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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/lrod/">75CentralPhotography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrod/55530863416/" title="Atop Mansfield Dam"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55530863416_a163bf76cb_m.jpg" width="240" height="89" alt="Atop Mansfield Dam" /></a></p> <p>Mansfield Dam impounds the Colorado River west of Austin, Texas.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/204590103@N06/">billy.reeder</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/204590103@N06/55529530645/" title="‘Everybody’s Somebody In Luckenbach”"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55529530645_d7c33cdea7_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="‘Everybody’s Somebody In Luckenbach”" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/7853001@N06/">halfstar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/7853001@N06/55525121157/" title="MW 091226 (2) _ e"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55525121157_dee965dc85_m.jpg" width="135" height="240" alt="MW 091226 (2) _ e" /></a></p> <p>The Milky Way over Latigo Ranch in Pipe Creek, Texas</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55523698640/" title="7R301942 Cat on a hot cement roof"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55523698640_988174e822_m.jpg" width="133" height="240" alt="7R301942 Cat on a hot cement roof" /></a></p> <p><br /> infrared<br /> photo shot w/ 35mm AutoreflexA w/Hexanon AR lens - probably 55mm f3.5 macro lens34th St Austin, Texas</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55523423438/" title="7R308286 Town Creek dryingup. No rain."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55523423438_5b3523547d_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="7R308286 Town Creek dryingup. No rain." /></a></p> <p>since mid July...</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55523320196/" title="7R308181 Now and then"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55523320196_df217b3527_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="7R308181 Now and then" /></a></p> <p>Pedernales River riparian area post flood of July 2026. Rio Grande Turkeys pecking for morsels in the debris and bank vegetation.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55522196297/" title="7R302384 Then. Rocky Raccoon in 1972"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55522196297_edc594362b_m.jpg" width="133" height="240" alt="7R302384 Then. Rocky Raccoon in 1972" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/reed-8/">Greg Reed 54</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/reed-8/55496319778/" title="Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Observation Tower"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55496319778_ea1ea1e941_m.jpg" width="240" height="138" alt="Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Observation Tower" /></a></p> <p>Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Observation Tower<br /> <br /> Climb to the top of the Observation Tower to get a bird’s-eye view of the Wildflower Center. A spiral stairway leads to a perch high above the Central Complex, offering views of the Center and surrounding countryside.<br /> <br /> This memorable feature — topped with a spineless prickly pear (Opuntia ellisiana) and fountainous Texas beargrass (Nolina texana) — is also a 10,000-gallon cistern and was used as a vertical landfill for debris generated during the Center’s construction.<br /> <br /> Just as the Center champions the conservation and application of native plants, its buildings reflect the materials and historical styles of the area. The Observation Tower’s brown sandstone, for instance, is from nearby Lampasas, and its architectural style is representative of watch towers of Spanish missions.<br /> <br /> Source: <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/central-complex/observation-tower" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.wildflower.org/central-complex/observation-tower</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center<br /> <br /> OVERVIEW<br /> <br /> The University of Texas at Austin Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the Botanic Garden of Texas. The Center promotes its mission to inspire the conservation of native plants through its internationally recognized sustainable gardens, education and outreach programs, and research projects.<br /> <br /> Our Mission<br /> Inspiring the conservation of native plants<br /> <br /> The Wildflower Center was founded by Lady Bird Johnson and Helen Hayes as the National Wildflower Research Center in 1982 and later renamed the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in 1997. It is a signature piece of Mrs. Johnson’s environmental legacy and is complementary to the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on the university’s campus. Originally opened on land in East Austin, the Center moved to its current site on a transition zone between the Edwards Plateau and Texas Blackland Prairies ecoregions in 1995.<br /> <br /> The Center has achieved great success since its founding, evolving from a private nonprofit research organization narrowly focused on Texas wildflowers to a major botanic garden and research unit of the university known for plant conservation, landscape restoration and sustainable approaches to landscape design. The Center is making a difference for the health of the planet through its research, demonstration projects, education programs and the development of national-scale programs to promote sustainable landscapes.<br /> <br /> Our vision thus embodies the university’s charge to change the world and serve the state and nation through education and research programs.<br /> <br /> Source: <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/about/overview" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.wildflower.org/about/overview</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55474212250/" title="P1400157 Spring Mayhem"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55474212250_cddb7f6059_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="P1400157 Spring Mayhem" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55473820281/" title="P1400178 Garbage Pickup"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55473820281_fee457a15b_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P1400178 Garbage Pickup" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/43988598@N02/">b7Creative</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43988598@N02/55467432511/" title="Texas Stare"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55467432511_79ba3fc00c_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Texas Stare" /></a></p> <p>Face to face with a Texas Longhorn in the Hill Country near Wimberley. The enormous sweep of the horns and direct stare were all this photograph needed, so I stripped the frame down to black and white and let the animal take over.