A few scenes from the first night at the Williamson County Fair, continuing through Saturday at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor.  Pig racing, courtesy of the Swifty Swine Show pigs, plus a chance to get close to Honey Boo Boo, a 7-month-old piglet.  Stick horse races were a fun outlet for the kids.   And the midway is beautiful.   The fair’s rodeo begins its three-night run this evening.  

Seen Tuesday during a drive through North Williamson County, Texas.   It’s farm country, friends.

Getting photographs of raptors continues to be a challenge.   Most of the time they’re spotted on utility poles during daily drives.   The cameras are always sitting in the empty passenger seat, ready to go.   More times than not, when these majestic birds (this one’s a Red-Tailed Hawk, isn’t it?) see the camera they quickly depart.    This week, however, when the late-day light was at its warmest, this hawk was a bit more helpful.    Light can sometimes make things look good.  

Evening light is inspirational.    Passing this recently-harvested field east of Granger is a prime example.   Those warm rays caressing a few acres of Blackland Prairie were a gift.

It was nice seeing a friend who attends Taylor’s Immanuel Lutheran Church while at the grocery store today.   So tonight is a good time to post recent photographs taken there just a few evenings ago.   This beautiful church rests a hair’s breadth from the Samsung Semiconductor plant site, but when you’re standing  on their grounds you don’t even know it’s there.    Good neighbors give one another good space.

Photographs from daily walks this week in Taylor.   Perhaps they’re becoming tiresome, but for  a while they’ll get posted, even if nobody bothers to look.   It’s therapy, friends.

A layer of clouds joined Taylor’s sunrise on Saturday morning,  a 30-second stop on the way to Georgetown.

Coverage of “No Kings” demonstrations today in Williamson County, Texas.   Wasn’t sure there would be a post here, but the opening photograph, in Taylor,  prompted this one.  His sign spoke volumes.   In case you don’t recall, or know, this five decade career is photojournalism.  Perhaps more on that later.  Most of these were in downtown Taylor, where about 300 people showed up. A kitten named Gigi was present with her human.  A couple, presenting an opposing view, was heckled quite a lot, but they have every right to be there.   The last one was in Georgetown, where a couple conducted their own quiet vigil in front of the San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

About 600 people took part in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s this morning at Southwestern University in Georgetown.  Most photographs are self-explanatory, except for the colorful flowers.   Purple indicates participants have lost someone, blue means you are living with the disease, yellow denotes someone who supports or cares for someone with Alzheimer’s and orange indicates you support the cause.   The goal is for a white flower, which means a cure has been found.

The Granger High School Lions played their first football  game (homecoming)   against a team from Iola, Texas on their new field tonight.  A new Secondary School isn’t quite ready for occupancy yet, but the football field is looking good.   A few photographs are included here. A two-month-old enjoyed a nap on dad’s shoulders.  He’s not ready for football quite yet.