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ODC --
1. The world is beautiful with you in it -- explained below (Sept. 5).
2. Off center (Sept. 3).
3. Sphere (Sept. 2).
4. Begins with I (Sept. 1) -- ivy's growing on the trellis/pergola.
5. Feathered (Aug. 30) -- in this shot, there's a blackbird on the ground, to the right of the kugel ball.
Hi, Our Daily Challenge members! Yvonne just added me to the group, and this photo is my first post. (Have I done this post correctly?!)
The explanation for item # 1 above is that I used to work for the Hermann Park Conservancy, raising funds to help improve and maintain Hermann Park -- a 99-year-old landmark public park in the middle of Houston -- in which I took this photo today. The Houston Zoo, Houston Museum of Natural Science, and an amphitheater, Miller Outdoor Theater, where a variety of performances take place, are all located within the park.
There's one more thing I'd like to add: It's thanks to the Flickr posts of Mathteacher (a.k.a. Kay) that I found the Our Daily Challenge group. (Thanks, Kay -- and thanks, Yvonne!)
Last night Kay (mathteacher) and I attended the Art Walk in Galveston and saw many beautiful and unusual works of art in the different galleries. My favorite artist of the evening is Bonnie Blue. Bonnie hails from the Houston area and has traveled to over 10 states in her unique Art Car Women That Rocks. In 2001 she was at the Blanco River in Wimberly Texas and surrounded by beautiful river rocks she began to visualize women’s faces on them. It is her belief that we are all created differently as are each of the rocks. Over the years she has painted over 4000 of the rocks, many with custom portraits including Ellen Degeneres and David Letterman. Kay found a wonderful rock that she had to have, to see a photo of it click here click here In addition to the rocks Bonnie also paints wonderful boots, purses, barstools and many other items. For more information visit her website at www.womenthatrocks.com
To find out more about the 100 strangers project and see pictures taken by other photographers check out www.100strangers.com/
This past weekend Kay (mathteacher) and I were on a 3 day roadtrip to East Texas. In Tyler we were exploring the old warehouse district near the depot and while I was photographing this old concrete block window this pup showed up. I know he looks a bit sad here but I promise he was an adorable happy dog who lives next door to this abandoned building we made sure of that. If he hadn't had a home, he would have been in the back seat of Blondie and I would have had some explaining to do to Shiloh and Nixon!
Kay (mathteacher) Jane (42leaves) and I found ourselves on a path to the beach this morning, the sand felt wonderful, soft and silky sifting between our toes:)
While exploring the Texas Highway 95 "corridor" with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik), we got to the town of Bartlett and found props everywhere for the filming of the TV series "Revolution". (I am not much of a TV-watcher and had never heard of it.)
Found this little calf was resting in a field of Bluebonnets near Poteet Texas while on a roadtrip with Kay (mathteacher) last weekend. To see a photo of a possible relative that Kay took click here
Spotted while wandering around Taylor, Texas with my friends Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik).
Marilyn (photomajik), Kay (mathteacher) and I went to Lake Sheldon on Saturday. When they told me about this place I had no idea that we would see such incredible flowers. There were several reservoirs filled with them. You can't get too close to the flowers though as there are alligators lurking in the water.
Out hunting blue bonnets & spotted this tractor. April 02,2011 & out on the back roads of Texas. Trip enjoyed x all of us on this photo trip. Photomajik. mathteacher & Do-a-u-e...
After going out to dinner last night with girlfriends including Kay (mathteacher), Jane (42leaves) we stopped at Starbucks to continue visiting over a coffee. Kay and I went to sit down in some empty chairs and noticed this Bible and a WWII book sitting on a small table near the chairs. It was apparent someone was sitting there although after looking around we didn't see anyone but we chose a different table to sit at. Both of us were profoundly struck by how well read the Bible is and so I went to my car and got my camera for a few shots. The gentleman you see here came in the store and sat down and I knew I had to meet him. We struck up a conversation and it was really amazing to sit and talk to him. Everyone has a story and Barry is no exception. He is in his early 60's and has lived in the Houston area all his life. He attended college studying Media for a couple of years after high school until one day he just couldn't get up and go to school anymore. He makes a living selling newspapers and is passionate about reading his Bible and learning about WWII. Barry is one of my most interesting strangers and I am very glad to have made his aquaintance.
