Big cut
Big Swamp Oak that has been cut down to make room for commercial development in Alvin, Texas.
Tee Pee Motel Sign
The famous TeePee Motel in Wharton, Texas has been rebuilt again after Hurricane Harvey, just as it was after Hurricane Ike a few years ago.
Tee Pee Motel
The famous TeePee Motel in Wharton, Texas has been rebuilt again after Hurricane Harvey, just as it was after Hurricane Ike a few years ago.
Elevator
Alvin, Texas has been a big rice producer for many years. These grain elevators have gone through many changes over all those years, and still process rice today.
Grain Elevator
Alvin, Texas has been a big rice producer for many years. These grain elevators have gone through many changes over all those years, and still process rice today.
Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle blooming and seeking sunshine. Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle, is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and are often used as landscaping trees and bushes.
Crape Myrtle
Crape Myrtle blooming and seeking sunshine. Lagerstroemia, commonly known as crape myrtle or crepe myrtle, is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and are often used as landscaping trees and bushes.
Under Construction B&W
Crane behind one of the pilings at the Galveston ferry landing in Black and White
Spiny Orb Weaver Spider
The famous spider from Charlotte's Web is a barn orb-weaver spider, Araneus cavaticus. Orb weaving spiders produce the familiar flat, ornate, circular webs usually associated with spiders. Orbweavers come in many shapes and sizes, but the brightly colored garden orbweavers, Argiope spp., are the largest and best known.
Orbweavers are generally harmless and can be a nuisance when they build large webs in places inconvenient for humans. Despite their formidable appearance, orb weaver spiders are not considered dangerous.
One of the bright-hued spiders is the spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis. Although not as large as some of the other orb weavers, its combined color, shape, and distinctive web makes G. cancriformis a very recognizable spider.
Though there is a group of spiders classed in the Thomisidae family which are given the common name of crab spiders, biologists placed the Spiny Orb Weaver in the Family Arneidae (known by the common designation of Orb Weavers). Nevertheless, most gardeners in the local area know this spider as a "crab spider" due to its flattened body having spines sticking out from the abdomen.
Lone seagull
Laughing Gull in Walmart parking lot. They are common here on the Gulf Coast.
One Off
“So you're a little weird? Work it! A little different? OWN it! Better to be a nerd than one of the herd!”
― Mandy Hale
Laughing Gulls in a parking lot.
Davis Bend Barn
Ki
Ki, the Ti plant, grows abundantly, cultivated and wild, throughout the tropical Pacific and Southeast Asia. It is common from sea level in the lower wetlands, up to the 4,000 foot elevation. Ti is found in shady moist gardens, as a landscaping background plant or as a hedge. The people of Hawai`i plant it around their homes and churches for good luck. In the old days Ki was planted around the lo`i, taro ponds. The botanical or scientific name of this member of the lily family is Cordyline terminalis. It may have originated in tropical Asia and Australia.
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, native to North and South America. It was named after an M. Gaillard de Charentonneau, an 18th-century French magistrate who was a patron of botany.
Carnations
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America. Common names include carnation (D. caryophyllus), pink (D. plumarius and related species) and sweet william (D. barbatus).
Geranium
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills.
Fragrant Carnations
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America. Common names include carnation (D. caryophyllus), pink (D. plumarius and related species) and sweet william (D. barbatus).
Pinks Dianthus
Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae, native mainly to Europe and Asia, with a few species extending south to north Africa, and one species (D. repens) in arctic North America. Common names include carnation (D. caryophyllus), pink (D. plumarius and related species) and sweet william (D. barbatus).
Rose bud
Rose
Rosebud
Rosebud
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over a hundred species and thousands of cultivars.
Yesterday Today and Tomorrow
Brunfelsia pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, the nightshades. It is endemic to Brazil, and it is grown in cultivation. Its common names include yesterday-today-and-tomorrow, morning-noon-and-night, Kiss Me Quick, and Brazil raintree.
The genus name is 'Brunfelsia' . The specific epithet pauciflora, refers to the Latin term for 'few flowered'.
Philodendron shoot
Philodendron is a large genus of flowering plants in the Araceae family. Some philodendrons are, however, known to be toxic to mice and rats.
