Trees at the San Antonio Botanical Garden's

At the San Antonio Botanical Gardens there is a wide range of plants spread out over a 33 acre area.  In this photo you can see some of the trees there with the fall colored foliage stamping it's beauty alongside the lake.  

Texas Beauty

I have come to really like the desert and its plants.  This Agave is typical of many others that grow just like it everywhere in the wild.  They sit seemingly unnoticed, but yet they spread their beauty out with such majestic growth.

Resting butterfly

In Marathon, Texas butterflies, such as this one, can be seen in the fall spreading their wings and showing off their beauty!

Port of Cassis, France

Hill country, TX

When the bluebonnets are in full bloom, driving through the hills outside Brady and Fredericksburg, TX is so beautiful!!

Trams in Strasbourg France

Public transportation in Strasbourg, France is excellent.  People can get around easily without a car.  Trams are a wonderful, easy, comfortable and a fast alternative to driving in this city of a half million people.  Roads are often very congested and parking in the downtown area can often be hard to find.

Paris France Cafe

People in France love to sit and watch pedestrians and cars go by.  They can sit for hours.  There is a beauty in sitting in a cafe and relaxing and watching the world whirl around you.  A "je ne sais quoi" about it. Many authors have depicted themselves sitting in cafes writing parts of their novels.  If you go to France and you enjoy one of these moments in time, be sure to look around you.  There is no telling who you might see!!