Mexican Hat & Cowboy Toilet Paper
Uploaded: May 30, 2015 | Entered: May 30, 2015 15:08:46
Loads of Mexican Hat (long-headed coneflower or Thimbleflower) interspersed with three large plants that the leaves are soft and velvet like and were in the past were used as toilet paper by cowboys. I do not know the common name however. Texas Hill Country on Memorial Day.
Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/2000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 6400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 26.27 mm, Model: Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Candace M. Cleveland May 30, 2015
Love the history lesson! Beautiful little flowers! #1619444Jeff Sielski May 30, 2015
Great capture Emile!! #11310609Mitch Spence May 30, 2015
Got to watch carefully what you use as tp in the woods and fields. Can get in big trouble that way. :-) #11310631Joy Rector May 31, 2015
beautiful #11310746Emile Abbott May 31, 2015
Thanks Candace, Jeff, Mitch and Joy. #11310870Tiia Vissak May 31, 2015
a cool capture! #11310970Ellen Hodges May 31, 2015
Wow find and capture, Emile! #11310984John Connolly May 31, 2015
WOW! A remarkable Memorial Day Capture Emile! A great story too! #11310996Emile Abbott June 01, 2015
Thank you Tiia, Ellen and John. #11311269Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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