One Done, One to Go

One sudden storm after another, a back to back pummeling of rain and wind. Although the rain was wild and the wind was blowing over small items, the storm moved away within the hour leaving us with blue skies. Also, this is the 100th post for TMannphotography, congratulations to 100 amazing posts!

Waterfall

Following both my photography camp and a sudden rain storm, I tried my newly learned skills on what the rain did. I ended up taking this picture of rain water falling out of a gutter, it almost looks like a waterfall.

A Cloudy Sunset
Over the city lights and noises, the clouds and sun were having a wonderful party. The sun lit up the early night time sky by putting himself within the clouds. The clouds look like silk or strands of fine hair. Sadly, the sun had to leave shortly after he came to let the moon do its job.

Pin Pointers

These small, black, aquatic animals were scattered everywhere in the stream I was wading in. What better thing to do than to take a round of pictures to share with the world. If you look at them closely, they almost look like pin points or push pins.

A Look Down the Lane
After lunch and on our way home, the street carved a perfect path. The buildings in the background are set right next to the street and as the street curve the buildings do too.

Green Branches

As I was going on a morning run, while delivering newspapers to the neighbors houses, I stopped to see this oddly shaped bush. "It almost looks like a jellyfish," I said to myself before returning to the run.

Bloom flower, Bloom
The background is full of flowers that have bloomed, but this one his not yet bloomed. On a visit to a house I spotted the flowers and took a few pictures before returning to the tour and this is what the picture turned out to be

Trees
Red, orange, and yellow, trees range in color and size. They are like giant humans. They eat, grow and live but the only thing we do differently then them, we sleep and rest much more than them.

Rain, Up-close

Succeeding an enormous rain storm, we were sitting in the car waiting to go inside for dinner. To pass the time, I took pictures of the recently fallen rain before it dried away.

Sun Creased Cloud

On the top of the storm clouds, the sun was peaking through giving light to the tops of clouds. Towards the bottom the clouds turned dark and spudded rain and lightning to the ground below.

Memorial Day Pride

Solders, mechanics, medics, and everyone else in the Armed Forces, we salute you and thank you for all of the great work you have and will do to protect our country. Land, water, and sea you will stop at nothing to protect America, thank you for your service.

Tall Grass? No Problem

When you find a tasty snack but the grass is over your head, what do you do? This bird didn't care he just kept on eating away, even though the grass was tickling his body.  

Ladybug Leaf

What do you call a ladybug on a leaf, besides a ladybug on a leaf? A ladybug leaf and that is exactly what this is, a ladybug on a leaf.

A Proud Founding Father

The famous George Washington was sitting proudly on a bench in the Dallas Arboretum. He was staring ahead like a war was going on over there. I went beside him and snapped a head shot before leaving. We will always salute you and treasure you George, thank you for your service.  

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

The fish in this pond were not blue and there weren't two fish (unless you count the part of the fish in the picture). I was walking along when I saw a pond of about 20 fish. They swam close to me and I took a few pictures of them before returning to my walk.

Sky Flowers

Since the sky has white clouds with a blue background, what if we designed it with flowers, white and blue flowers. This is exactly what the Dallas Arboretum did. As we strolled through the monster garden, I looked and saw the flowers, then looked up at the sky. An extremely similar match.   

Symmetry is Everywhere

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Anyways, from the wings of a butterfly to the seats at a ballpark, you can find symmetry everywhere. The seats are perfectly in tact with each other, row after row, after row.   

May the Forth be with You

Happy May 4th, or as you Star Wars geeks call it, may the force be with you. I was lucky enough to share this picture with you from the inside of the Texas Rangers dugout. As happy as you are Star Wars fans about the new movie coming out, I still haven't gotten lucky enough to watch more than 15 minutes of any movie in the series.

Dirt, to Grass, to Stands

Within the Texas Rangers stadium, you have multiple layers on the field, the dirt, grass and stands. What we see in the stands are stands, stands, and more stands, I guess sitting in the dugout does have its benefits.

Where is my Walnut?

Last I checked a squirrel should know where he buries his walnuts, right?

I think this squirrel got a little confused because he literally dug up the whole plant looking for the nut that he buried in the past, somewhere in this garden.