Cenizo is a hunting ground for a jewel like predator.
Milkweed banquet.
Ferocious Ant Lion larvae make a sand trap for their insect prey, then . . .
. . . they morph into their final delicate flying stage.
Night stalker.
Cicadas, colloquially called locusts, these rythmic buzzing singers in the trees are the sound of hot summer afternoons in Texas.
While this vixen charmed me her reynard skulked & circled invisibly in the brush barking his jealousy.
Breeding season was over, her last pup had just left.
Elegant hunter in the heat.
Practical beef cattle.
HIstorical ornaments.
Puppy in a purse.
Elderly friends.
Feral resentment: "Do not make me leave my nest."