Outside the Back Door

Things cowboys bring up to their homes.

Clammyweed

Polanisia dodecandra.

See more at Wikipedia about this fascinating-looking plant.

King Air Taking Off from Dallas

View from the right front seat.

Heron

Highway Through Plowed Fields

CWC - 7TX0 - F14 - SPS - CWC

     Just landed one day and my hangar door already opened, Austin, the lineman at Kickapoo Airport, trundled over in the tractor to help me put my V-tail away, then asked me for a joy ride. "You bet," I said, happy to show my appreciation for his professionalism and good service.
     Not long after, MyMrMallory, pilot-in-command, Austin, in the right seat, and I, in the back seat, piled in during a pleasant morning. The route MyMrMallory planned was exciting: Take off from Kickapoo and land at Danaher Airport, and, if Mac McGregor was there, we would visit with him for a while. Then, take off from Danaher and then land at Wichita Valley; then fly over to Sheppard and land at Wichita Falls Regional; from there, return to Kickapoo. Few cities can claim four airports within a ten mile radius! Wichita Falls is rich in aviation history and it delightfully shows.

         Off the port-side wing, Danaher Airport (7TX0) recently received new pavement, numbers, and stripes. (Better pictures forthcoming.)

View of the new ramp at Danaher Airport. 

Mac on the lift that he employs to reach the top of the hangar. 

Tom Danaher Estate's Baron 55 and his own v-tail, recently sold.

Tom Danaher Estate's Grumman G-44 Widgeon (top), and Nord.

          View of North Texas as we accomplish Austin's joy flight, one I would enjoy repeating any time soon.

Prairie Dogs and Swainson's Hawks

Swanson's hawk overhead.

Several hawks stood on the bushes within the perimeter of Prairie Dog Town; others flew overhead.

I saw only two Burrowing owls this time.

A Prairie dog barks and moves his tail. 

Snow-on-the-Prairie plants are prolific.

A Prairie dog looks up from his den.

Prolific Sunflower Plants and Quail

A Bobwhite quail, one of a covey of about ten.

UPDATE:

Gate and sunflowers.

The Snow-on-the-prairie grows along the sunflowers.

Lone Yearling

I'll ask Warren what this gal is doing all by herself in this field.

Horseshoe Bay Resort Stroll

Evening over Lake Lyndon B. Johnson

Condominia and houses along the shore.

A line of lights. 

Church on the hill.

Lines of car lights delineate a road.

Palmetto, in Honor of Artist Ken Jahnke

Horseshoe Bay.

Hamilton Post Office Mural

             Mural by Ward Lockwood, Texas Rangers in Camp, fresco seco, 1942, at the Hamilton Post Office on 120 South Rice Street, Texas.

Kevin's Big Blue Project

My ongoing post about my experience participating in Kevin Selle's Big Blue Project. 

The South Pond Where I Found the Cows

Mistflower

Growing prolifically in clumps here and there in the countryside. 

Archer County.