Have seen some beautiful sunrises and sunsets from my back door. So… it’s not the beach- but I can still admire the beauty of God’s creation and worship him!
Archive for the 'natural beauty' Category
31
Dec
11
sunsets and sunrises
20
Aug
10
season of clouds
There has been a season of beautiful clouds lately in Galveston. The sunrises and sunsets have been incredible. They always make me pause and reflect on how amazingly beautiful our Creator is! Enjoy the photos.
On Saturday morning, we headed out and braved the heat, arriving at the drive through Safari Park near San Antonio. I’ll let the pictures do the talking themselves (as well as the captions!) but this was one of the most fun places I’ve ever been, and to be able to feed and REALLY encounter wilf animals…totally worth the $16 to get in. When you get to feed antelope, zebra, and ostrich, your day is made! :O) Enjoy the pictures!
My friend the goat!
"Mommy!" "I'm trying to sleep!"
"Excuse me, do you mind?"
The entrance to our adventure!
A cool wildebeest
Sleeping baby wildebeest
Pretty deer
Pretty spotted deer
"Looky me; I'm in a tree!"
My...what big horns you have...
HUGE Ostrich that Tim 'called'
Gorgeous zebra
I've never been able to pet a zebra before!
Our zebra friend was clearly the dominant one!
Here comes another ostrich for some food as Tim calls!
This ostrich stuck his head right into the van!
Rhinos behind bars
Bacitrarian Camels (that's spelled wrong! lol)
EMUS!
Llama, llama in the watah lol
"Please can you brush me?"
A pretty crowned heron
Happy giraffes!
Tim feeds the zebra by tossing food into its mouth!"
This ostrich ignores Tim's 'call'
Tim feeds a very pretty antelope
Welcome to Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
Sorry it took me so long to sum up our adventures from Monday! Anyway, we journeyed to the Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, which was pretty neat. It was SO HOT, however, that we really couldn’t stay very long. I did get some neat pictures, though. Tim took this first one!
What's in the men's bathroom sink???
The scenery at the refuge really was very beautiful. Jenn really enjoyed it. I walked out along a wooden trail there (love those!) and took some cool pictures of the flowers and grasses and clouds.
Pretty Milk Weeds & Pond
Photos at the Refuge!
Our favorite couple @ the Refuge
A view of the swamp
We also took some photos as we were driving. The scenery in Texas is VERY flat, unless you find the Hill Country near San Antonio, where we’ll be headed shortly. :O) Anyways, I wanted to share with you the common sights in Texas–HUGE clouds, sometimes stormy, and cattle eating grass as far as the eye can see!
Cows clumping near trees
A Storm's A Comin'
Some beauty in the swamps
It was such a bummer that we actually found a real “wild” gator, however, I couldn’t get a picture of it because I hopped up onto a bench to take a really good one from above and scared it away! 😦
Gator? Or NOT a Gator? YOU decide!
A raccoon that MIGHT have been rabid...
Beautiful butterfly!
Sooo…after our wildlife encounters, we drove back along Bolivar and returned to Galveston by the ferry. It was fun, though a VERY hot wait in the van with no AC. Ah well…we drove along with the side door open for a little while, hoping to catch the slightest chance of some wind. :O) Got some nice pics on the Ferry…enjoy!
Bolivar Lighthouse
Pretty black birds
On the Ferry
Pretty Texas Clouds
26
Jun
10
sunsets in galveston
We’ve seen some pretty beautiful sunsets lately in Galveston. The clouds have been pretty lately. We don’t live too far from the Galveston Bay, so if I can walk there quickly, I might catch a good picture. Sometimes, though, the light changes way too quickly and it’s easy to miss! Other pictures we have taken out the van window while driving. It is fun for me to try and stop the van at a perfect place for a picture. I know Tim doesn’t understand my insanity, but he has happily joined in and taken a bunch of the pictures for me while I’m driving. 🙂 Enjoy.
I was looking back through the drafts of posts I have never published and found these pictures waiting to be shared. I still love just taking pictures of anything beautiful I see and praising God who made it all! 🙂 Hope you are enjoying the beauty in the area around you too!
31
Mar
10
saturday sunrise
Last Saturday (3/20) there was a lot going on, so I woke up early to see the sunrise. It was gorgeous- not disappointing at all! 🙂 The Galveston beach is such contrast to the snowy beauty of Colorado, but it is still breathtaking to me sometimes. What a beautiful start to the day!
26
Mar
10
sunday sunrise
Another lovely Sunday sunrise… thank God one hour later than the day before! 🙂 These pics are from Sunday 3/14. There were a lot of Spring Breakers on the beach watching the sunrise too.
02
Mar
10
galveston sunrise
“Weeping only lasts for the night, but joy comes in the morning…”
How I have missed getting up early enough to see the sunrise from the beach! Because of the wintry weather, rainy season with night fog, working hard, pregnancy, and Barkley coming to live with us in October, I haven’t been out to the beach early in months! My morning always starts with showering and then taking care of the dog. Happily, I have figured out that the dog is fine shut in the bedroom with Tim until I get back from watching the sunrise. So I am hoping to have the energy to get up more often. It was a beautiful morning, a time to reflect, talk with God, and bring peace to my soul. With all that’s going on, it’s important that I take the time to enjoy the beauty around me. Hope you enjoy it too!
27
Jan
10
sunset
What a glorious sunset on Monday night. I was absolutely in awe and just wanted to share a few pictures to remind you of all the beautiful things our God made! He is glorious! It always makes me pause and gaze in awe. 🙂
Tim and Jenn's Journey 