Somehow, after being involved in photography for 55 years, I’ve never documented the sport of equestrian vaulting, but was honored to do so on Saturday at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor.  It so happens that Georgetown has its very own team, Fly High Vaulters.   I’m thankful the group approached the Williamson County Sun about possible coverage.   From the group’s website: “Equestrian Vaulting is a sport involving gymnastics and dance performed on the back of a moving horse.”   The event covered this weekend included teams from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico.  If what I’m reading about the sport is right, Equestrian Vaulting will become an official sport at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.   The performers photographed Saturday were astonishing.  And that includes the well-trained horses.    Too many photos are posted, but these folks are so deserving.

Passing by this house when the sun is shining, you might not give it a second look as you roll along.   In the early-evening hours, however, it evolves.    The white home becomes encased in blue evening light, an inviting place to sit in a chair and ponder things.   This resident, however, made it even better, adding  a lamp, bathing some of the blue with a bit of quiet warmth.  This was taken a little after 6:30 p.m. late in the week.   This weekend’s time change, however, means that scene comes a little later.   For a few weeks, I’m okay with the change, but with the days already growing longer, the peace afforded by gentle light is lessened.   We’re saddled with Daylight Saving Time until November 2nd.  Many of you like that.   This writer does not.

Even if they didn’t get posted somewhere, I’d take photographs during daily walks.   Remember, friends, this is therapy, pure and simple.   These eight photos were all taken here in Taylor, none with a phone camera.   My inexpensive Olympus costs less than your phones, but does its job quite well.  

The free First Friday Concerts, held on the Georgetown square, began tonight with a performance by Supernatural ATX, a Santana Tribute band.  The concerts, coordinated by the Downtown Georgetown Association and the Georgetown Beard Cub will be held on the first Friday of the month through November.  

It’s been a particularly good week for sunsets in our area.   When one nears, assuming I’m in a safe place to stop driving, a photograph follows.   This was seen last evening in the Noack area.   The birds appear to be vultures.   While they often get disparaged  by avian snobs, their flight patterns are a fine thing to see.

Tonight’s photographs were taken in the Southeast Williamson County community of Type, about three miles southeast of Coupland.  For years I’d noticed a sign pointing the way to Type Church, but only recently decided to check it out.   Type is a community founded and settled by Swedish immigrants in the late-1800s.  The name, according to a historical marker, was chosen by August Smith, likely a nod to his friend Jonas Sunvison, who owned a printing machine.   At one time there was a school, store and post office, but this focuses on Type Cemetery and Church, each founded in 1908.   A few of the gravestones are inscribed in Swedish.   In recent decades, as the area’s population diversified, other nationalities were represented.   The crosses are burial sites for some of our Hispanic settlers.   The church building is interesting.  The original structure is long gone.  In the 1980s a former Camp Swift barracks became their sanctuary until termites and disrepair took its toll.   I couldn’t find any information about when the newest building was added.   Six of these eight photographs were taken on February 17th.   This evening, seeking a better shot of the church, I was surprised to find the steeple and bell on the ground in front of the church.   They  didn’t appear broken, which causes me to wonder if there  is some traditional thing going on here,  perhaps connected to the upcoming Easter season.   I have a few friends with Swedish family backgrounds.   If anyone knows more, please advise.  It’s a puzzle.

Four photographs tonight, friends.   All are sunsets, from Beyersville and Walburg.   Keeping it simple tonight.

On a recent visit to the grocery store, a paramotor enthusiast was meandering through a layer of almost-monotone clouds near day’s end.   Paramotor folks often use our area fields as good starting points.   This fellow was all by himself, but was soon joined by honest-to-goodness birds making their nightly rounds.   One can see how the notion of flight holds fascination.   If not for the birds, I’d have passed on this fellow, but the combination seemed to merit a photograph.

March winds arrived in full force this afternoon, wind and dust encompassing much of our area in Central Texas.   A few photographs from this afternoon and early-evening are presented here.   As the winds settled down, a view of the Waxing Crescent moon, viewed  at Georgetown’s Berry Springs Park & Preserve,  was a nice end to the day.

Today is World Wildlife Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013.    To note the day, let’s offer a few recent bird photographs taken in Taylor, Georgetown and Coupland.   Birds are often subjects for my cameras.