Tuesday, February 20, 2007

and then it ended.

abruptly, with the promise of more.

dolphin bay

14 september 2003


watching them watching us

suv nation

13 september 2003


conn brown harbor, port a

caching in port aransas, tx

13 september 2003


never mind the view - how about this dollar origami

adios fat elvis

13 september 2003



the lumina's last stand

loggerheads

gulf sunrise

22 july 2003



up to watch another clutch of turtle hatchlings

LBJ

14 july 2003, austin tx




"The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to advance the quality of American civilization."


"All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today."


the gifts we give


the gifts we give

Friday, February 16, 2007

robstown, tx

5 july 2003


on a warehouse, on a back road, in a small texas town

just outside lake corpus christi

5 july 2003

another film cannister. another forest. another no find.

lake corpus christi

5 july 2003






hot*hot*bugger*hot

sitting on the roof at the paper

4 july 2003


whoosh... boom... ah

solstice cache, austin texas

21 june 2003


caching on lake travis with a bunch of texans and dog from san francisco.


yes, there are too many of us on board. and yes, this boat was sinking.

kemps ridley hatchling release

29 may 2003


92 hatchlings, mostly girls, one or two might make it back to nest in 15 years.


on the brink.

mosquito coast

10 may 2003


27° 29.909N 097° 16.009W

Thursday, February 15, 2007

freer rattlesnake roundup

28 april 2003


live freer or die.

sand castles

5 april 2003 aransas pass, tx



spectacularly late

1 april 2003


17 minutes from curb to plane take off is not bad in these times of shoe security checks.

texas museum of cultures

10 january 2003, san antonio tx


all roads lead to texas...

*ack*

10 January 2003

the alamo

9 january 2003


victory or death

the buckeye saloon

9 january 2003, san antonio tx


more than 520 different species. all dead. would you like some lunch with that?


rattlesnake art, the sesquecentennial steer, "comfy" chairs and a jackelope.

san antonio, tx

9 & 10 january 2003


9th largest city in the us, but surprisingly quiet and charming all the same.

dusty the river otter

8 january 2003, texas state aquarium

sleek, quick as water.

geronimo

7 january 2002, george west TX



on the way to a hank williams jamboree, along the main drag, stuffed and standing tall.

little graceland, los fresnos tx

4 january 2003


elvis lives in south texas



through the gates and up the stairs at little graceland



the king's good conduct medal and the ballad of elvis presley



dancing with the elvi



Thankyouthankyouverymuch

from port aransas to corpus christi by beach

28 december 2002



more tasteful christmas decor... god bless those seaside folk.

fishing

28 december 2002, port aransas TX



kites and dogs and fishermen.

oddysea

28 december 2002, corpus christi, TX



at last... we live in a town with the "state-something". dolphins arriving in march.

going west

16 & 17 december 2002



shot poorly, with one hand, through a dirty car windshield, by me... ah well.

wonderland of lights

7 december 2002, marshall TX



holiday portraits in paradise with the baptist and the weather girl.

how about some booze with those pills?

marshall, tx



what were they thinking?

a taste of jefferson

20 october 2002



cookie dough ice cream in freshly baked waffle cones. redemption in a bottle.

madame la girafon

19 october 2002



i know a song of africa. does africa know a song of me?

national museum of american history

4 october 2002, washington dc



hung on the pentagon, 12 september 2001

national museum of american history

4 october, 2002, washington dc



presidential kitsch, sesame street and 9/11

national museum of natural history

4 october 2002, washington dc



diamonds, dinosaurs and travel pig.

national museum of air and space

4 october, 2002, washington dc



good luck, mr gorsky.

one year on

11 september 2002



lighting luminaries with friends as cars go by.

okmulgee & oklahoma city

10 & 11 august 2002




a town full of cowboys, and the cowboy hall of fame.

paris, TX

10 august, 2002



gay paree, y'all,

balloon glow, longview TX

15 july 2002



larry and alice

red, white and blue

4 july 2002 marshall, TX



kids running barefoot on the highschool football field, lawn chairs, cyalume and cotton candy.

uncertain, tx

caddo lake, 4 july 2002



boats, floats and mike the squirrel hunter.

uncertain, tx

4 july 2002




the little bug celebrates the 4th,

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

ride 'em cowboy

texas-arkansas-oklahoma



screaming yourself hoarse in close, dusty arenas on hot summer nights.

marshall, tx

2002



debutantes, livestock fairs, politicians on horseback, diaper derbys, footbal and fireants.

texas

january 2002



state of mind

graceland

10 january, 2002



strangely small



musty and airless, and the upper floors off limits.

kentucky

8 & 9 january, 2002



pick your pony, stick a finger in fermenting bouron, visit a prohibition museum, where's my julep?

first snow

9 december, 2001, west hartford, CT



fell asleep to snowflakes, woke up to a garden in white.

pumpkin festival

november 2001. keene, NH



know this: the best possible pumpkin carving implement is the screwdriver.

mystic aquarium

22 october, 2001, mystic, CT



no pizza. it was too cold to [roperly commune with the belugas. we'll come back in summer for a turn in the tank.

year one

14 october 2001, martha's vineyard, MA



the sea was close, the wine south african, it rained, then the sun came out for 15 minutes.

roadtrip

october 2001 NY/PA/IL/IN/KY/OH



at the very least, a lunch in every state, and a van gogh/gaugin exhibition in one.

yoda in boston

1 september 2001



driving to a new home.

oh to be in england

august 2001, liverpool/plymouth/bournemouth/london



now that families are there.

Creamfields

25 august, 2001 liverpool, uk



someone tried to steal our borrowed car. is this proof that rave is indeed dead?

hot hot hot

august 2001, 36 hours in egypt



the swiss hotel chain we stayed at had a life sized fibreglass cow watching over the swimming pool.

last supper

23 august 2001, the carnivore restaurant, RSA



zebra and crocodile and wildebeest and warthog and kudu and one great bottle of wine. and friends.

It'lee

may & june 2001. rome/castellina in chianti/florence/venice



if i could just get enough money together for a water-side pad in venice...

a colonial wedding... ahem

april, 2001



and a gathering at the pomegranate.

de rust

february 2001, de rust, RSA



a cairn for duncan, a home i used to know, ostrich for dinner and sweet desert wine.

onion seed

february, 2001




pieter's farm

jo'burg

200/2001



we miss this place. more than we thought we would. more than we care to admit.

best game drive ever

january 2001, hluhluwe, natal, RSA



the best way to find dinner, is with a couple of cold bottles of good wine.

places to go after a wedding



a honeymoon, a birthday and a subway series. all in one city.

"just say 'man and wife'..."

14 october 2000. west hartford, ct

the cape

as often as possible



ocean, mountains, wine, good friends, a place to come back to.