Amber To Be

Allen E. Rhodes

I was on the ranch in La Salle County where I hunt, about 100 km south of San Antonio and was collecting dead limbs for firewood. It was relatively early, around 9:00 AM. I stooped under a low limb on a mesquite tree (Prosopis glandulosa) to pick up some deadwood and the morning sun on the exuded sap caught my eye. I went to the truck and for my Olympus C-740 camera and got this shot (Fig. 1). Just in time too, as when I attempted to take another shot, the camera batteries failed completely.

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