It’s the second day of Georgetown’s Red Poppy Festival. Tonight’s photographs offer the parade, a little from the car show, and at the end, a large cat who calls herself Groovy, wandering around the town square. Groovy wasn’t promoting a business, just having fun. 
A few scenes from the opening day of Geogetown’s Red Poppy Festival. The festival continues through Sunday on the Georgetown Square. It was very crowded tonight. 
A few years back our daughter-in-law asked if it would be possible to make photographs of a magnolia bloom for their home. Since then, an effort is made every Spring to photograph a tree. This tree rests in the front yard of a Taylor neighbor. Magnolia trees, and their rather large leaves, are best seen in detail photographs. Natural light loves them. 
A few are offered here.
Mentioned a while back, but if there were only one thing to visually document, it would be windmills. These rural skyscrapers continue to inspire. Tonight, a new (to the photographer) windmill is added to the mix. Recently, a friend made a request. Would it be possible to take photographs of the windmill at her family’s farm? It was easy to say yes. Before you jump the gun and proclaim “Oh, that’s on the farm owned by ………”, but allow the family to offer that information, not shouting it on social media. The farm has no family there for now. “No Trespassing” signs are well-placed, but permission was given to allow for these photos. An added bonus was a mighty fine barn on the property. Windmills are wonderful. Thanks to this family for reaching out. 
From an evening drive earlier this week. Brushy Creek flows under a long-retired truss bridge. Brushy Creek is a very long little body of water, continuing its journey east into Milam County. 
The first Earth Day was observed in 1970. it still matters today. From tonight, Indian Blanket wildflowers not far from Granger, Texas. 
We get rain in Central Texas. Sometimes it lasts all day, into the night. By the time summer arrives we’ll be craving that moisture, in moderation. These four are from tonight, including the San Gabriel River flowing over a road and bridge just east of Georgetown. Plus something east of Weir, and two east of Granger. Rain is mostly a gift. 
From this evening at the rookery in Taylor’s Murphy Park. The egrets arrived a little later than usual this year, but they were certainly a presence tonight. It was a rainy day, and very cool, high temperatures in the 60s. While mostly egrets, ibis and cormorants, we were gifted with a few Whistling Ducks, too. A fisherman at the lake noted that some people in Taylor don’t care for the birds, but “I like them,” he said. This photographer agrees. 
A group of photographs from the afternoon and evening wandering around the Blackland Prairie. The rain was welcome, but temperatures dropping by almost 30 degrees was even nicer. The cooler temperatures were a welcome gift. 
