A Night at the Museum
A few months back, I was at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in the evening and left well after dark. As I was exiting through the main gallery, I…
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The Kelch Rocaille Egg
Happy Easter. This is my last egg for this Easter series. The Kelch Rocaille Egg by Fabergé is made of varicolored gold, platinum, rose cut diamonds, translucent green enamel and silk…
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The Diamond Trellis Egg is carved from pale green jadeite and is enclosed in a lattice of rose-cut diamonds with gold mounts. Made in 1892, this Egg originally had a…
Read MoreThe Egg with Peacocks Outside
Not to be confused with the famous Peacock Egg ( it had a miniature peacock inside that you could wind up and it would spread it’s feathers) this Fabergé Egg…
Read MoreFabergé Comes to Houston
Just in time for Easter, I thought today’s image and the next several days might be appropriate for this week. Until the end of this year, the Houston Museum of…
Read MoreAll American Angel
The Navy’s Blue Angels and the Air Force’s Thunderbirds are a symbol of our military’s capability and can-do attitude. The Pensacola Naval Air Station is the home of the Blue Angels. At the National…
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Models are a great way to see things in scale. Except for video, it would be hard for someone to get a 360 degree view around something as large as…
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I’m sorry. I couldn’t help myself. I posted a photo of this beautiful Boeing 307 Stratoliner or “Clipper Flying Cloud” almost a year ago. But it was one of my…
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Entrance to the Stars
Wanting to be an astronaut as a kid, I remember the thrill it is to visit the planetarium for the first time. The stars, constellations and wonders of the skies come to…
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