Texas Wildflower Photos and Baseball Notes

I have been working on the news stories and advertising for my show in Magdalena, New Mexico, in July. It takes so much time and effort. Artists need an assistant for paperwork, but most of us cannot afford one, so we plow along with our best efforts.

In absence of art, I will post Texas wildflowers that are always popular. Here are a few photos I snapped at the golf course. If you would like a larger image for reference I will be happy to send it. If you use one of these, just remember where it came from.

These tiny wine cups are such a brilliant fuchsia color. I love them and each one blooms only a day or two.



Cactus Pears have beautiful blooms. They must be tasty, look at all the bugs.


Mexican Hats are in their full glory now. Striking with the deep crimson and bright yellow.



These look like the lace used in store bought bouquets. Lovely around the electric box, eh?


This isn't a great photo, but I was compelled to post it. It must be wild honeysuckle, it smells wonderful.



And last but not least, the bright red and yellow Indian Blankets. Oh, I do have an art link for you today, Carol Marine. She painted and Indian Blanket just the other day. You will have to scroll down her page to find it, but you will like looking at her daily paintings. She lives in the area and has painted other wildflowers as well. She has a unique style that is great to see and makes you smile.

There were many more varieties scattered among these. It is a great time to drive around the area and it is still a mild 84 degrees outside this morning.

And a couple of baseball notes and photos. We are nearing the end of the season and each game seems more important.

This isn't the best photo, but I did get a photo of the fireworks at the end of the game last Tuesday. They go off as soon as the last pitch is thrown and you need to be ready. The Longhorns beat the Texas State Bobcats 12-2. One of their players had 70 runs batted in, just about as many as the whole Texas lineup! They have been a big scoring team all season. We expected them to have a high score. Give the credit to the Longhorn pitchers.


The final handshake and hugs. I mentioned before that many of the Texas players know each other from high school or may even be related and it is fun to see the camaraderie and rivalry as well. Oh, and those of us sitting in our area all thought the gold pants were not a great idea for the Bobcats.


Last night the Longhorns beat the Baylor Bears 12-4. The game was full of errors on their side, seven and the Horns had a couple. Wow. The game was on ESPNU and you can barely see the outfield camera in the lower right part of the photo. They play in Waco tonight and tomorrow so we will rely on the computer to find out what happens.

As usual you can read the nitty-gritty on Joanna's Longhorn Baseball Page and the official story on the Longhorn baseball page. There are links on the official page to the Game Tracker and Yahoo Audio if you want to listen.