. Lydia romping in the flowers with me!

 

 

 Just hanging around...

 

 

 Julie in her afternoon nap location under the Pecan tree...

 

 

Beautiful Empress

 

 

I could have taken more but figured I'd best get busy!! Hopefully the wind will die down a bit in the next day or two and I can try for more...

 

 

 

 

 

 



Our good deed for the day...

Michael and I spotted this Hognose snake in the road on our way home from school...

 

We managed to get him out of the road before he got hit and I managed a few photos of it with the point and shoot camera before he slithered off into the ditch!!

 

 

 

 

 



Observing from the Observation Deck...

When we built the roof/Pagoda thingy over the deck by the pool I put a 3/4" piece of plywood up there and nailed it down. Fred asked me what the heck are you doing? I'm creating an observation deck. He wasn't thrilled until I mentioned that it might be a good place to sit during deer hunting season, then he smiled! Saturday I finally finished the ladder up to the observation deck and I've been sitting up there observing the countryside and loving it!

 

 And of course I take the camera with me...Way across the creek is a windmill just peeking over the treetops!

 

 

 The does started coming up from the creek just before sunset! I also saw a Northern Shrike and an American Kestrel (Sparrow hawk)....

 

 

 The sun was hiding behind a cloud just before setting...

 

 

 Sun slipping down under the horizon...

 

 

 

I managed to get a photo of 11 deer and spotted 13 total, all does and fawns...

 

It was a gorgeous evening and glad I got a chance to sit and observe.