Pumpkin Season

It's that time of the year again! It's October and that means pumpkins and spooky things. Normally pumpkins are orange and have lines going down but this pumpkin is green and yellow and has bumps. There are also pumpkins whose color is white, yellow, or red. Have you ever seen a red pumpkin? It seems like an unusual color for a pumpkin to be.

Ruff

While on a bike ride around the neighborhood looking for pictures, I went to a friends house and found this dog. He raced over to the fence and started staring at me. After looking at me for some time he started to bark at me. I took out my camera and started taking pictures of it. He was so fierce the way he was barking at me, I thought he was going to break the fence.

Goats

These are the rare Angora goats. They date back all the way from the 13th century in Asia Minor. No, not really. These are just fake goats that I found in someone's yard. They are made and metal and probably don't eat anything. They were probably made in America and in the 21st century. Behind the goats is that tall grass bush object. That is where I took two of my pictures.

Wood Pecker

This is a Golden-fronted Woodpecker. They are common in west Texas and Mexico but not in Dallas. It normally hangs out in isolated groves of trees and unbroken dense forests. This woodpecker was not in a grove of trees or a forest but in a single tree far from others. Why is he at this tree and not at a grove or forest? Why is he all the way in Dallas? If only I knew.

Disperse

In the center of this leaf, all the veins come together. They provide the leaf with food, water, and nutrients. The food, water, and nutrients come from the soil and stem then the veins disperse them all around the leaf. Without this then the leaf would die. That's why you need to always water your plants and have good soil to support the plant through nutrients.

Late Bloomer

Yesterday's picture I talked about how fall is here and the colors are changing. Today I am going to talk about how this flower missed its chance to bloom. While it might have a little more growing time because it is Texas and it's hot, it will probably never fully bloom. It will grow a little but not all the way to its brother which is a fully bloomed and very beautiful flower.

Array of Leaves

Fall is finally here and the leaves are showing it. Not all of the trees and plants are turning colors but this plant started to turn colors. It goes from a light yellow to dark red, back to the normal color of green. Soon all of the trees and plants will turn colors and there will be a new scenery to take pictures of.

Dead or Alive?

The sun is a killer of this flower. The plant looks like it is trying to survive but the sun is damaging the petals. The darker pink spots look completely different than the rest of the flower and leafs. Then there those three brown leaves in the middle. They are not like the others and make the flower look bad.

Sliver of Moon

In the final days that the moon is out, it turns into a tiny sliver. By tomorrow I bet that the moon will be gone and it will be a dark night. Then the next day the moon will be back and in two weeks there will probably be another full moon. The cycle repeats again and again. Full moon, no moon, full moon, no moon. 

Bean Tree

It might look like I am in a forest or someplace cooler than Dallas but no. I just had the camera pointed into the tree making the background look cool. This is the first picture that I took in a new camera format. I formatted my card to my camera allowing for better photos and more pictures per card. You should see an upgrade in the quality of the pictures.

Choir Loft

From the bottom of the seat looking up is much different than from the top looking down. The lights hang down from the ceiling making them look like they are floating. Then the bright colors of the doors in the center of the stage contrast the darker and calmer colors of the rest of the room. It's calm and then you see the giant doors and floating lights.

Three Points

The game might not have been a complete loss. The Longhorns still scored 41 points. The game went back and forth. Texas scored then Maryland did, Texas did then Maryland did this happened almost every drive after halftime. Then on one of the drives that Texas scored a touchdown, they kicked for the extra point. This is what I got from that. An almost kicked ball that was made for the extra one point.

Stopped

The defense did their job and stopped this wide receiver. They stopped him so hard that he was thrown off of his feet and into the air. Then we have the over defensive player diving into the mess. He was just short of the first down.Then the next play was fourth down and the Longhorns didn't make it and handed the ball over to the Maryland Terrapins.

Horns Up

At the beginning of what was supposed to be an 85 degree Texas football game, the heat had already made me sweat an insane amount. It was probably close to 100 degrees. I stayed the whole game and had several glasses of water. It was not the best game but I took a few good pictures, like this one. The girl in front of me put her horns up at the beginning of the game. Then I took this picture thinking it would be bad, but I actually like it quite a lot.

Loose Ball

Following the strip by number 4 on the green team, the ball came loose. This is a cool picture because the ball just hit the ground and the guy in white looks like he is holding up number 4. Tomorrow we go all the way down south to Austin to see Texas play Maryland. Even though the score has been announced and we didn't win, it is still going to be cool to reflect.

Dew Flower

This flower in an enclosed area outside but it still had dew on it. You might now be able to see the dew but you can see the beautiful flower. It's a gorgeous green and purple that magically changes colors in random places. The color changes work because it's not spots of green and spots of purple, it flows together.

Fumble

Who's going to get it? This is the beginning of two football games at two different locations. This is the first part. This player in the green slipped and he is trying to get the ball from number seven on the white team. By the title and some of my hints, I think you will know what tomorrows post is going to be.

Miniature Castle

This miniature castle has everything that a minute king would want. Columns to protect against rebelling townspeople and guardsmen. This really is a model of a palace that was made in the late 1800s. This is the last picture before we take off back to Dallas.

Still Fountain

On day two of fountains and water features, this is like a picture I took earlier. Back in the Dallas Arts District, there is a museum that has fountains like this but they are sticking out from a wall. These are cooler because on this I can stop the water. In the other museum, I couldn't. The water was moving too fast. Not this water, it is moving just slow enough for me get this shot.

Rock Fountain

The Getty Museum is not only oil paintings from the 1800's, but it's also a museum. It has amazing views, fountains, and obviously oil paintings from the old times. This fountain is cool because of the rock behind it. It has different colors which confuse your mind it confuses mine too. I think that the water has something to do with the changing of color. I have never seen a rock, even rocks in the water, turn yellow. I wonder what caused this rock to turn this weird yellow.