326/365

Abilene State Park Pond

I decided to take a ride to the state park this morning.  In all the times I've gone to the park, I've never seen the water in the pond this low.  It's a total surprise since we've had more rain this summer than in the past 5 summers, so what's the deal????

50/365

Large Pond

Texas trivia: 

 There is only ONE natural lake in Texas but this is not it.

Although there are over 7,000 lakes in the state, only Caddo Lake in east Texas is natural.

In comparison, NY state has over 7,000 natural fresh water lakes.

Alaska has 3,197 named lakes and about 3 million un-named lakes.

A friend and I took a photo field trip today.  We were driving down a service road along one of the main highways looking for a photo op.  We stopped to photograph something else, but when I turned around I saw this partially frozen pond.  The temp was about 36 today, but in the previous days it had been in the teens and I guess it wasn't warm enough today to melt all the surface ice.

153/366

White Birch

At a pond located at a tourist stop in Fairbanks these birch are clustered on the opposite bank.

I just thought it was an interesting composition.

71/365

Tall Grasses

Seen on my walk through the state park.  A friend and I spent some time at the park today.  The weather was beautiful, but things haven't gotten completely green yet.  

This is a small pond in the park that is a popular fishing site and it was good to see all the families in the park today.

My heart is happy for:

Daylight savings time even though it might take a day or two to get adjusted to the time change