More of our Tilden surroundings

Posting some addition photos today of our Tilden surroundings. This is Texas brush country - some rolling hills, sandy, semi-arid, and lots of wildlife. Not much for population, however. We have no neighbors within walking distance. Mostly, our only human contact is with workers coming to the oilwell or when we go to town for shopping.

Scissor-tail Flycatcher. Lots of these around, and they are really good at catching bugs.

Green Jay. Had never seen one of these until being here.

Prickly Pear in bloom.

This is where we are. You can see, it's quite rural, but we have all the comforts of home in the city.

Another Prickly Pear.

If you ever see Prickly Pear Honey in a store, this is where/how it begins.

Just an example of brush country. Beyond the Prickly Pear, uphill, you can see an oil well pump.

Our gate.

Walking along the road to our oil well I saw a hole surrounded by ants. These are Texas ants, for sure. The hole is about one inch; the ants about 1/2 inch long.

Several rabbits live in the brush surrounding our home. Annie wants to either play with them, chase them, or eat them. We aren't sure. She is determined (fixated) on watching them through the fence. The rabbits show no fear to either Annie or us.

 

With this we'll close for now. Keeping an eye open for deer, wild pigs, wild turkeys. All of those also come by frequently.