Lisa Welch Photography

I've spent time taking photographs of birds over the past few months.

This post includes both male and female cardinals, an adult and also a young male ladder-backed woodpecker, a young female ladder-backed woodpecker, as well as a few nature shots of budding oak trees ready to burst with pollen and a contrail from an airplane that happened to fly overhead on one of these glorious days!

It was a fun time and weather perfect night in the park!

These photos were taken last week in San Gabriel Park at "a movie night in the park", which was organized by the Georgetown Parks and Recreation Department and GTX FILM and Fiber First showed up to lend their support.

The Christmas movie shown was delightful - "A Christmas in New Hope," filmed in Waco, TX by Austin-based Julia Barnett and Mindy Raymond.

Stay tuned as there will be more movie nights in 2026.

Andy and I had a delightful day at the 2025 Georgetown Christmas Stroll!

The Courthouse Square and downtown Georgetown is decorated beautifully. To quote the famous song, sung by both Perry Como and Bing Crosby, “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!”

We strolled through the crowd of families and children; looked at all the wares that vendors had for sale; and listened to music.

I spent time testing out the mirrorless Canon camera that I purchased recently. The camera is a powerhouse, and no thanks to me, captured beautiful pictures!

I hope you and yours have a fabulous month celebrating the season. Have a very Merry Christmas!

Today was a beautiful day outside, warm and calm (no wind). However, a cold front and moderate wind is expected to arrive early tomorrow morning.

Seeing that the birds were abuzz...
I picked up my camera and decided to snap some photos before the weather change.

I was fortunate to get photos of a beautiful Robin, a young female Ladder-Backed Woodpecker, a House Sparrow and a few Lesser Gold Finches. And, I also snapped photos of one squirrel🐿and one very out of focus butterfly, which I believe is a Monarch!😏 I didn’t have the right lens for photographing a butterfly and so used what I had available in that moment. I'm wondering if this beautiful butterfly will make it through the night with the cooler temps and wind. I'm hopeful. I'll look for her tomorrow.