Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

 Always nice to see the Gators...

 They seemed pretty tired though and snoozed through most of the photo session!

 This little 3 footer started to come up and then changed its mind once it saw the bigger gator lying on the bank...

 Sand Hill Cranes in flight.

 One of my favorites!

 I spotted this Armadillo in the brush...They are so fun to watch and such strange creatures!

 Palmettos

 So nice to see the Wildflowers

Uh Oh! Look what I spotted on the trail....

Texas Rat Snake, too cool!!

 Beautiful!

In my opinion spring is here so says the animals!!

Goose Island State Park

 I took a little trip and walk on the wild side today...Northern Pintails above and Redheads below

 Looking Northeast

 Fishing Pier at the State Park

 The Odd couple hanging out together...

 Yellow-rumped Warbler

 Lark Sparrow

 Not sure but the red beans caught my eye!

 Park map

 Walking trail

 I found a wildflower!!

 Trail sign

 The birds have a fresh water hole...

 Tufted titmouse

 Interesting...I knew about this tree but this is my first time seeing it. Fred's parents had an Oak as big as this one on their ranch. I always admired it.

 Beautiful!! Over 1,000 years old, Wow!

 There were nettles all over under the Large Oak Tree and the bees were loving the blooms!

 Obviously I found a Red-eared slider on my travels!

 Tickled when I found whooping cranes in a pasture across from the Big Old Oak tree.

A family of 3...And after I got my photos the birders came in full force blocking the road to see the Whooping Cranes...Time for me to take my leave and head over to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge...

Just a few photos from my morning walk...

A little of this and that this evening...

 We have been a bit busy lately. I am trying to get organized and get the barndominium as empty as possible so we can work inside and get it done. At the moment we are waiting on patio/french doors. We ordered them back in November and they delivered them in January and they were the wrong ones. So I had to spend a week ordering the correct ones and waiting for Home Depot to agree to a credit and pick up the wrong ones they delivered! It was a mess but hopefully the right ones will be delivered soon. 

We spent the day helping Fred's Mom this morning, moving some rather large items here at our place and cleaning out the cattle pen. At 4pm I told Fred I am done and after grabbing my camera and the Macro lens I walked around looking for wildflowers, yes they are starting to bloom. I managed to find other interesting items too. 

It was a gorgeous day and I loved having time to take photos and just wander around.

   Texas Dandelion

 Bladder Pod

 Mushroom

 Seed

 Do you see what I spotted?

 Litchen or Fungi?

 Red Harvester Ants

 Nettle stem, now you can see what makes you burn when you touch them!

 Snail shells

 I found some Phlox blooming...

Red Harvester Ant...We leave a few nest on our property in hopes that a Horny toad or two might come and hang out. I have yet to see a Horny toad in the wild! 

Hope y'all have a good week with plenty of warmth and sunshine! 

It's January and the wildflowers are starting to bloom

 As I walk around here I have been noticing little tiny splashes of color. I finally got the camera out and decided to take photos. All these blooms are the size of pencil erasers and I used the macro lens to get photos. I think it is going to be a beautiful wildflower season, I am seeing a lot of bluebonnet plants.

 Oh so pretty...

A little tiny Bluet!