To find out more about the 100 strangers project and see pictures taken by other photographers check out www.100strangers.com/
Nope, we weren't going to church here in fact we are about to have an adventure photographing the old Southern Select/Falstaff brewery in Galveston...lol
Access to the old brewery building is restricted but thanks to Kay's (mathteacher) husband Ralph a group of flickerites were allowed to go in and photograph the many delights to be found there.
L-R Robert (soonerpa), Connie (im_swts), Kay (mathteacher), Ralph (YAY..thanks for getting the permission) ,me, Sonia (darkhairedgirl) Matt (Matt Harding) and Nick Saum off camera.
Today I met up with two Flickr friends, Kay (mathteacher...) and Marilyn (photomajik), for the first time in person for a day of shooting in several small towns along the Texas Highway 95 "corridor". The weather was perfect and we had a great time. This shot was taken in Coupland, TX.
The Old City Cemetery on Broadway in Galveston predates the Civil War and has many old gravesites. On this day Kay (mathteacher) and I found almost the entire cemetery just about covered in Coreopsis wildflowers, truly a beautiful sight to see. As a side note this wildflower is also called Tickseed, early settlers used the plants in their mattresses to ward away ticks and fleas.
To see a photo of the cemetery covered in flowers click here
Kay (mathteacher) and I obtained special permission to photograph the inside of the old Bowie County jail located in Boston Texas. The jail was built in 1891 and was operational until the 1980's. As you can see vandals have left their mark inside, I personally think the door should have slammed shut when they were inside and the should have been left to rot there. There will be more photos coming from both of us:)
Images of the way I saw the very haunted Stamford lnn located in Stamford Texas while there on a roadtrip with Kay (mathteacher) and Bob (Bob Weston) & his wife Kay. What an incredible place this was
For the Weekly Photo Challenge- something to do with your job, retirement, etc. My job is not exciting or photogenic,and I am not retired, but I do collect antique wrenches and other tools. This weekend I displayed many of them at Alvin's All-American Festival at our historic Santa Fe Depot. Last year at this same festival I met Photomajik ( www.flickr.com/photos/photomajik/ ) and Mathteacher ( www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/) , and they led me to Flickr, so I guess this is an anniversary.
Some of my antique wrenches on display at the Alvin, Texas All-American Festival at the historic Alvin, Texas Santa Fe Depot.
Today Kay (mathteacher) Margaret (Reed Photo) and I braved the Texas heat for a day trip towards La Grange. We really didn't know where we were going just that we had been that way many times before so we decided to turn down all side roads previously unexplored and were well rewarded for our efforts. As many of you know trains and railroad depots are near and dear to my heart and when I saw this tiny building my heart skipped a beat and I said" I think that tiny building is a depot". Sure enough by searching the internet I found it is the old Halsted depot . Garland Wessels, the oldest son of John Wessels, was the first and only train master of the Halsted depot, which he first operated from the general store. The actual depot was built in 1914 on the north side of the railroad; it closed twenty-two years later. I really wanted to put this in the back of Kay's car and bring it home with me but we just couldn't make it fit.
On a ramble today with Kay (mathteacher) and Margaret (Reed Photo) we detoured into the TINY town of East Columbia and much to our delight found this wonderful old barn with a field of tiny purple wildflowers blooming. Many many a time I have driven right past the road to this town which is just 50 miles from home and had no idea what a gem awaits there. Margaret had been there before and knew that just about every place in the town (population 90) has a historical marker. Where these pretty flowers bloom now used to be the Columbia Hotel which Carrie Nation ran for a time, details are in the historical marker below which marks the spot. As you can tell by the trees it is still winter here in Texas but today was a beautiful springlike day and finding the windflowers blooming was a welcome sight from the starkness of winter.
