Okie pic from the field

I realize that stuff does just tend to blow away in Oklahoma, but in Texas we still manage to make it look good:

As for windmills and wind, you might mention to your neighbors that the fan can be furled:

One thing to consider when taking photos of windmills, aside from getting the light right, is the setting. Naturally, there won't be anything this scenic in Oklahoma, but if you look hard enough you might find *something*:

For example there could be other interesting things in the landscape :

I so want to work there instead of here:

If for some reason there aren't any actual windmills to include in the photo, one can distract the viewer with buildings:

Or you can just include some ancient teepee circle in the frame:

Antique surveying equipment usually adds interest, too. That is a 4600LS receiver set up on a punchmark on an aluminum-capped #5 bar that is 0.01 ft. South of the true boundary, which in Central Texas would be "close enough for government work" and in Oklahoma would be "compensating error".

The older equipment tends to be more photogenic (tip: take care to level the tripod head as if you weren't in a hurry when you set the antenna up that morning) :

Kent McMillan, post: 420375, member: 3 wrote: Antique surveying equipment usually adds interest, too. That is a 4600LS receiver set up on a punchmark on an aluminum-capped #5 bar that is 0.01 ft. South of the true boundary, which in Central Texas would be "close enough for government work" and in Oklahoma would be "compensating error".

In Oklahoma we usually drive on the roads and set our survey points off to the side...But I guess with an ADT of less than 1 you could pretty much do anything you want in the roads down there.

Still love your pics.

paden cash, post: 420386, member: 20 wrote: In Oklahoma we usually drive on the roads and set our survey points off to the side...But I guess with an ADT of less than 1 you could pretty much do anything you want in the roads down there..

I actually did set reference points well off the traveled way, too. The parties were keen to see that the centerline of the driveway easement followed the existing road, though, so I also set markers on the centerline. That road has not suffered from overmaintenance as far as I can tell. :>

BTW, there actually is a sort of windmill in this photo, the small wind turbine generator that supplements an array of solar panels.

Just so you know that Texas isn't all windmills and desert, here's what the Hill Country of Central Texas looks like right about yesterday. The trees are mostly junipers (J. asheii - darker green) and Texas Oaks (Q. texana - lighter green) with a few Live Oaks (Q. virginiana - midrange green) mixed in.

Kent McMillan, post: 420431, member: 3 wrote: Just so you know that Texas isn't all windmills and desert, here's what the Hill Country of Central Texas looks like right about yesterday...

The Hill country is definitely a pretty part of Texas but I'm way past thinking Texas is all windmills, prickly pear and caliche. My son lived in Mt. Pleasant and then Kilgore for a while (my pickup and I helped him move both times). I had an uncle and still have a number of cousins in the Beaumont to Houston area. Pops grew up in San Antonio (graduated from Brackenridge HS...and the neighborhood has gone downhill since 1939). Grandad lived outside of Dallas for years and still have cousins spattered about the DFW area. Momma's family is from the Rio Grande Valley (known just as "The Valley" to everybody). She graduated from Pharr-San Juan-Alamo HS in 1941 and was the only telephone operator in McAllen during the War. My sister was born in McAllen.

Spent my summers split between my uncle's cotton farm in Mercedes and my grandfather's place on the Trinity River off of NW Highway outside of Dallas. His place was bounded by the Highway, the RR and the river. A construction company has the place now for their yard, There is still one pine tree by their east fence that was one of a hundred that ran all the way down the front to the railroad. Both of my brothers were born in Dallas. Pops finished his engineering degree after WWII and graduated from SMU.

Then there is my sons' grandfather from the cap rocks around Snyder and Kermit. Their great grandfather lived and died his entire life with a mesquite burning stove in Fluvanna. I spent almost an entire week once getting my (ex) wife's brother out of the pokey in Muleshoe. And that pretty much leaves just the Big Bend area where I have no kin. But I think that's just because there is basically nobody out there...But we did live in Dexter and Carlsbad N.M. for a while. And a vacation to Pops meant camping in the Big Bend area. This is where I learned to not only tolerate snakes at a young age...I also learned how to endure my sister screaming about them for days on end.

Texas is a big beautiful State. I am actually the only one in my immediate family that wasn't born in Texas. I might be biased, but my grandfather's place off the Trinity River was the prettiest.

When I hear John Prine's song "Mulenburg County" I can close my eyes and get right back there in a flash...;)

Kent, please accept my gratitude for posting the beautiful photos. I have never been to Texas, but those photos sure make me want to visit.

SReeserinPA, post: 420443, member: 6126 wrote: Kent, please accept my gratitude for posting the beautiful photos. I have never been to Texas, but those photos sure make me want to visit.

Here's one more. This is in Terrell County, where none of Paden Cash's relations live, as I understand it. The track is on the original route of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Rwy. Co. The fact that this track is hundreds of miles past San Antonio turned out to be bad news for the G.H.& S.A. that resulted in the forfeiture of hundreds of sections of land to which that they had thought themselves entitled.

Kent McMillan, post: 420460, member: 3 wrote: Here's one more. This is in Terrell County, where none of Paden Cash's relations live, as I understand it. The track is on the original route of the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Rwy. Co. The fact that this track is hundreds of miles past San Antonio turned out to be bad news for the G.H.& S.A. that resulted in the forfeiture of hundreds of sections of land to which that they had thought themselves entitled.

Was that a cell phone pic or a camera? It almost appears as if an objective lens (if it has one) has a magnification power. Cool pic. You can almost see los hombres riding in the shade.

And just for your Rolodex:

Cousin's youngest son....

paden cash, post: 420502, member: 20 wrote: Was that a cell phone pic or a camera? It almost appears as if an objective lens (if it has one) has a magnification power. Cool pic. You can almost see los hombres riding in the shade.

I shot that photo with a digital camera with a 12x optical zoom, an inexpensive Kodak Z712IS that I've used for years for field photography. Although the iPhone is replacing it for many subjects, the optical zoom is still my preference for landscapes.

Now as to the proliferation of Cash relatives in far flung places, that's good to know. If that one lives in Sanderson, he's most likely either employed by the County or the US Border Patrol.

Kent McMillan, post: 420508, member: 3 wrote: I shot that photo with a digital camera with a 12x optical zoom, an inexpensive Kodak Z712IS that I've used for years for field photography. Although the iPhone is replacing it for many subjects, the optical zoom is still my preference for landscapes.

Now as to the proliferation of Cash relatives in far flung places, that's good to know. If that one lives in Sanderson, he's most likely either employed by the County or the US Border Patrol.

Couldn't tell you. You can call my sister and she can get ahold of Adam's mother, my cousin's wife Brenda Ann and figure out what he's doing nowadays.....I myself avoid long and drawn out conversations with all my relatives over 70...;)