Brinkley Bounding at the Beach

 Alex and I took Brinkley down to Galveston on her birthday.

Brinkley took right to the sand and the birds.

We certainly didn't expect him to chase after a bird right into the surf!

But as soon as he hit that cold water he changed his mind and high-tailed it out of the water!

It was funny to watch!

I love this photo of Alexandra and her puppy. So sweet.

Brinkley was worn out after bounding on the beach.

Too much running for a city dog.

Such a handsome puppy.

Scenic Drive

The view on my drive home from Houston yesterday consisted of beautiful fields of wildflowers.

Like this one:

Wish I could take credit for this photo, but I never saw a good place to pull over and take my camera out. 

You know. Traffic whizzing by at 75 miles per hour and a narrow shoulder on the road kind of scares me.

So I stole this photo from the Internet.

But you get the idea.

The bluebonnets are blooming and they're stunning.

But further up the road off highway 71 I had a much different view.

Miles and miles of the aftermath from the wildfires in 2011 in Bastrop, Texas.

Still trying to recover from that devastation.

You know how people say it looks like a bomb went off or a war zone?

Well, that's what it looks like. 

Charred trees as far as the eye can see.

That fire devoured 32,000 acres and destroyed 1,700 homes and businesses, forcing 5,000 residents to evacuate.

So sad.

Let's not think about that.

How about something happy.

Like this:

Hard not to feel happy when you see a basket of puppies.

More on my Houston trip to see my child coming soon.