I was looking for something light, and hopefully sweet, from my archives for this Throwback Thursday post. These young ladies in mid-1980s huddled close while watching a Birds of Prey show with their fellow pre-school classmates. We need light-hearted in 2020. 
It’s still a few weeks before the rookery at Taylor’s Murphy Park starts filling with an abundance of nesting egrets, but a couple of days ago I stopped by to take a look anyway. The island did have a scant few egrets on display, but the cormorants, mostly year-round park residents, were showing off their moves. Cormorants are really comical birds, fun to watch. So a couple of egrets here, but a few more cormorants! I’ll return when things get busier. 
This photo was taken at sunset tonight as I observed a fisherman enjoying his time at Granger Lake. As much as I’ve railed about Daylight Saving Time, I’m glad this angler got a little extra time to enjoy his passion. 
Cloudy skies put a stop to photographing Monday night’s full moon, but when I got up this morning, the moon was visible, beginning its moonset through morning fog. This was about 35 minutes before dawn. 
I’m advised there’s a full moon tonight, but we’re covered in clouds in Central Texas. 
This cloud-covered scene was actually taken a few nights ago. Clouds were predominant then, too. I like the moodiness this image invokes.
Seven of these eight photographs were taken late last week at Taylor’s Bull Branch Park. This little gem close to home has some very nice cypress trees in addition to a little pond, home to. ducks and geese. I got focused (intended pun) on the tree reflections in the pond. That’s the first seven images. The last photo, the silhouette of two ducks, was made just after sunrise this morning, the first day of Daylight Saving Time. While I seldom travel far for photos, this park is only blocks away. That’s kind of nice. 
These photos were made tonight in the areas around Coupland and Beyersville. This was the final day of Central Standard Time for a while. Mentioned many times before, but repeating it here, I do not like unnatural manipulations of time. So begins months of Daylight Saving Time. For those who like that, so be it. 
As spring nears, we have wildflowers. In my town of Taylor, however, we also have ducks. New ducks. Taylor has a certain reverence for these birds. Throughout the year, you’ll find them in area parks, but also in neighborhoods. Our ducks like to wander. I get that. These newborns were photographed Thursday evening at Bull Branch Park. 
It was either 1987 or 1988 when Atlanta Journal & Constitution writer Ron Martz and I traveled to the mountains of Western North Carolina for a reunion in Snowbird of members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. While many photos were taken, I liked this quiet moment between a grandfather and his granddaughter. During the forced removal of Cherokees in the 1830s, some were able to hide for months in the remote mountain areas. Their descendants comprise the Eastern Band of the Cherokees. 
It was perhaps two years ago, not quite, when I first saw this barn in Bell County, Texas. At the time, I made a tighter photo. While pretty good, it didn’t give a sense of the area. This evening, after bit of rain early in the day, the barn came into view again, but from a different direction. The barn is always pretty, but it was nice to see some early signs of spring planting in the foreground. Wheat is beginning its journey. Texas, oh Texas. 