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  This is an Io Moth caterpillar that was hanging just a couple feet from me the other day in New Orleans. These caterpillars like their s...

  The rain finally stopped just short of noon. It was the 7 a.m. to about 9 a.m. time frame that did the damage. For a while, rain was com...

  The end of the slide has come and you now slip into another feeling, another being. You let the water surround you and shoot past your f...

  Trees can only sit and oogle as the sun wraps its majesty in princely clouds -- this photo was on the road (I-10) from to Houston, Texas...

  Okay, you have climbed and climbed. You've justled and pushed. You bounced past all those other water drops. You're at the top...

  This picture is from the Triathlon at Moody Gardens on Galveston a couple weeks ago. The center rider is our son, Charli. The small grou...

  At the beach in Galveston, our grandson practices the fine art of wave jumping. Our daughter, Vicky, and our son-in-law Aaron, also di...

We were in Galveston this weekend for our son, Charlie's (Chuck) first triathalon event. He ran his first marathon in January and ra...

  Waiting. Waves lapping close. Waiting till the family returns from their sea shell hunt. The buggy sits at the beach in Galveston, TX,...

  We've got babies next door! The Mourning Dove that has been silently brooding in the tree out our bedroom windows had her babies la...

  Waiting for dad to come by at the Houston Marathon a couple weeks ago, this young lad took advantage of a nearby hill for some play tim...

I can not report this first hand, however,  they say that last 200 yards is maybe the toughest in the whole 26.213 miles of a marathon. If...

While we were standing around in Houston waiting for the marathon runners to come by, this scene unfolded across the street. The Methodist...

These lily pads get to play in the sun on the tranquil Rio Dulce (sweet river)in Guatemala. We took the boat ride up from Livingston two ye...

Alone with your thoughts and a gentle breeze that keeps bringing you back to the moment. The lake is whispering in staccato cadences -- w...

The famous Soji Tabuchi Show in Branson Missouri is not just a delight for the ears. The show comes right at you with a cornucopia of color...

It's an all-American tradition, the holiday parade (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and more I guess) . However, when you have the mou...

From the Stark House website : "Completed in 1894, the Queen Anne home of William Henry Stark and his wife, Miriam Melissa Lutcher St...

At the state line, as you cross from Louisiana to Texas on the I-10, they have a huge star at the welcome center. Of course it doesn't...

Guess what my grandson Sullivan got Papa for Christmas?  He does his own shopping at the dollar store and it is a real pleasure to see wha...

It seems there are broadcast booths set up all over New Orleans for the BCS College Football Championship game here Monday night. In this ph...

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 ...