While driving east with my son this evening, I couldn’t stop looking to the west at the beautiful golden sunset. I’d brought my camera with and though he was driving, I forced him to stop briefly when I was able…
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Dorothy and I took an early morning flight out of Midway Airport. I had the window seat on the left side of the plane as we headed east over the lake. Our flight path was a fair bit south of…
The temperature dropped last night and this created some beautiful scenes today as the morning sun and mist combined. Any open field or pond had this subtle but contrasty look that was in some instances surreal. I’d gone to a…
Some photos of The Alamo from our visit to San Antonio. Getting shots without tourists taking selfies was difficult and required more patience than I was prepared for … but I did persevere.
From our recent visit to the Cathedral of San Fernando in San Antonio, here are several images that depict the classic exterior and the beautiful interior of this church that opened in 1750. We arrived late in the day and were allowed…
While in Texas this week, I visited a few fire stations and I recorded these two San Antonio fire engine responding from quarters.
During one of our evening walks to explore San Antonio, we came across the Bexar County Courthouse. The historic building caught our eye because of it’s beautiful design, but also the dramatic presence that it commands being made from red sandstone. I returned…
This was an interesting twist on the customary horse-drawn carriages that one might find in any major city. Dorothy thought they were beautiful, I merely thought them interesting as subject matter. But, I couldn’t help myself from saying the cliche…
While driving through San Antonio this afternoon, I spotted this real interesting looking facility with several locomotives in a rail yard. I scoped it out and it was the Southwest Reasearch Institute. I wish that there had been access to…
Here’s an image of tonight’s Supermoon lunar eclipse 2015