Sunday Sunset!

The rainbow after the storm...

We had a pretty good storm yesterday afternoon/evening and then the sun peeked out for a bit while it was still raining. I stood in the back door with the wide-angle lens just waiting for the rainbow and it finally came!

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Oh Boy I took a lot of photos Sunday!!

I grabbed the 300mm lens and headed to the property but before I got there I found a few photos on the way in the driveway...

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Buckeye Butterfly on Coreopsis blooms

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The Coreopsis are in full bloom and absolutely gorgeous!

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Mexican hat or also known as a prairie coneflower

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Sorry I couldn't help myself I got shutter happy!!

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A member of the Aster family and there are a lot of members of the Aster family!

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Then I got down to the property and worked on cleaning the pool for a couple of hours and decided to take a break and grabbed the camera again...I am just astounded by the beauty of all the different wildflowers...Wow!

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Oh and lets not forget the hundreds of butterflies fluttering around. The wind was blowing and they were having a hard time but still managing to plunder the flower blooms.

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Butterflies Butterflies everywhere!

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And all other sorts of bugs too...love his colors!

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A Buckeye, I love their markings!

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A little white hiding

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I love spring!

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The Bluebonnets were pretty but these Indian blanket blooms are stunning too.

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The Toad Flax is still blooming too.

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Yarrow

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Bull nettle

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Night shade

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Yellow Prickly Pear Cactus

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One of my favorite photos of the day! I took this on the road coming home. Love living in the country where you can stop your vehicle in the middle of the road to take photos and not worry about anyone running you over!

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Daisy

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BeeBalm, another one of my favorite photos!

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Daisy bloom

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Queen Ann Lace

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The Dew Berries are ripe

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Sulphur

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Skipper

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We then headed over to Fred's parents ranch near the San Antonio River

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Michael had a lady bug on his hand but before I could focus on it, it flew off...

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One of many trails over there...

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Blue curl

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Texas Emporer

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I had a lot of fun taking photos as you can see, it was hot and muggy but the sun was shining. I also went and had a steroid shot in my heel and it seemed to help. It was hurting but no way like it was, I felt so much relief!! It was good to get out and walk and explore with the camera!!

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Ruben our Great Nephew...

My nephew Andy asked if I'd come take photos of his son Ruben for his 3rd (I think) Birthday Party Invitations...Here's a few of my favorites. I took over 500 hundred and got those narrowed down to 280+ and then chose these...He's a cutie and a little pistol too!

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Howdy!

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Love his grin in this one...he's up to no good!

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Fix'in to round up the calves

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Checking each other out

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So serious when it comes to roping!

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Hope y'all have a great weekend!!

Chris's last night with us...

April 4th 2012, She had an early flight out of San Antonio Thursday so we spent the night in San Antonio...

Chris loved the Palm trees...I did to when I first arrived here over 12 yrs ago but now I'm so use to them that I hardly pay attention to them

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Our Hotel, nice little place and only 10 minutes from the airport

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Love that smile and miss her laugh, we had so much fun while she was here.

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Michael loved her too...loved her so much he didn't want to let her go!

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He can be a brat at times but he's a cute one!!

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We are so glad Chris came to visit and hope she comes back soon!!

Love ya Chris thanks for coming and for all the fun and laughs!

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