Different Animals

We were out on a leisurely drive around the Hill Country and we came upon a ranch with these animal's in it. Most of the ranches around here have sheep or goats but these were different.

Here in Texas there is no telling what you might find in the pastures of the ranches. That's one reason we enjoy driving around the back roads of the Hill Country.

The Beautiful Texas Hill Country

Texas Bluebonnets

It's hard to describe how beautiful the Texas Hill Country is, the rolling hills are covered with cedar trees and are a dark green. During the spring the Texas Bluebonnets are all over the hills and roadside. The highway department doesn't mow the roadsides until the Bluebonnets have stopped blooming. We can thank Lady Bird Johnson for this.

We have been to a lot of different states in our travels but I don't believe I've been to a state that has prettier sunrises and sunsets than Texas.

Beautiful Texas Sunrises

Beautiful Texas Sunsets

A View Of Our Backyard

One Of Our Guests Feeding The Goats

In our backyard we have a large herd of goats and a couple of donkeys. The donkeys are there to provide security for the goats to ensure they are not killed by a coyote or mountain lion. One of the goats gave birth to triplets and another gave birth to twins. They are real friendly and if you approach them with some old bread they will come to the fence and take it out of your hands.

Some of the baby goats and the mother of twins

A Herd Of Fallow Deer

We were going to Hondo to make a run to our favorite store, "Wally World" to stock up on our food supplies. Driving to Hondo you go through some beautiful Hill Country ranch country and you can never tell what sort of animal you might see.

On our way into Hondo we pass by a rather large pecan orchard and in the field we saw a herd of unusual deer. There were some large white bucks and they were not albino either. We found out later they are called Fallow Deer and the full grown males are white and also have an unusual type of antlers.

After we left the ranch we stopped again because we saw something that you rarely ever see, "A Man Riding A Deer". Here is a picture of him riding the deer.

Okay, so I didn't say John Deere.

Spring Time In The Hill Country

Prickly Pear Cactus

Now that it is spring time in the Texas Hill Country the cactus has begun to blossom out and they are pretty.

Yucca Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

This is a Century Plant Cactus

The Century Plant Cactus in the process of blooming