To see Kay's photo of this barn showing how it really leans in two directions click here
Kay (mathteacher) has a fondness for photographing laundry hanging out to dry. Although there wasn't any hung out to dry this morning I could not help but think of her and stop to capture this moment on my way to work. Two photos in this series
Well, it is close enough to the 26th that I'm going to do a bit of tagging. Feel free to ignore, but I think this 16 tag thing is really fun. I've learned a lot about some contacts and want to know more. What you like, what you dislike, what makes you proud, what makes you cringe, your favorite foods, favorite music, best childhood memory (or worst)...that kind of thing. The deal is your post 16 things about yourself. Then tag 16 other people to do the same.
I'm tagging:
garthm34
stretch3094
green little monster
Greg Cee
Ryan&Remus
tv writer
Maggie's World
thruthelookingglass
nd2945
Heniusia
grammyandpoppyk
mathteacher
nickboren
mudpig
kimleedesigns (Away Merry Christmas!)
Dusty Pixel
staceyviera
Pater JPM
{CarLee}
blueintheburgh
Lake Li Sun
fizzix (Special Challenge, Fizzix!)
FotoCath
Tylfe
Lori-B.
ms.donnalee / donna cleveland
Pat McDonald
all my kids have paws
Yes, I know that is more than 16 people. I told you I am bad at math. Besides, I am thinking about attrition. Plenty of you will ignore this.
(I left out a few of you who I KNOW have already been tagged. If I left out others it is only because it is time to fix dinner!)
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
Kay (mathteacher) and I could not believe it when we came across this abandoned gas station that had a old pump still intact with the filler hose. The price of gas was 59 cents a gallon on the pump. Wonder how long ago that was, what's your guess?We both loved the dead weeds that were visable and the sign that says Guinea Hens (full grown), goats etc. for sale Three shots in this series. With this series I leave you for a few days, Kay and I are off on a road trip, yea!
Yesterday Kay (mathteacher) and I were lucky enough to attend the 15th Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d'Elegance in Seabrook Texas which is the largest collection of classic cars and boats on display in the U.S. The number of gorgeous cars and boats on display was truly amazing. Keeping in mind my love of trains this one instantly became one of my favorites, not only because it is such a fine automobile but it does share part of it's name with a locomotive:)
The first Locomobile was really a Stanley Steamer. In 1899 the Stanley brothers had very good success with their steam car, but they allowed themselves to be talked into selling all the assets of their company and the patents to a magazine publisher named J. B. Walker. After Walker's purchase he proceeded to manufacture the Stanley under the name of Locomobile. In 1908 a Locomobile won the Vanderbuilt Cup car race, it was the first American car to win this prestigous international race. and the entire country went wild with excitement The cars continued to be manufactured as luxury limousines until the Great Depression.
Kay (mathteacher) and I were at a local park taking photos of the Christmas light display and were about to leave when one of the workers asked if we had seen the 3D glasses with the lights. Of course we had to check them out and WOW....we spent another hour at the park taking pictures with the glasses in front of the camera lens! They have them in different shapes, this is the star design and you are looking at simple miniature white lights
At the right place at the right time to capture this amazing sunrise and a wonderful start to our backroads photo shoot. See Kay's (mathteacher) photostream for beautiful photo of the sky.
Darth Vader strolls off into the distance, having made his presence known. I wish I had a math teacher like that.
Kay (mathteacher) and I decided to stick close to home and spend some time wandering the streets of Galveston in the historic homes area. This one is undergoing renovation and has a long way to go yet.
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
Incredible headdress of Macaw feathers. Kayapó keep macaws as pets and they pluck the feathers to adorn their headdresses, bows and arrows and other artifacts as needed LARGE is best
On November 15th I was priviledged to attend a flickr meetup after hours photo shoot at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. This is from the Spirits and Headhunters exhibit. To see photos of this headdress taken by Kay (mathteacher) click here
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
Incredible headdress of Macaw feathers. Kayapó keep macaws as pets and they pluck the feathers to adorn their headdresses, bows and arrows and other artifacts as needed.
