A few things seen during my daily walks in Taylor, including this morning.    When possible, I’ll try to post a little grouping each week.   All photographs were taken with a feather-light Olympus camera.

A continuation of barns that occasionally get my interest.   The metal barn in the opening photograph, in the Granger area,  can look nice at certain times of day.   Mostly, I just drive on by, but this one, taken about 15 minutes after sunset, merited a stop.   The second barn, east of Thrall, seems to be disintegrating a bit more each time I see it.   The last one is a barn in Coupland that always gets the attention of photographers, this one, too.   Although that skeleton is there year-round, it’s the right season for another peek.

County fairs don’t really need too much information, do they?    Presented here are photographs taken on Wednesday evening, the opening day of the Williamson County Fair & Rodeo, held at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor.    I’m planning to photograph the rodeo on Friday evening.    Rodeo is among my favorite things to photograph, but also the most mentally and physically taxing because of keeping up with names of contestants.   It’s nightmarish at times.  

Just a sunset I like, in an area of North Williamson County where I don’t wander enough.   Traffic hasn’t overtaken this road yet.

Farmer and rancher friends often provide technical names for the grasses sprouting up in late summer into autumn, but just call them prairie grasses.    These were all taken in the early-evening time, but morning light is also sweet.   Sometimes I just shoot photos until a theme emerges.   This little group began in late-August, concluding last evening with a horse in the midst of her grasses.  This is, after all, the Blackland Prairie.

A bonus photograph tonight, friends.   During a nightly wandering around Granger this evening I happened on some friends enjoying an evening bicycle ride.   The fellow presented here was fully decked-out, with not just a headlight and taillight, but brightly-glowing blue wheels!   You could see him coming from a long way off.  And he wore a helmet.   This was taken near the conclusion of his outing.

Just a few photographs from a late-day Sunday drive along one county road east of Coupland, Texas.   Some of this road is paved, but much isn’t.   I like the part that isn’t.   The truss bridge over Brushy Creek is nice. Mentioned in previous posts, but the bridge played a prominent role in “Secondhand Lions,” a 2003 film starring Robert Duvall and Michael Caine.   After passing through the bridge, I encountered a few curious friends.   Back roads are peaceful.

By now you probably realize I offer a weekly post from daily walks, mostly in Taylor.   Presented are some taken from October 14th through the 18th.   Each was taken with my very totable Olympus mirrorless camera, weighing about as much as your smartphone.  I was intrigued by windows this week. 

On my way to Georgetown I made a brief sunrise stop to again take photos at the Jonah School site.   The old-growth pecan tree and ancient merry-go-round are soothing subjects when a quiet scene is helpful.   We’re surrounded by noise, not just auditory, but the visual kind, too.

This morning I was on the campus of Georgetown’s Southwestern University for a Walk to End Alzheimer’s.  My cynical nature led me to think it would be a run of the mill event.   I soon learned it was not.   It was incredibly moving.   About 600 people showed up to make their way around the campus.  The first three photographs present attendees who are living with this disease.   The others are  family members, or caregivers.  The  chihuahua is Cora, now 10-years-old, her legs paralyzed, but she walked with Marsi, whose mother died in December.   Cora was mom’s dog.   The white flower pictured  will honor the first person cured. It can happen, friends.    This was a moving event to see.  These photos are for the Williamson County Sun.