Everything in nature this spring seems brighter, fresher, more vibrant than usual. Like these turtle pals.

I think a group of swans did a performance just for me. As I stood and watched, they changed direction, got in position, and swam by in a line. MUST.WRITE.HAIKU.

An Earth Day celebration of nature-filled Butler Shores Metropolitan Park along Ladybird Lake in Austin.

Simple pleasures: an Austin bridge at sunset, music and a son’s deep sense of place.