Just some donkeys tonight, friends. They’re very interesting mammals, often adorned with personalities. Three photographs. The first couple are from tonight. The closeup is a donkey who is friends with a Texas Longhorn named Princess. You might recall Princess from a recent post. 
And one more post from Georgetown’s Field of Honor, these from Sunday afternoon, the day for their opening ceremony. Rain (needed) cancelled the Parade of Colors through the flags, but it was still nice there. Stop by San Gabriel Park if you’re in the area. 
Photographs from the week’s walks through Taylor continue here. Toting an umbrella was a good idea for about three days this week, but rain can be a gift. No cat shots this week, but if you look closely at one photo, a squirrel spends time with a couple of turtles near Bull Branch Creek. Birds continue to be fascinating subjects. As do plants. There are still too many photos though
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A few Saturday photos taken at Georgetown’s Field of Honor, continuing through November 15th in San Gabriel Park. Friday’s post hopefully gave you a sense of the enormity, seeing over 2,000 American flags in motion. This group gets you in closer. The Marine Corps League held a 251st birthday event. The salute is one of the Marines, now 87. Also there were Marine Corps Junior ROTC Cadets from Round Rock High School. An opening ceremony is on tap for Sunday afternoon, but it might be pretty wet. We’ll see. 
One additional photograph taken tonight in Walburg, Texas. This barn and flag have been on the visual radar for a while. The owners, thankfully, added light to their flag. 
2,026 American flags are on display at Georgetown’s San Gabriel Park. Hosted by the Georgetown Rotary Foundation, the 10th Annual Field of Honor will be here through November 15th. Photographs taken there are from tonight. it’s very inspiring. 
From a pretty long drive into Milam County today. At the cusp of night these scenes presented themselves along a farm-to-market road not far from San Gabriel, Texas. The ponds offered the western skies, but a windmill found its way to the camera to the east, as a blue night began. 
There are occasions when more daylight is a plus, but the time when darkness sets in continues to be intriguing. These three photographs are from tonight at Bartlett. (TX) City Cemetery, a few miles south of the downtown area. Light can be intense, but sometimes it just whispers. If the car window hadn’t been rolled down, those deer wouldn’t have been noticed. There was movement in a field adjacent to the cemetery. The only thing really noticeable were their glowing eyes. They didn’t stay long, but long enough. 
Photographs from Monday during the 54th Wurstbraten at Zion Lutheran Church in Walburg, Texas. It’s something covered for quite a while, always a delightful experience. 10,500 pounds of sausage were offered this year, much of it smoked on elegant smoking pits behind the church and school. When COVID reared its ugly head a few years ago the indoor dining option wasn’t available, but this year it returned, with a limit of 500 attendees. Those smoking pits are just dandy. Elections are newsworthy, but so is this. 
Evening light returns as Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday. These photographs are from Sunday evening in Bartlett, Texas, a small Texas town about twenty minutes north of our home in Taylor. All were taken along East Clark Street in downtown Bartlett. The community resides in both Williamson and Bell Counties. Night light can be elegant. 
