The Simon Seeks travel blog has an interesting compilation of what it calls The world’s most extreme and dangerous roads [Link via Twisted Sifter’s Twitter feed]. As you might expect, most of the roads and highways are found in mountainous and/or so-called third world locations, and I don’t doubt for a second that driving them… Continue reading Dangerous Roads
Category: Midland/Odessa
Coyote Serenade
We’re constantly delighted with the intrusion of the rural trappings of nature upon the suburban location of our neighborhood. However, one of those trappings had been noticeably absent in the past few months: coyotes. That’s not entirely accurate. I had occasionally spotted one here and there, even in the middle of the afternoon, but we… Continue reading Coyote Serenade
Butterfly and Flower
I failed in my quest to get better photos of the snapping turtle, but I was determined to bring something back in my camera. When I took this photo, I had no idea it would turn out as beautiful as it did. The wind was blowing and the autofocus on my zoom lens wasn’t cooperating,… Continue reading Butterfly and Flower
Oh, Snap!
We were giving two of my aunts a tour of our neighborhood’s walking path and ponds and I spotted a unusual shape in the stream about fifty feet in front of us. I rushed to the side of the stream and Could. Not. Believe. My. Eyes. (that’s how the cool kids express extreme surprise). That’s… Continue reading Oh, Snap!
Green Heron
I spotted a bird of a type I hadn’t previously seen wading in the stream between the two ponds this morning. I took a couple dozen photos and shipped a few off to our resident wildlife expert, Burr Williams, who identified the bird as a green heron. He said they reside year-around in certain parts… Continue reading Green Heron
Sunday Morning Hawk
I was sitting on our front porch after breakfast, accompanied by a Bible and a cup of coffee – both being essential to Sunday morning (or any morning, for that matter) – enjoying the beautiful weather. The street light at the corner of our yard was decorated with five or six Mexican doves basking in… Continue reading Sunday Morning Hawk
The Mist
As we headed out to breakfast this morning, we noticed a bit of fog and mist in some of the low-lying areas and around the golf course across the pasture, but it wasn’t until we turned onto “A” Street that we saw this striking bit of meteorological phenomena: This line of mist or fog stretched… Continue reading The Mist
Plucking Pomegranates
We picked our first two pomegranates this evening. The softball-sized fruit looked so red and shiny, we just couldn’t resist finding out whether they were really ripe – or just looked that way. Debbie halved one of them and the fleshy seeds certainly looked ripe. As it turns out, we might have been a week… Continue reading Plucking Pomegranates
This Bud’s Taboo
Remember that ad campaign a few years ago that featured the Budweiser Frogs? This isn’t one.
And yet another bug pic
We’ve were hit with a veritable plague of grasshoppers a couple of weeks ago. Occasionally, we’d pick up a hitchhiker on the car, including this one that landed on the windshield, and provided a rather unique perspective for a photo.