Sunday, April 20, 2014

At the coast...

 
Michael and I spent Good Friday over on the Coast. We had a great day! Our first Adventure started at Port Aransas, Mustang Island Beach.
 
The seaweed was thick and heavy but we are at the beach on the Gulf of Mexico and Seaweed is part of the sea...Michael was just happy there weren't any jellyfish!
 

Give him a shovel, some buckets and a few toy vehicles and he could play all day!!
 

Every time we go I show that boy how to build a sandcastle...Once again I showed him and told him pack that sand down...He finally got it!! Woohoo!!
 

The surf was rough so we didn't do any swimming, the water temp was a bit chilly too!
 

This Great Blue Heron came to our area and of course it was the perfect photo op for me!
 

Flying off...
 
 

It went that way....


Then it went the other way...



Me walking, him digging...
 


 
 
 

 
 
 

He made a tunnel...
 
 

Can I jump Mom? Mom...
 
 

Jump Michael, Jump!
 
 

Waiting on the waves!
 
 

Just to show how deep the seaweed was...If you went further North they groom the beach up that way and there wasn't as much seaweed but there are more people!
 

Laughing gull...There were two of them constantly watching us. We don't feed the gulls, so their wait was for nothing!!
 

I sent Fred a photo and said can I bring a piece of driftwood home? He laughed and said yeah, good luck with that...
 
 

I loved the hand print in the side of the hill...
 
 

Throwing seaweed and laughing...
 
 

Looking back at the dunes...Beach marker with Great Blue Heron standing watch in the background!
 
 

He's still digging...
 
 

As we were leaving this Heron flew in...Oh so pretty!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, April 17, 2014

A few photos from my day....

 
Just walked around the property to see what I could find...
 
 
Texas Dandelion
 
 

Scarlet Gaura
 
 

Pipevine swallowtail caterpillar
 
 

Coreopsis
 
 

Texas Bluebonnet
 
 

One of the flowers I planted in the flower bed last year and it survived the winter, oh so pretty!!
 
 

Lantana in one of my hanging baskets.
 
 

Aster family
 
 

Blooms on a China berry tree. It is an invasive species and I promised a friend I would cut it down and I still haven't, oops! I didn't plant it, it seems to come up from seed.
 
 

Blooms on a Mustang grape vine...
 
 

Spiderwort
 
 
Never ceases to amaze me what I find on my walks!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sweet Surprise

 
Last Fall I put up two bluebird houses and hoped the bluebirds would use them...
 
 
Today I was fix'in to leave the property when I spotted a bluebird fly to one of the houses! Oh wow!! I was tickled when another bluebird came out of the bluebird house. I hope they decide to raise their young there, that would be so cool. I don't think they have any young yet as this the first time I've seen them near the bluebird house. I will be watching.
 
 
 
 

Red Roses...

 
 
I'm not a rose person but my husband and son like them. So I plant them and water them and that is about it. Normally my roses look pretty sorry, I suppose I should pamper them but I don't. This year my roses bushes have flourished and they are gorgeous!
 
 
 
 
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I hope y'all have a Blessed Easter!
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Just a few photos from my day....

 
 
 
I sat and watched this butterfly feeding on the phlox blooms. No camera in hand, just watching. Then I saw that it was going from one clump of blooms to the next so I grabbed the camera and took a few photos...
 
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 This evening I was in the city of Goliad and took a little walk...
 
Trumpet vine
 

Trumpet vine blooms high up in the tree...
 
 

I found a little spring.
 
 

I spotted this Millipede as I walked...
 
 

Tropical...
 
 

 
Not sure what they are but they were loving this vine!!

 
 

Blue curls
 
 

Butterfly getting ready for the night
 
 

Pink evening Primrose
 
 

Prairie Bishop's weed
 
 

I smelled the Honeysuckle before I saw it...I went back to find out what smelled so sweet and found the trees loaded with it!! Mmmm it smells oh so good!
 
 

 
Not sure what this is but it was beautiful.

 
 
 

More Honeysuckle, wish I could bring some home!
 
 

Texas Frog fruit...so very tiny!
 
It was a gorgeous day!! I hope y'all were able to enjoy it!