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.

Perhaps made clear through the years, but evening photography is a passion.   Among the best places to practice this craft is in downtown Granger, Texas.   A favorite structure, along West Davilla Street, is the circa-1909 SPJST Hall, offered in the opening photograph.  Is the hall still for sale?   In the past, this stretch of road downtown was mostly free of vehicles, but a popular watering hole and restaurant now fills the street with cars and trucks.   A friend, however, mentioned the road was  less populated on Tuesday and Wednesday, days when the restaurant is closed.   These photos are from Wednesday night.   Also downtown is the Granger National Bank building.  The east side of that structure is being transformed into a museum.    And just before the railroad tracks, another building has windows adorned with happy sights.   You’ll probably see more evening work as the days grow shorter.

Holland is a community of a little over 1100 residents in Bell County, Texas.   The last visit there was a couple of years ago. These are from Tuesday evening.   It’s 22 miles north of our home in Taylor.   The community was established in 1881.   Small towns are enchanting.   Since the last outing there, an Italian restaurant, Svizzero, has opened.  It seems quite popular with residents.   The old bank building, opened in 1905, draws the cameras in every time.   It’s quite elegant.  Small Texas towns, any small towns, are little treasures.

Occasionally these moments just pop up.   While photographing another subject in Coupland late last week, the setting sun demanded attention.    It’s nice when that happens.

The Georgetown Pride Festival, coordinated by Georgetown PFLAG, was held Saturday at Wellspring United Methodist Church.  Several attendees gave a positive nod to the Williamson County Sun for its interest and coverage.    One gentleman, who attended with his wife, offered some of the performers rides in his replica of a 1929 Ford Model A.    The couple holding the Transgender Pride flags are the pastors at Wellspring.  

Vibrant and darkening skies over a windmill west of Granger tonight.

Power lines can often be a nuisance, but occasionally, at the right time of day, they are elegant. An evening scene in Taylor.

Take note of the last photograph, looking into Taylor’s Bull Branch Creek.   Do you see the faces?  One at lower left, others, too.   Not seen while taking the photo.  Nor artificially generated.  The walk/photo therapy continues.   Even another squirrel.

In recent years we’ve seen more Crested Caracaras in Texas and the southern United States.  Members of the falcon family, they’ve migrated north, from Central America and Mexico.   Friends north of us may not be seeing them yet, but they’re on their way.   They’ve also been called Mexican Eagles.   Getting a clear photograph of one has been challenging, but this one was seen just east of Taylor this week.  

It’s a nice area, one not traveled a lot.   This is from Thursday night.