My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 204 It's peach blossom time!

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 203 Two years ago I collected bluebonnet seeds, put them through the scarification process and threw them in my garden, four plants have come up and this is my first blossom! Not the biggest blossom but I'm pretty excited!

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 202 The brilliant red of this geranium blossom is almost unreal, so beautiful

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 201 After a stormy night I was greeted by the rising sun shining through the trademark oak tree at the nursery where I work

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 200 Found this white-lined sphinx moth under the tables at the plant nursery

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 199 The Mountain Laurels are spectacular this year, the fragrance is amazing.

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 198 Found this white prickly poppy in front of the barn at work.

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 197 Little patches of bluebonnets are showing up

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 196 What a beautiful blue! Diamonds Blue Delphinium

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 195 Another of the Oregon coast just north of Tillamook

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 194 One of my favorite pictures from a trip I took up the Oregon coast

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 193 It's almost bluebonnet time!

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 192 This is the start of a temperature blanket, a daily log of high temperatures in Central Texas for one year. So far I've completed January (right side) and February (left side). For reference the orange is temps 80-89.

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 191 A few years ago, Mote Aquarium, Sarasota FL

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 190 Love these guys in my aquarium - glass cats, they just hover in place and you can see right through them

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 189 This little jumping spider was playing in the ajugas this morning, what an adorable face!

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 188 Hope this wildflower season is as good as a few years ago... giant swallowtail on verbena

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 187 You had to be there...Gorgeous sunrise this morning

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 186 It's an artichoke thistle, sorry not edible

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 185 And more succulents!

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 184 Fields of succulents

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 183 And this pretty pink dianthus

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 182 Check out this beautiful hellebore or lenten rose I found at the nursery today

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 181 Big Bend bluebonnets with Santa Elena canyon in the background.

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 180 Started back to work at the nursery today and this fine pipevine swallowtail came to see me.

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 179 The newest addition to my aquarium, a butterfly loach, he's tiny, less than an inch, almost translucent and you can see his heart beat

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 178 Clearing behind the garden today and found this Christmas Cholla. Those thorns are about 2" long!

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 177 Storm clouds on the horizon, just north of Terlingua, Big Bend area

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 176 Happy Valentine's Day Y'all

My Morning Walk - A photo journal of new beginnings Day 175 Big Bend still calling my name. Mule Ears