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/43988598@N02/">b7Creative</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43988598@N02/55466451622/" title="Texas Tattoo"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55466451622_036cfe86a3_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Texas Tattoo" /></a></p> <p>A moment outside Texas Tattoo in Wimberley, Texas. Friends, an old Hill Country storefront and the slightly imperfect black-and-white frame made this one feel more like a memory than a formal photograph—the kind of image that belongs in a road-trip photo essay.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/43988598@N02/">b7Creative</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43988598@N02/55467552308/" title="Through the Fence"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55467552308_aaa2615082_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Through the Fence" /></a></p> <p>A young Longhorn looks directly through the strands of barbed wire on a ranch outside Wimberley, Texas. I loved the almost perfect symmetry of the face against the rough fence and dry summer pasture.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/43988598@N02/">b7Creative</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43988598@N02/55467432561/" title="Under the Live Oaks"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55467432561_a01958306f_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Under the Live Oaks" /></a></p> <p>A Longhorn standing beneath the spreading oaks of a Texas Hill Country pasture near Wimberley. The black-and-white treatment brought my attention to the shape of the horns, the tree canopy and the layers of cattle disappearing into the backgroun</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/43988598@N02/">b7Creative</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43988598@N02/55467432611/" title="No. 220"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55467432611_5fbd4988e6_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="No. 220" /></a></p> <p>A close portrait of a Texas Longhorn along a backroad near Wimberley. The warm hide, weathered fence and numbered ear tag made this feel less like a traditional livestock photograph and more like a portrait of an individual animal.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/43988598@N02/">b7Creative</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/43988598@N02/55466451312/" title="Hill Country Solitude"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55466451312_b3c23ec542_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Hill Country Solitude" /></a></p> <p>A Texas Longhorn resting alone beneath the trees in the open pasture outside Wimberley, Texas. The wide black-and-white frame and distant subject caught exactly what I love about the Hill Country—the scale, quiet, and unmistakable Texas landscape.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/151313979@N08/">duckswim2</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/151313979@N08/55461219585/" title="P1400199 Black Birds"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55461219585_a9233bc309_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P1400199 Black Birds" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBSu_ltDu1w&amp;list=RDGBSu_ltDu1w&amp;start_radio=1" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBSu_ltDu1w&amp;list=RDGBSu_ltDu1...</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mi_camino_mis_ojos/">ggrovas</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi_camino_mis_ojos/55443417624/" title="The Day a Texas Legend Dropped In"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55443417624_5706678f7e_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="The Day a Texas Legend Dropped In" /></a></p> <p>Some photographs are planned. This one simply happened.<br /> <br /> I was spending the afternoon in Luckenbach, Texas, when Pat Green unexpectedly showed up, took a seat with his guitar, and turned an ordinary afternoon into a memory I will never forget. There was no massive arena, elaborate lighting, or distance between the artist and the crowd—just an old wooden stage, a tip jar, and Texas music being played where it feels most at home.<br /> <br /> Born in San Antonio and raised in Waco, Pat Green began playing small bars while attending Texas Tech before becoming one of the defining voices of modern Texas country. His early independent records, including Dancehall Dreamer, helped build the grassroots Texas music movement, while songs such as “Wave on Wave,” “Carry On,” and “Take Me Out to a Dancehall” carried that sound far beyond the state.<br /> <br /> Luckenbach holds a particularly meaningful place in his story. Green has returned to the legendary dance hall repeatedly—his 2025 live recording marked his 17th performance there—and he has described Luckenbach as a place that has been part of his life for a long time. Much of that connection runs through his friendship with and admiration for Jerry Jeff Walker, whose historic recordings helped make Luckenbach a spiritual home for independent Texas music. Green later followed in his hero’s footsteps by recording his own live project there.<br /> <br /> That may be what keeps drawing him back: Luckenbach is not about fame or spectacle. It is about songs, friendships, history, and the freedom to sit down with a guitar and simply play.<br /> <br /> I was fortunate enough to be standing there with my camera when it happened.<br /> <br /> Luckenbach, Texas</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mi_camino_mis_ojos/">ggrovas</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mi_camino_mis_ojos/55442428596/" title="Where Texas Legends Still Play"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55442428596_a0f4b8e11b_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Where Texas Legends Still Play" /></a></p> <p>In Luckenbach, Texas, legends never completely disappear. They linger in the weathered wood, faded license plates, old saloon walls, and songs that seem to remain long after the last guitar goes quiet.<br /> <br /> Surrounded by decades of Texas memories, this oversized wooden guitar feels like a monument to every musician, drifter, storyteller, and dreamer who found their way to this small Hill Country town. Rough, worn, and proudly imperfect—just like the legends Luckenbach was built upon.<br /> <br /> Some places preserve their history behind glass. Luckenbach lets it keep playing.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bob_albums/">Bob B1981</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_albums/55437900668/" title="Enchanted Rock, Texas"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55437900668_024a089307_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Enchanted Rock, Texas" /></a></p> <p>Enchanted Rock is a short drive from Fredericksburg, Texas. People climbing to the top are but specs on left side of photo.</p>
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