A Bit More Texas: As some of you can guess, I love my home state. The Great State of Texas. Except for a stint in the army and job requirements, I've lived most of my life within those...

Ugly Hedgehog - Photography Forum

Home Active Topics Newest Pictures Search Login Register ☰

A Bit More Texas

Mar 24, 2024 20:54:01 #

pdsdville Loc: Midlothian, Tx

As some of you can guess, I love my home state. The Great State of Texas. Except for a stint in the army and job requirements, I've lived most of my life within those grand borders. I'm hoping to run a series of topics on my home. These are from the Big Bend region. It's on the northern edge of the Chihuahuan desert extending up from Mexico. As with all deserts the days can be brutally hot, killing hot, in the summer with the nights being jacket cold. In the winter, this area sees it's share of snow. These were shot in late spring before the real heat set in. As as a result you see clouds which you really don't see later in the summer. Hope you enjoy them.

While not the Rockies, Texas has it's own number of "hills". Toward the center you can see Prickly Pears, Yucca, and Pencil Cactus. In the foreground, Creosote bushes used to preserve telephone poles.

(Download)

The main channel of the Rio Grande, only about ten feet wide at this point. Texas is on the left and Mexico on the right.

(Download)

Don't know if the locals had a name for this formation but we called it the "Monk and Hand". Just a few yards off the road south of Terlingua.

(Download)

We saw cactus flowers everywhere. These barrel cactus had fuchsia blooms but we saw orange, pink, yellow, and even some drab tan colored flowers.

(Download)

First night at the Air B&B we saw this tremendous storm building north of us. It was in the area we had just come through a couple of hours earlier. Heavy rain, large hail(tennis ball) and high winds. Lucky because we had no cover for the cars.