Mitchell Jacobs spotted one of his chickens recently strolling through the bluebonnets at his home in Salado.
This male bluejay recently stopped by for a snack in the backyard of John and Debbie Balbo in South Temple.
This yellow-rumped warbler was seen recently in Guy Fowler’s yard in Morgan’s Point Resort.
This male downy woodpecker was spotted recently in the backyard of Guy Fowler in Morgan’s Point Resort.
Elaine A. Dobos said this sculpture in her backyard on Sunflower Lane in Temple endured the recent ice storm.
This male cardinal visited Sharon Rostovich’s backyard on Lavendusky Drive in Temple during the recent ice storm. Sharon thinks he was waiting for the ice to melt so he could visit her bird feeder.
During the recent ice storm, Deb Justice of Moody took this photograph of her windmill. She said the windmill did not freeze the first day of the ice storm, but it rained overnight and by the next morning it was cover in ice.
A male cardinal and a mal red bellied woodpecker enjoy a meal at a block feeder decorated with icicles in his yard in Morgan’s Point Resort.
Mark Jermstad calls this photograph “Sunrise at Willow Riggs.” He took it recently outside his house on Riggs Road, just off Knob Creek Road between Temple and Little River-Academy.
Debbie Balbo recently spotted this red-shouldered hawk perched atop an electrical pole, looking for prey in South Temple.
Ruth Holt took this photo recently on her back porch. She said the Inca doves pictured were trying to get warm; they found this spot in the sunshine and out of the wind.
Edith Morris, left, and Adrianna Rodriguez of Alpha Leader K9 Training in Heidenheimer recently received an award voted on by readers of the Killeen Daily Herald naming them among the best dog trainers in Central Texas.
A male lesser goldfinch, left, and a female lesser goldfinch, right, shared a meal recently with a house finch in Guy Fowler’s backyard in Morgan’s Point Resort.
A male cardinal enjoys sunflower seeds recently in the South Temple backyard of John and Debbie Balbo.
Kit and Don Mraz have had this Christmas cactus in their home in Temple for many years, and particularly enjoy it when it blooms on time for the holiday, as it did this year.
Richard Bush recently took this picture of a morning glory bloom in his Temple backyard.
The Singing Bluebonnets, a choir composed of members of the Newcomers Club Inc. of Bell County, performed “Mele Kalikimaka” as part of their Christmas program recently at the Newcomers luncheon. The Blubonnets also presented their program at the William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home …
Richard Bush recently spotted this butterfly feeding on an orange honeysuckle bloom in his Temple backyard.
This collage of photos of the aurora borealis was taken by James and Pam Haberer of Temple during a recent trip to Fairbanks, Alaska.
Hayley Constance, center, daughter of Mark Constance of Temple, recently ran in the New York City Marathon. She completed the 26.2-mile run in just over 4 hours.
