Sun bathing.

Thousands of flower enjoy the soft sunlight bath at the Timberline Nursery near Woodville, TX.

The nursery's indoor growing cycle allows year round output for retail nurseries all around Texas.

--steve buser

Waterfall -- concentration, struggle, peace

Calm, peaceful, struggle. I captured this image at a waterfall up in Washington State on a trip we took to Seattle a few years back. I keep it framed. It captures a message for me of concentration no matter what is crashing down around you. And enjoying the struggle because that is what it is all about.

--steve buser

Lava lodge

This view is inside the Vistor's Center at Mount St. Helens in Washington State. We were there a view years ago. From the center to the ridge of the volcano is quite a hike. It was late when we got there, so we didn't take it.

If you were around in 1980 when the mountain erupted, you'll never forget it.

Here's the park web site.
And check out this St. Helen VolcanoCam -- (Make sure it's day there -- the camera is black at night).
You will also want to check out the USGS site on the volcano which has been erupting now for three years -- spewing out lava the size of a small pickup truck every 3 seconds.

--steve buser

A dry kind of wet

This photo is from the Bolivar Peninsula -- just across the bay from Galveston, TX. I had stopped the car to shoot a picture of birds across the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. When I looked down I saw this. There had been an extended drought that had crackled the bottom of the ditch. Then a sudden rain filled it with water. Result -- crackled bottom, wet on top.

Where is this? Here.

--steve buser

Acting tips

I just couldn't help but offer Whoopi Goldberg some acting tip when we were in Las Vegas back in 2004. She seemed to take them well -- but somewhat waxy-eyed. For that matter, she seemed to totally wax on too much for my tastes.

Enough with the spoof. This is her life-like wax statue outside the wax museum there. When you want to take a picture, you can just stand there like normal firing squad shot, or, as I have done here, have a little fun with the pose. Sorry about the quality of the photo -- we had a 3 megapixel camera back then, and thought we were in heaven.

By the way, I'd like to tell you the actual advice I gave to Whoopi, but you know, what happens in Vegas stays.......

Where is this? Here
--steve buser

Scavenger hunt

This is on the ferry from Crystal Beach to Galveston. The birds are following the boat, hoping someone will throw them something. All you have to do is raise your empty hand and they will zoom in.


-- steve buser

Morning crossing

This is the railroad bridge over the Neches River in Beaumont. I've been told it has 50 trains a day crossing it. Which makes me wonder when, if ever, they have the time to lift it up to let boats pass below it.

--steve buser

River life

This scene is from Guatemala -- we took a cruise there last year and took an excursion up the river. What captured my attention is the houses right on the river. The people really lived off the river. I guess they knew how to get away when the floods came.


--steve buser