From tonight at Taylor’s Fannie Robinson Park.  For the years we’ve been here,  it’s a given you’ll see young folks, and some a little older,   honing their basketball skills well into the evening,  a scene photographed a few years ago, but worth repeating this evening.  .  The light beams adorn the basketball court, with grain elevators from Williamson County Grain shining nearby.   Light and shadows, working in tandem.   The young folks are probably still out there this evening.   Life in a small Texas town.

Disney’s “Frozen” opens tonight at the Georgetown Palace.   Most theatre photographs are always on social media sites, but here are a few from last night’s dress rehearsal.   The production runs through February 1st.

This lake in Taylor’s Murphy Park is seen on a nice evening this week.   It’s passed on daily walks here, but it looked pristine on this night.  The warm area at left is a snippet of the hike and bike trail that courses through town.   No algae, no birds, no turtles, no snakes, no lizards.   During the egret mating season, it’s also home to the rookery.   At times it’s just blue.   And quiet.   We need quiet in our lives.

This stand of trees becomes more interesting as autumn progresses each year.   Sometimes there’s enough color to merit a post.   This cloudy evening, however, those old trees really stood out when offered in black-and-white.    Just a simple monotone, friends.

Windmills are photographed a lot, but not always offered here. The sunset seen tonight, however, passed muster.

Who knows if any of these work, but the dust created by a farmer working in Jonah merited a few minutes of attention.  Dry conditions likely contribute to the dust.  As sunset neared tonight, the light was incredibly harsh.   The full-on sun is included in the second of these three photographs.  The last one is seconds before the sun finally dipped into the western horizon.   Hard-working farmers merit attention.

The area around Taylor has been attractive to paramotor enthusiasts for a few years.   A group of friends found their way here Sunday afternoon, launching from a field across from the Williamson County Expo Center.   Alas, just a few photos here as they were nearing the end of the day.   They’re a visual treat!   Do a search on “paramotors” for more information.

A leftover photograph from Saturday,  taken at sunset in Taylor.   No trees, no windmill, no barns, just a setting sun.

Raptors of any kind are usually seen on utility poles, or very far away,  near trees.   This week, however, a focused hawk nestled in a tree for a quite a while.   On the ground below was the the body of a squirrel, likely why she waited for the camera to go away.   Two photos of the raptor  are posted.  The rest are just bits of this and that.   One wider photo shows a scene along Bull Branch Creek, where one of several trees have been recently removed.  Hopefully, there was a good reason for this.   Trees are important.  Everything needs to be done to save them.   The post ends with a nice little squirrel making eye contact.

Photographs taken today during Heritage Farm Day at the Lutonsky Farm, nestled on pristine acres a few miles south of downtown Taylor.   This first Heritage Farm Day was hosted by the Greater Taylor Foundation Food Insecurity Council.  The group’s founder wants to see some of our disappearing farmland used, at least a little, for food to be consumed by humans.   The Lutonsky farm is 125 years old now, still maintained by descendants of the original settlers, John and Rosa Lutonsky, a couple who immigrated to the the United States from the Moravian region of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now called the Czech Republic.  The couple were sharecroppers for ten years, saving money to purchase their farm in 1900.  Most of the 125 farm’s structures still stand, including a very nice old farmhouse.  From the outside the house appears small, but stepping into the attic you’d think it was huge!  Today’s day included antique tractors, pony rides, hay rides, a petting zoo presented by Mini Mischief Ranch, plus regular tours of the farmhouse.  The couple in the opening photo are actually friends, not even recognized at first, but they’re standing in a picturesque spot of prairie land.   The starlings were active this morning over the farm’s fields.   Alas, the birds didn’t create a murmuration, but they were dandy flyers!   One of the main reasons we moved to Taylor  years ago was the delicate, but powerful beauty of this land.   It was a no-brainer to attend today’s event.