On November 15th I was priviledged to attend a flickr meetup after hours photo shoot at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. This is from the Spirits and Headhunters exhibit. To see photos of this headdress taken by Kay (mathteacher) click here
Dolphin construction
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
This past weekend Kay (mathteacher) Margaret (Reed Photo) and I went on a road-trip to Woodville TX and on the way home we passed this sign at a very inviting looking country road....so pf course we turned. We started talking about how good home grown tomatoes are and all the ways we liked them and finally arrived at Clyde s, Boy did he have tomatoes, beautiful ripe tomatoes by the hundreds hanging on their vines there must have been an acre of them. (did I take any photos...stupidly no) Problem is they were inside a fence and well.... Clyde didn't appear to be home. I suggested we toot the horn to see if someone would come out but the one driving (not naming names Kay) said there were no cars or signs of anyone home and so we decided Clyde must be at church and we left. Unfortunately the thought and anticipated taste of all those delicious tomatoes fresh from the vine didn't leave me. The rest of the way home the tomatoes became a sort of running gag and we had a lot of fun and laughter teasing about them. Wouldn't you know when I got home I opened the refrigerator to find something for dinner and found that my husband had cooked bacon that morning. Oh the visions of delicious BLT's that danced through my head, only problem was I still had no tomatoes.
The picture is pretty bad but the only one I took but we had such fun with this little part of our journey I thought we would share it with our contacts. Kind of like a slice of what traveling like us is like:)
In the bridge house control room, veteran Railroad Engineer, Ray, discusses railroading with the bridge tender.
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
This photo was taken yesterday on my quick but HIGHLY productive trip with Kay (mathteacher). We spotted the Spoonbills from the road and turned around to go back and get a better look, the Blue Heron flew in just as we got out of the car. I still cannot believe how different birds there are all in one place together. All the different species are listed in my tags. I am not 100% sure about the Black Necked Stilts, they may be something else? Nicest viewed large.
Best if viewed large. Photo taken in my neighbors dahlia patch. The fella is a whiz at growing these things and he has a bunch of them. The title? Well, Kay (mathteacher) jumped all over me, pounded me into the dirt she did, whupped me somethin awful for sure, beat me severly bout the head and shoulders and other wise chastised me with a most wicked tongue, when she found I had a neighbor down the block who had a lovely dahlia patch and I had never taken even one photo there. Now bear in mind she did all this brow beating via email and from a great distance but I am a most sensitive sort so I'll probably be years & years getting over the thrashing. LOL Most of the above is, of course, a figment of my imagination but it makes for a great story!!!!
Photo trip pic taken on Oct. 01,2016. Pic taken on a photo trip with my wife Judy & Marilyn (photomajik) & Kay (Mathteacher) .
Amaryllis also know as Naked Ladies!
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
Danika and I got tattoos when we were in NYC. It was my birthday present to her. She had Euler's Identity (a famous equation) tattooed on her shoulder. (She's a math teacher.) I had an aperture tattooed on the back of my neck.
Old Galveston Causeway
Mathteacher's husband, Ralph (Railroad historian and more) arranged with the great folks at BNSF Railway for a group of us to take a very informative trip out to the new lift bridge on the old Galveston Causeway.
I couldn't ask for a better friend or running buddy than Kay! See Kay's (mathteacher) photostream for her view:)
Kay (mathteacher), Marilyn (photomajik) and a few other friends went to Via Colori where wonderful artists did chalk paintings on the pavement. I was fascinated with how different each artists chalk looked.
Neither Kay or I can even begin to entertain the idea of shopping in stores during the insanity of Black Friday. So instead we both got up at 4AM, tippy toed around our houses so we wouldn't wake our sleeping husbands and went Black Friday Shopping with our cameras by taking the ferry out of Galveston across to Bolivar Peninsula where we "bought" some photographs with our camera's:)
To see Kay's fantastic shot click here www.flickr.com/photos/1stlady/6402077033/