A Hard Sunset to Shoot
I have a tendency to over-plan sometimes. I don’t go so far as to write down lists, but I do have mental items I go through. But sometimes I miss…
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The Driskill Hotel
The Driskill Hotel, completed in 1886, is the oldest operating hotel in Austin and one of the oldest in Texas. Conceived and built by Colonel Jesse Driskill, a cattleman who spent his fortune constructing “the finest…
Read MoreLonely Sunrise
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, is there sound? If the sun rises in the morning and no one looks up…
Read MoreGo Blow Your Horn
Most of us city folks think that only male cows have horns, but some cattle breeds like the White Park, Danish Red, and the famous Texas Longhorn, can have horns in both…
Read MoreYellow Rose of Texas
The famous Texas song is based on a legend from the days of the Texas War of Independence. Supposedly, a woman named Emily D. West was captured by Mexican forces during the…
Read MoreTerry’s Rangers
They were a group of Texans that earned the reputation as one of the most effective mounted regiments in the western theater of the Civil War. The 8th Texas Cavalry, (1861–1865), known as Terry’s…
Read MoreThe Who House
It had rained all week and I was itching to take some photos. Camera and tripod in hand, we were waiting for dinner at Stubbs BBQ in Austin, when looking…
Read MoreAustin Skyline
It had been a rainy week as we attended the South by Southwest Conference in Austin earlier this month. It wasn’t a great week to carry the camera, so it spent much…
Read MoreDriving Lessons
A naive person may think this bumper car ride is a fun day at the carnival, but it’s really the training grounds for Houston drivers. Students are taught the fine art of switching…
Read MoreMuseum of the Weird
There are all kinds of museums like history, science and art and most people are familiar with these more traditional types. But the first time I went to a wax…
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