red cypress

 

The cypress trees in Higginbotham Park provide a punch of color in the autumn landscape.  The walking trail makes it a popular park.  Here's the same kind of trees, same park -- different season.



Higginbotham Park
Lubbock, Texas

11.29.2015

the blue hole

 

 A natural swimming pool, the Blue Hole is a unique spot almost hidden in the center of Wimberley, lined by old growth cypress trees.  The clear pool is fed by an artesian spring called Jacob's Well.  With this morning's low in the 40s and the brisk breeze, there were no enthusiasts in the water.

 

The Blue Hole

Wimberley, Texas

www.blueholeregionalpark.com

 

cypress and swamp

 

The 1700 acres lake at Black Bayou Lake has cypress and tupelo trees and is surrounded by swamps that become bottomland hardwoods.  Although the preserve signs indicated much wildlife, all I saw were dragonflies and grasshoppers -- but I didn't venture far along the paths.

 

Black Bayou Lake Natural Wildlife Refuge

Monroe, Louisiana

foggy morning

This March has strange spring weather -- fog in the morning, 85 degree afternoons with a bit of rain and hail. Yesterday my photographer friend caught excellent images of the cypress trees at Higginbotham Park. This morning I thought I would emulate her I couldn't find her tripod holes on the shore.

Higginbotham Park
19th and Vicksburg
Lubbock, Texas