I was hoping for a nice sunset, but there were too many clouds out to the West. There were however flowers waving in the breeze, birds chirping, large drops of rain falling at random, and deer bouncing from one side of the clearing to the other. Overall, a pretty nice evening.
I spent the day in Pflugerville again today. They have everything you could need in life – Hawaiian Falls water park for some sun, 24 Hour Fitness for some exercise, Golden Chick for some fried chicken, Starbucks for some Frappuccinos, and a beautiful evening sky for some eye candy.
Barton Springs – just another indication that Austin has had too much rain this season. The spillway is maxed out.
When I go back to the Pixlr App, I almost always trend to the stylize option of Watercolor. It is by far my favorite start to editing a photo.
Here is one bonus to letting the grass grow tall in an empty field. Pink Evening Primrose wildflowers! Can you spot the Lady Bug in the third photo? That was a pleasant surprise.
There is an innovative art exhibit on the third floor roof of the Student Activity Center on the University of Texas campus called The Color Inside. It is described on the website as “a naked-eye observatory in the heart of the main campus, where visitors view the sky through an opening in the ceiling called an oculus.” They discourage photography for some reason, but I found the space to be most photogenic on a sunny afternoon. I’ll need to return with my button hole spy camera during the sunset or sunrise hours to try for some even more awesome photos. Wish me luck!
Texas wildflowers never cease to amaze me. These photos show three separate large fields of the Indian Blanket flowers that I ran across on my walk this evening. I’m sure this is the product of all the recent rains in Central Texas.
This bee was working overtime today and not much bothered with my presence. He did a pretty good job of getting himself covered with pollen dust while searching for more on this groovy purple flower.
I ran across a single large cactus today that had three awesome yellow blooms in the works. Here is a photo of each flower.
A pretty cool range of colors filled the sky at sunset. Sometimes it pays to have an Eastern view.
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