Around Austin-The Deep Eddy Community Garden looking green and ready to sprout. Wednesday May 27th 2026. See more below.

Around Austin-Having to drive further and further from West Austin to find a cornfield these days. This one on Utah Sands Drive in Pflugerville just off of Texas 130. The rains of Spring 2026 have created some of the best looking cornfield in years. See another snapshot below.

Around Austin-Havard Agave the bloom. May 29th 2026. May 12th. Havard Agave in full bloom, May 26th 2026.

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Around Austin-Pink Silk Tree, AKA Persian Silk Tree, Mimosa Tree, Albizia julibrissin along Addie Roy Road Monday afternoon May 18th 2026. See Addie Roy Road image with a Pink Silk Tree below. Pink Silk Tree on the northern side of Addie Roy Road.

Around Austin-Lilac Chaste Trees are in bloom. This at Fazio Foothills golf course. Tuesday May 19th 2026. See closeup image below. Closeup of Lilac Chaste Tree in bloom. Also known as Vitex agnus-castus or simply as Chaste Tree.

Around Austin-Scarlet Bugler AKA Penstemon Centranthifolius at the Eilers Deep Eddy Park. Friday morning May 15th 2026.

Around Austin-After the Thunderstorm, the Forest Floor 0730 Monday May 11th 2026.

Around Asheville North Carolina-Homes and Gardens. May 3rd 2026. See more below. Blue Ridge Mountains in the background

Around Austin-Wildflower "Mexican Hat" Tuesday Cinco de Mayo, 2026. See another image below.

Around Los Angeles-UCLA Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. Nearly 3 PM Thursday April 16th 2026. Students study and relax in the five acre garden containing 70 works. See hammer.ucla.edu for detail and to even schedule a tour. Prominent in West Los Angeles are the violet-flower Jacaranda tree, "Blue Jacaranda, Black Poul or Jacaranda mimosifolia" a native of South America is "sought after due to its ornamental value." (Plantin APP). See more images of the sculptures an

Around Los Angeles-Westwood the neighborhood surrounding most of UCLA includes Malcolm Avenue. Janss Investment Company played a pivotal role in developing this area. As embossed above, 1926 on Malcolm Avenue. Many of the original homes remain but as elsewhere many are being replaced. UCLA's main campus broke ground in 1927 with the first 5,500 undergraduate students in 1929 (Wikipedia.org). "Janss Investment Company was a prominent, family-owned Southern California real

Around Austin-Yucca Elata, AKA Soaptree Yucca, in bloom along Barton Creek Boulevard Sunday April 26th, 2026. See a closeup image below.

Around Los Angeles-Art-"The Getty" Museum in the Brentwood area of West Los Angeles-One of "a series of intallations created for the Getty Museum's entrance halll, inspired by its collection, architecture, and site." Above Spectrum 14|Espectro 14 by Charles Ross 2024. "Fourteen acrylic prisms turned to the sun, suspended in the skylights." Above simply the image on the travertine tile floor, essentially a moment-in-time, Friday April 17th 2026, 2:47 PM. (Information Sour

Around Austin-False dayflower or Tinantia anomala in early bloom along Stratford Drive. Saturday April 11th 2026.

Around Austin-The relatively dry and warm early Spring has induced blooming of Texas Prickly Pears on the hill below Addie Roy Road and just north of Texas RM2244. Above a closeup shows a nearly a dozen bees working this one flower. Monday April 13th 2026. See more snapshots below. With a view of Westbound Texas RM2244 shows yet-to-bloom and bloomed Texas Prickly Pear plants.

Around Austin-Rarely appreciated back gate ornaments of the Zilker Botanical Garden. Saturday April 11th 2026. See another gate ornament below.

Around Austin-This oak was revealed recently after demolition and site preparation at East Dean Keeton Street and Medical Arts Street. According to news.utexas.edu March 16th 2026, the site is being converted to dedicated housing for the University of Texas Law Students. Set to open August 2028, it will create 300 beds, many amenities and hopefully retain this wonderful oak previously obscurred.

Around Austin-Casting a long shadow on an early Spring morning. Watering a Red Oak planted in Winter 2025. Saturday March 21st 2026.

Around Austin-Irrigating planted seeds at the Deep Eddy Community Garden. Monday morning March 21st 2026.