The Other Texas

jeffashman · Jun 11, 2022

Folks around the world have this image of Texas with cactus and tumbleweed and mesquite trees, but there are many varied biospheres in this very large state. This is in my neck of the woods, and is very sub-tropical. The flowers are American Lotus.

jun11202209 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

jun11202219 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Jeff15 · Jun 12, 2022

Nice shots.....

jeffashman · Jun 12, 2022

Jeff15 said:
Nice shots.....

Thanks!

MitchP · Jun 13, 2022

Beautiful!

One of the spots I want to road trip to is Big Bend National Park. I think it's a more arid region.

jeffashman · Jun 13, 2022

MitchP said:
Beautiful!

One of the spots I want to road trip to is Big Bend National Park. I think it's a more arid region.

Yes, a lot more. Down in the southern tip of the State.

Space Face · Jun 13, 2022

Aye, it's not usually how I'd picture Texas. Lovely lush scene. Bet it's full of things that bite tho

jeffashman · Jun 13, 2022

Space Face said:
Aye, it's not usually how I'd picture Texas. Lovely lush scene. Bet it's full of things that bite tho

Yep, both in the water and in the air around the water. Who needs a leech when you can just walk into a mosquito swarm...

K9Kirk · Jun 18, 2022

Nice shots, Jeff. That could easily pass for a number of places in Florida, which is sub-tropical. If that were east Texas, you might see a gator in there somewhere.

Dean_Gretsch · Jun 18, 2022

We traveled by bus from basic training in San Antonio to my tech school in Biloxi, Mississippi and saw many types of landscape in Texas. It is very diverse.

jeffashman · Jun 18, 2022

K9Kirk said:
Nice shots, Jeff. That could easily pass for a number of places in Florida, which is sub-tropical. If that were east Texas, you might see a gator in there somewhere.

We have alligators up here, but they are more towards Fort Worth and in the Fort Worth Nature Center. That's not to say there isn't one or two lurking in this area.

K9Kirk · Jun 18, 2022

jeffashman said:
We have alligators up here, but they are more towards Fort Worth and in the Fort Worth Nature Center. That's not to say there isn't one or two lurking in this area.

Really?! I'm surprised! I wasn't aware they were that far west. Stay away from the water's edge. :wink-6:

Warfarin · Jun 19, 2022

Always nice to have a fun/good “backyard” to photograph in

jeffashman · Jun 19, 2022

K9Kirk said:
Really?! I'm surprised! I wasn't aware they were that far west. Stay away from the water's edge.

Not sure if they migrated up here, or if they were originally released by bored pet enthusiasts, but the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge has a colony of them. I'm still planning on going back to try and find them. I would have thought that it gets too cold for them in the Winter, but maybe they just hibernate like other lizards.