23 Days and Counting

This is the 23rd consecutive day of 100 degrees or higher. I think our back patio is the hottest place in Texas!

Big Dipper

I was playing catch with the dog in the back yard just as it was getting dark and noticed that the Big Dipper was very obvious in the northwest sky. I finished playing with the dog and got my camera and tripod and took this shot. I believe Polaris (the North Star) and the Little Dipper are also visible in this shot.

Goodbye Space Shuttle

As the space shuttle Atlantis touched down for the final time, the NASA announcer spoke of the shuttle as "having fired the imagination of a generation". I wonder what, if anything, will fire the imagination of the next generation?

Big Bug

Found this guy on my back patio. There is nothing in this photo to give you a sense of scale, but this guy was close to two inches long. I have no idea what it is.

Crazy Like a Fox

I've seen this guy around the back yard early in the morning, but today he was out in broad daylight, kinda crazy behavior for a fox. He ran off when the neighbors dogs started barking at him.

Got Milk?

Based on Mom's reaction after this photo was taken, I would guess the answer was "no!"

Hummingbirds Return

Back at the end of March a hummingbird came around but left when he didn't find any feeders. Yesterday, the Forth of July, I saw a hummingbird for the first time since we put up the hummingbird feeders. This morning I was able to get this shot of one.

Happy Independence Day!

If you're in South Korea, you celebrate Independence Day on August 15. In Afghanistan it's August 19, Turkey it's October 29, Nambia it's March 21, Syria it's April 17. But here in the United States of America, it's July 4. And we celebrate with pyrotechnics (we blow stuff up).

Red, White and Blue Bird

I was on the patio grilling hot dogs for the Ranger game tonight when this blue bird flew up. I ran inside and grabbed my camera and got several shots of it before it flew away. (Dogs got burned)