Bodark

Since my parents moved to Gainesville several years ago, Gropius has been fascinated with a local tree that locals call the Bodark Tree. Technically, the name is Bois d'Arc, but who likes speaking French, right? Certainly, not me!

Anyway, there are quite a few of them growing around my parents' house and I took advantage of the setting sun one day to get some nice photos of one of the trees before we left.







And while the drought in Texas is still on-going, I'm happy to report that my father finally has some water back in his tank:

He's even talking about stocking it with some fish in the spring.
I guess Hope does spring eternal, huh?

While we were out walking, an old early 20th century plane flew overhead. He was close enough to snap a photo and waved at us as he circled around.