a pictorial diary of experiences
Seriously Houston, what’s with the birds? Intersections have become downright creepy, each one featuring more feathered friends than the last. Maybe the lady who scatters birdseed at the intersection of 20th and Rutland has expanded her route?!? I know that we’re in the migration path, but it is January – which way are you headed?
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Today’s image comes from my home away from home, Houston Intercontinental Airport. Terminal B is a pretty sad place, but the walkway from the parking garage has a stunning mosaic featuring birds native to southeast Texas.
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In 2008, I was part of the three-person Photo Crew for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago. This year, I volunteered for the Houston walk Photo Crew, which turned out to be just me. It was quite a challenge to single-handedly cover the opening ceremony, the route, all of the rest stops, the Wellness Village where everyone camps overnight, and the finish line and closing ceremony. Granted,...
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Two weekends ago, Andy and I went to Featherfest, an unfortunately named birding/photography gathering in Galveston. When we lived in Chicago, we had daily sunrise and sunset content to photograph. Now that we’re in Houston, we have to work a little harder to find things to shoot. Well, photograph Featherfest was a four day festival that included lots of activities, lectures, and field...
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It was inevitable. Last night we went to the rodeo. We moved here right before the rodeo last year, and the rodeo was the conversational topic of choice with just about EVERYONE we met. Have you been to the rodeo? Did you get your rodeo tickets yet? But March was a tumultuous time, with the cat bite/car wreck etc., so no, we did not make it to the rodeo. This year, however, we are much less...
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The fire sale at the faux Forbidden City was in the Wall Street Journal today. They are some good pics in their slide show (I remember the guy with the U-Haul – he bought two giant statues, at least six of the small one, and a bunch of weaponry). More of my cameraphone pics below. And yes, we live about 4 miles from the Beer Can House too....
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We spent Saturday morning watching hummingbirds at the Houston Arboretum. We had attended an overview class on Wednesday evening and this was the “field observation” portion. Luckily, because hummingbirds enter a deep sleep called torpor, they aren’t early risers We waited patiently near the feeders and saw several female Black-chinned Hummingbirds. I remember why I am not a...
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If ya hadn’t guessed, we are CRAZY busy lately. Aside from the seemingly never-ending move, we both working a ton, and it seems like I’ve been gone the entire month of August. I didn’t look up from my laptop yesterday to notice a gorgeous sunrise over the treetops yesterday though (and then of course it was time to pack and head out again…).
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While I was distracted with a patient dragonfly, Andy was getting entirely too close to some pretty pollinated bees. (click for larger...
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As I mentioned in the previous post, on Saturday we headed an hour south to Angleton, TX and the Manna Farm Sunflower Festival. The drive was definitely worth it as they had a HUGE field with 12+ foot tall sunflowers. We went early in the day but it was still HOT so we only stayed an hour or so. First pics posted below, more to come. (click for larger...
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