The Lexington Engine Room
Deep down in the USS Lexington aircraft carrier you find the engine room. With eight boilers and four steam turbines, it’s pretty crowded area. Back then, everything was all analog, including…
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A Noble Steed
Friday evening I had an opportunity to drive out to the country with a friend and take some photos of horses. It sounded like an easy shoot, but no one…
Read MoreVertically Challenged
This is another view of the Harris County 1910 Courthouse against just a portion of the more modern skyline of downtown Houston. In it’s day, it was one of the taller structures…
Read MoreWar Dogs Memorial
Walking through Battleship Memorial Park I ran across a memorial I didn’t expect. Not that it didn’t belong there, it did. You expect plaques about heroes and sacrifices of men…
Read MoreAll Chrome
I remember my first car had a chrome bumper that could stop a Mack truck. Well, almost. But it was large and people knew it meant business. Most cars today…
Read MoreJazz on the River
The weekend my family visited New Orleans last fall, the weather was cold and dreary. It turned sunny the morning we left, but the one day we had to sight-see…
Read MoreCourthouse Reflections
The county courthouse is not a place where most people want to go. Whatever their reason, it usually involves fun things like long lines, lawyer fees, administrative charges and a…
Read MoreBoat Repair on the Thames
The first day we arrived in England, we hit the ground running. After checking into our hotel, we walked through the London suburb of Richmond, down to the River Thames,…
Read MoreCapturing a Sunset
On a recent trip out to shoot a sunset, I thought it might be fun to capture the capture of a sunset. It was kind of a spur of the…
Read MoreYellow Valiant Cowling
I only had about an hour to visit the 1940 Air Terminal Museum at Hobby Airport for their monthly Wings and Wheels day this past weekend. They had a few planes from…
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