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Elaborate costumes are everywhere at the Texas Renaissance Festival just outside Houston each spring. This young lady lives her dream as ...

  Weather has done its best to wash and fade the color that the builder added to this wood on a house in New Orleans. But the color refus...

A seagull comes flying in low to get a better look into the fog-dimmed water in the bay in Victoria on Vancouver Island. We took the ferr...

Two old technologies together in one package are shown here -- they are from an old house we were in recently (the shot is from the floor lo...

A quiet room. Subdued light. A comfy stroller. A tired child. Adds up to a cozy nap. We were at a open-house/Saints-game party that ...

We ran into these berries while visiting our daughter's family in College Station over Christmas. I had never put it together that thes...

You're big now. Four-years-old. Nearly a man. It's time to take the big leap. Grab that motorcycle by the handle grips and leave...

Looking back out the plane window as we jet out of Houston, the alluvial deposits sparkle in the late after noon sun. The City of Anahuac...

  The single stalk of grass owes its existence to the weathered fence behind it. Snuggled close to the aging boards,...

The last rays of the sun capture this high flying streaker. Standing on the ground, it was obvious that the plain was zooming across the sk...

This critter is one of the regulars at the Trinity River Mouth Waterbird Rookery on the east side of the I-10 bridge over the Trinity River...

Another shot from the Downtown Aquarium in Houston. Our grandson, Sullivan, gets a fish-eyed view into a tank filled with sting rays. --ste...

The Christmas Village, where time stands still. Peace and warm lights. Snow, for sure, but not the messy kind. No traffic. No snarling...

A walk along the waterfront in Victoria on Vancouver Island. The fog doesn't let distractions sneak in. You're fully in the moment...

One of life's simple pleasures -- the ferry boat ride. The water and the waves. The passing ships. The eager seagulls. The sea breez...

Expecting some good eats, the sea gulls zoom in on a lad just wanting to see the ducks down in the water at Kemah, Texas. The Kemah Board...

And thus it end, not with a whimper, but with a bang. After the jousting match, while the band plays Renaissance songs, the fireworks ex...

Your guess is as good as mine what the four poles are doing out in the middle of Keith Lake. The lake is one of a handful of shallow lakes ...

This guy came swimming up to our boat on a swamp tour in Orange, Texas a couple years ago. I think he was hoping one of us would hop overbo...

The Aquarium in downtown Houston is the home for these two gallopers. The Sea Horse tank is at kids' eye level, so you will always see ...

You've been there. The plane waits at the gate for clearance. You wait for the plane to board. The sun doesn't wait. When it...

Okay. Here's the scenario. You take a large tube and spin it and then tell a bunch a kids to walk through to the other side. I supp...

It's getting late. The sun is sliding from the sky. The road is getting longer. You're out over the Atchafalaya basin -- the 25...

It's just half the mountain it was when I was a kid -- and that's what's so fascinating about it. Unless you're a member o...

The fog has set in. The wind just doesn't feel like pushing it around. So your sails are useless. This will be a day on land. The ...

There are places you never leave. You may get back on the boat. You may climb aboard your plane. But you never leave. This is one of t...

The City of New York reflects the sunshine onto St. Patrick's Cathedral spotting it all up and making the venerable old church seem alm...

It's the big one. It's in town. You've been waiting, now it's time to cut loose. The State Fair is here. Get your body ...

Bread always falls butter side down. The parking spot is always on the other side of the street. Laws of the universe. Another law of ...

Sunrise fishing. You, the pier, the water, the fish.... and serenity. This is the pier at Walter Umphrey State Park at the lower end of P...

Oh, those lazy, glazy lakes of summer. The Boomtown Lake in Vidor, Texas, is right on the I-10 which makes it a draw for campers. The lak...

Night piercing amour The Seattle Space Needle in the night is a beautiful site. It pushed the limits of my camera to get this pix though. ...

Birds wait for food to be tossed into the air. The ducks wait for it to fall. People face in the wind, staring out at the boats in the ba...

Anybody home? Was the church abandoned? It appear that is was. But the grass was neatly groomed. In any case, it was on a lonely country cu...

Wandering the back road a few weeks back I cam upon this house out in cotton country near Simmesport, LA. Probably and old share croppers h...

This sun worshiping perennial was on the side of the road at J.J. Mayes Wildlife Trace just to the east of Houston, Texas, when I stopped t...

Uncovering secrets. Don't tell. It's dark, nobody will notice. You remember when you were a kid and were just so fascinated with thi...

Two well known icons, with their icons on top of the icons -- Grand Central Station and the Chrysler building in New York City. The John D...

The beach. The sun. The life. Cozumel here. One of the commercial beaches. Umbrellas ready. Drinks and eats a few steps away. Blues...

Our grandson, Sullivan, is excited and at the same time unsure, as an elephant gets a little nosy. Still, the rest of the day he kept talk...

Central Park. New York. Chilly Day. Dusk just around the corner. The dark filters first down into the tree shaded jaunts of City Park. ...

I was very conflicted here. I was trying to capture the lights on the courthouse in Marshall, Tx. But there was also this wonderfully pink...

You want to talk about real bravery? Try grabbing on to the back of a fire-breathing, roaring dragon who then gyrates, slaps his tail, fla...

I am totally convinced that the sky likes to play with rustic things. Even in this case, where the windmill was totally ornamental. The sp...

The Mud Show at the Texas Renaissance Festival near Houston is a perennial favorite.. We were at the festival recently -- ...

Okay, I tried. I admit it wasn't for long, but I did try. I resisted the urge. But it was too strong. I mean the poster was sitting ...

Did you ever notice that different shapes of people's space? Adults keep their hands in, their feet under them. Kids run with their ha...

Times Square, asplash with color and lights and glitter. Filled with the brushing and bustling of tourists caught up in the awe. But rem...

Christmas brings out the best even in courhouses, as the Marshall, TX, Courthouse gives evidence to in this photo. The lights are a favori...

Curiosity. That's all it was. I watched this guy wander (wonder) down across the rock outcropping to where the waves were practicing s...