During our many road trips to produce Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, I took lots of reference photos to later use when writing the text. At one point, I realized my digital camera was actually a little movie camera, too. So I thought, why not? I’ll shoot some movies. Most of these mini-films feature Bill Wright “in action” as the book’s superb photographer. I also captured footage of many of our subjects spending time in their wonderful backyard sheds.

Thanks to my web genius Bob Meador, aka “the wizard,” I am debuting here the first Stylish Shed movie clip.

It’s just a little slice of time: a few moments shot in April 07, on a two-lane country road that connects Fredericksburg, Texas with Bertram, Texas (population 1,122). We were on our way to visit Steven and Sylvia Williams at their wonderful property, Stonebridge Gardens.

Edges of the rural highway were blanketed in a dazzling springtime display of wildflowers, including gold-and-orange Indian blanket (Gaillardia sp.) and the Lonestar state’s famous bluebonnet (Lupine sp.). Bill pulled over to the side of the road and we got out and grabbed our cameras (he took some amazing shots, including a closeup of a perky Indian blanket bloom that appears in the opening spread of “Hill Country Heaven,” the chapter about the Williamses’ limestone brick garden house).

I shot this silly, rather un-smooth movie - really only 2 seconds long! Looking at it today, I’m transported to that perfect moment in time. I cherish those magical, breathtaking few minutes when we were overwhelmed by beauty we’d never before experienced. The whole trip to Texas was like that for me. And springtime was indeed the best time to be there and see the wildflowers.

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