About a mile into getting those endorphins I came upon the giant pink wildflowers you see here.
Actually those are not giant flowers, but are actually dainty wildflowers which I believe are known as pink primroses.
Or maybe pink evening primroses now that you are causing me to think more about it.
I got close to the wildflowers with the camera in macro mode to take the primrose portrait you see above.
Whilst walking today I heard and saw more jet fighters doing their practice thing out of Sheppard Air Force Base than I recollect ever hearing or seeing at any time previous. I assume this increased activity has nothing to do with Syria.
Well, it is time for lunch, Chinese themed, cooked in a wok, which I hope I don't cause to go into flame mode...
The aircraft you see flying out of Sheppard are not usually fighters. Mostly, they are T-38 trainers that were built by Northrop back when JFK was President. They carry no guns or missiles. The T-38 was the first aircraft I worked on when I went to work for Northrop. For many years, they formed the USAF Thunderbird Aerobatic team until the F-16s, built in Fort Worth, took over. I was always happy to see T-38s from Sheppard come to Fort Worth Alliance Airport. It somehow seemed more like home there when planes from Northrop arrived. In my post at http://dfwptp.blogspot.com/2010/08/hh100-report-sheppard-afb.html a T-38 based at Sheppard is featured in the third photo down.
ReplyDeleteSteve A---- Thanks for the aircraft info. Sure were a lot of them making noise today. Only rarely can I find them when I hear them. I am airplane ignorant, so figured I could not see the noisemakers because they must be those newfangled invisible Stealth type planes.
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