I suspect these big trees are quite old and may have been alive back when this particular area was home to a lot of Indians, before incoming Texans used a primitive form of eminent domain abuse to evict them.
As you can see in the picture, the tree has no leaves and the sky has no clouds.
The temperature was over 60 when I went for a walk today with the Indian Ghosts who haunt the Village Creek zone.
The temperature was not over 60 this morning when I went for a very quick pool dip followed quickly by a jump into the hot tub.
The perfect weather conditions of this 3rd Sunday of the 2nd month of 2013 had a lot of people out enjoying nature in the natural area.
The perfect weather conditions also had the Village Creek turtles basking in the sun. Usually the Village Creek turtles are very skittish. But today they politely posed while I took their picture. Not a single turtle jumped into the water.
Today I had the fact that I really am not a very observant person made clear to me, once again, when I noticed something I'd not noticed before, even though I've walked by it dozens upon dozens of times.
The thing I'd never noticed before was the plaque that is stuck to the brick structure that you see in the above photo. On top of the brick structure there is historical information signage that tells the story of the Indians who used to call this location home.
The plaque on the side of the brick structure says "PIONEER TRAIL."
I had no idea, til today, that the Village Creek trail has a name.
It seems to me the name of this trail should be more Indian-centric, rather than named, sort of, after those who evicted the Indians.
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