Ball Cap Mom Blog
Blogging is one of the crazy joys in life.
““Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” – Andrew Sullivan
My Two New Friends From Melissa, Texas
Another great day lost with my camera, Midnight, and this time I found myself in Melissa, Texas. I had set off on another adventure looking for barns, churches, birds, or anything else fun to photograph, and this adventure landed me right in the middle of Melissa....
Lost in the Small Town of Pilot Point, Texas
Last week, I found myself lost in the small town of Pilot Point, Texas! After a few of my most recent adventures, I've decided that getting lost in a small town with your camera is the perfect way to spend an afternoon! As long as you can find your way back home...
Trinity River Audubon Center…A Place You Need to Visit
Today, I set off on another adventure with my little adventure buddy, Morgan, to check out this place I had heard about in various articles showing up in some of my bird emails called Trinity River Audubon Center. I wasn't quite sure what we were getting ourselves...
The Native Texas Butterfly Garden & House at Heard Museum
The Native Texas Butterfly Garden & House at the Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary is now one of my favorite little places to visit with my camera. If you are looking for something to do with your kiddos this summer, you really should...
Circus 1903…The Golden Age of Circus – A Must See for Everyone
Circus 1903 - The Golden Age of Circus. I highly recommend getting some tickets to see this show. I'm going on my fifth year as a Dallas Summer Musicals Season Ticket holder, and as you can imagine, I have seen a lot of musicals. Some I've seen more than once!...
Blackland Prairie Raptor Center in Lucas
I'm often discovering wonderful places so close to home when I'm out with my camera, and the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center is another one of those wonderful places you should add to your list of places you need to visit! Zach, my 4th grader, came home from school...
Cattle Egrets in Allen? What?
Cattle Egrets in Allen? That seems crazy! The other day, I was walking around this beautiful little neighborhood lake, trying to get some pictures of a Great Egret and some wood ducks swimming and hunting in this local pond. I noticed some strange sounds coming...
Chasing Red-tailed Hawks & Private Property
Hawks! And Private Property signs. Just what is the rule for chasing after hawks when their nest is in a tree that is on someone's private property? Is there a rule? Am I breaking whatever rules are in existence for this situation? I'm not sure, but I think it's...
The Kodak Brownie Hawkeye…Another Adventure with Film
I had heard of the Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera before, but I did not know much about it. When I was younger, my Great Uncle Bill used to take lots of pictures. I'm sure at some point, he probably used a Brownie camera, but with my lack of knowledge about cameras...
Caution – Watch for Snakes…
Snakes! Eeeeeek! As most of you know, hiking and taking photos on my hikes is one of my favorite things to do in my free time. Recently, however, since Spring has sprung, my hikes have taken on a new feel. A creepy, crawly, uncomfortable feel... If you are one of...