Thursday, December 20, 2012

Yes, This Is South Texas

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

San Antonio River, Mission Reach, Concepcíon Park Trailhead upstream

Today's photos:

















It's December in South Texas… with dragonflies and butterflies… and scouringrush horsetail.

As I mentioned in my post last Thursday (December 13), "… here in South Texas, summer rarely completely gives way to winter. Summer may go into hiding for a few days or even a couple of weeks, but it is never far away."

We had two nights below freezing last week. Yesterday and today we set record high temperatures for the two days, 81º (F) and 82 respectively. As I am typing this tonight, a Pacific cold front has blown in that will bring temperatures back to seasonal norms. We are supposed to be close to, if not below, freezing for the morning of the first day of Winter Friday.

Yes, this is South Texas and that's how it goes around here.

The butterflies in this series of photos in the order of first appearance are: common buckeye, ceraunus blue and dainty sulphur. As with all my walks along the San Antonio River, there are a slew more photos to publish in future posts.

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