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 [...]
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 [...]
Lonely 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 [...]
Go 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 [...]
Yellow 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 [...]
Terry’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 [...]
The 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 [...]
Austin 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 [...]
Driving 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 [...]
Museum 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 [...]