Hello! I'm back ...

with a new camera NIKON P-90.  My previous camera had an UNFORTUNATE meeting with a concrete floor in Kyle on Feb 27!  Repairable, but the minimum charge at Nikon was almost the cost of the camera, so that was definitely out of the question.  We left Precision Camera in Austin with the new camera the same day! 

And then I had to wait for FLOWER SEASON to arrive in Texas - and it did, the last week in March!  Mike and poki have been out several times for photo ops!  And we will be doing it again tomorrow IF it doesn't rain!  (Rain is predicted!) 

Here are the results of some of our "Flower Adventures" this year -

April 3 - we drove over to Burnet and down 281 through Marble Falls to Johnson City, then 290 through Dripping Springs, Driftwood, Kyle and then on to San Marcos for the night.  The flowers were just beginning to show, but we found a couple of interesting photo ops, especially just north of Marble Falls in a roadside park:

Bluebonnets -

I'm not sure what this one is - but the formation of the plant is beautiful, I think!

Prickly Poppy (very thistle like!)

Yucca