Cicada Hawk Guarding An Entombed Cicada Under The Back Porch Steps. Anesthetized The Cicada Will Be Consumed

No electricity for water pumps.

Out walking and surprise! Quick pic so not all that clear.

You know you're at a country church when you see this!! God bless Cowboys and Country folk! My small town church is awesome!

Love it! God is good.

He’s living his best life. My dad used to do this with my brother and I too. Simple entertainment. Zoom in to see that joy

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Yep

Eating her placenta.. Caracaras were waiting patiently for what was left over.

My g-g-grandfather’s brother John Slaughter as in Texas John Slaughter. I got roots ‘round these parts. Thanks to another Tumblr-er for the photo.

Milk Thistle. Beautiful really. Not so good for grazing fields. Its seed supposedly cleanses the liver and contains antioxidants of some kind. It can be steamed and eaten as a green from what I hear.

Most prickly pear has yellow flowers however this 'bush' is full of pinkish blossoms! The bees love the pollen and nectar. Known as nopal in the Spanish prickly pear can be torched to burn off the spines... cattle or goats will feast on the cactus. The next year the cactus has regrown but now is twice as thorny.