Fragments

and then it ended.

2007-02-20T10:06:00.000-08:00

abruptly, with the promise of more.

dolphin bay

2007-02-20T10:05:00.000-08:00

14 september 2003

watching them watching us

suv nation

2007-02-20T10:03:00.000-08:00

13 september 2003

conn brown harbor, port a

caching in port aransas, tx

2007-02-20T09:59:00.000-08:00

13 september 2003

never mind the view - how about this dollar origami

adios fat elvis

2007-02-20T09:58:00.000-08:00

13 september 2003

the lumina's last stand

loggerheads

2007-02-20T09:57:00.000-08:00

gulf sunrise

2007-02-20T09:56:00.000-08:00

22 july 2003

up to watch another clutch of turtle hatchlings

LBJ

2007-02-20T09:43:00.000-08:00

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

robstown, tx

2007-02-16T09:41:00.000-08:00

5 july 2003

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

just outside lake corpus christi

2007-02-16T09:31:00.000-08:00

5 july 2003

another film cannister. another forest. another no find.

lake corpus christi

2007-02-16T09:30:00.000-08:00

5 july 2003

hot*hot*bugger*hot

sitting on the roof at the paper

2007-02-16T09:29:00.000-08:00

4 july 2003

whoosh... boom... ah

solstice cache, austin texas

2007-02-16T09:28:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-16T09:26:00.000-08:00

29 may 2003

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

on the brink.

mosquito coast

2007-02-16T09:08:00.000-08:00

10 may 2003

27° 29.909N 097° 16.009W

freer rattlesnake roundup

2007-02-15T19:40:00.000-08:00

28 april 2003

live freer or die.

sand castles

2007-02-15T19:39:00.000-08:00

5 april 2003 aransas pass, tx

spectacularly late

2007-02-15T19:38:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-15T19:37:00.001-08:00

10 january 2003, san antonio tx

all roads lead to texas...

ack

2007-02-15T19:36:00.000-08:00

10 January 2003

the alamo

2007-02-15T19:35:00.000-08:00

9 january 2003

victory or death

the buckeye saloon

2007-02-15T19:33:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-15T19:32:00.000-08:00

9 & 10 january 2003

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

dusty the river otter

2007-02-15T19:31:00.000-08:00

8 january 2003, texas state aquarium

sleek, quick as water.

geronimo

2007-02-15T17:30:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-15T17:23:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-15T17:21:00.000-08:00

28 december 2002

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

fishing

2007-02-15T17:20:00.000-08:00

28 december 2002, port aransas TX

kites and dogs and fishermen.

oddysea

2007-02-15T17:19:00.000-08:00

28 december 2002, corpus christi, TX

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

going west

2007-02-15T17:18:00.000-08:00

16 & 17 december 2002

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

wonderland of lights

2007-02-15T17:16:00.000-08:00

7 december 2002, marshall TX

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

how about some booze with those pills?

2007-02-15T14:26:00.000-08:00

marshall, tx

what were they thinking?

a taste of jefferson

2007-02-15T14:23:00.000-08:00

20 october 2002

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

madame la girafon

2007-02-15T14:22:00.000-08:00

19 october 2002

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

national museum of american history

2007-02-15T14:19:00.000-08:00

4 october 2002, washington dc

hung on the pentagon, 12 september 2001

national museum of american history

2007-02-15T14:18:00.000-08:00

4 october, 2002, washington dc

presidential kitsch, sesame street and 9/11

national museum of natural history

2007-02-15T14:17:00.000-08:00

4 october 2002, washington dc

diamonds, dinosaurs and travel pig.

national museum of air and space

2007-02-15T14:16:00.000-08:00

4 october, 2002, washington dc

good luck, mr gorsky.

one year on

2007-02-15T11:17:00.000-08:00

11 september 2002

lighting luminaries with friends as cars go by.

okmulgee & oklahoma city

2007-02-15T11:15:00.000-08:00

10 & 11 august 2002

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

paris, TX

2007-02-15T11:13:00.000-08:00

10 august, 2002

gay paree, y'all,

balloon glow, longview TX

2007-02-15T11:12:00.000-08:00

15 july 2002

larry and alice

red, white and blue

2007-02-15T11:11:00.000-08:00

4 july 2002 marshall, TX

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

uncertain, tx

2007-02-15T11:08:00.000-08:00

caddo lake, 4 july 2002

boats, floats and mike the squirrel hunter.

uncertain, tx

2007-02-15T11:01:00.000-08:00

4 july 2002

the little bug celebrates the 4th,

ride 'em cowboy

2007-02-14T11:48:00.000-08:00

texas-arkansas-oklahoma

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

marshall, tx

2007-02-14T11:24:00.000-08:00

2002

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

texas

2007-02-14T11:23:00.000-08:00

january 2002

state of mind

graceland

2007-02-14T11:20:00.000-08:00

10 january, 2002

strangely small

musty and airless, and the upper floors off limits.

kentucky

2007-02-14T11:17:00.000-08:00

8 & 9 january, 2002

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

first snow

2007-02-14T11:13:00.000-08:00

9 december, 2001, west hartford, CT

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

pumpkin festival

2007-02-14T11:11:00.000-08:00

november 2001. keene, NH

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

mystic aquarium

2007-02-14T11:09:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T11:07:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T11:05:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T11:04:00.000-08:00

1 september 2001

driving to a new home.

oh to be in england

2007-02-14T11:03:00.000-08:00

august 2001, liverpool/plymouth/bournemouth/london

now that families are there.

Creamfields

2007-02-14T11:00:00.000-08:00

25 august, 2001 liverpool, uk

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

hot hot hot

2007-02-14T10:57:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T10:55:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T10:53:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T10:52:00.000-08:00

april, 2001

and a gathering at the pomegranate.

de rust

2007-02-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

february 2001, de rust, RSA

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

onion seed

2007-02-14T10:49:00.000-08:00

february, 2001

pieter's farm

jo'burg

2007-02-14T10:48:00.000-08:00

200/2001

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

best game drive ever

2007-02-14T10:46:00.000-08:00

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

2007-02-14T10:44:00.000-08:00

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

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

2007-02-14T10:42:00.000-08:00

14 october 2000. west hartford, ct

the cape

2007-02-14T10:30:00.000-08:00

as often as possible

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

Fragments

and then it ended.

dolphin bay

suv nation

caching in port aransas, tx

adios fat elvis

loggerheads

gulf sunrise

LBJ

robstown, tx

just outside lake corpus christi

lake corpus christi

sitting on the roof at the paper

solstice cache, austin texas

kemps ridley hatchling release

mosquito coast

freer rattlesnake roundup

sand castles

spectacularly late

texas museum of cultures

*ack*

the alamo

the buckeye saloon

san antonio, tx

dusty the river otter

geronimo

little graceland, los fresnos tx

from port aransas to corpus christi by beach

fishing

oddysea

going west

wonderland of lights

how about some booze with those pills?

a taste of jefferson

madame la girafon

national museum of american history

national museum of american history

national museum of natural history

national museum of air and space

one year on

okmulgee & oklahoma city

paris, TX

balloon glow, longview TX

red, white and blue

uncertain, tx

uncertain, tx

ride 'em cowboy

marshall, tx

texas

graceland

kentucky

first snow

pumpkin festival

mystic aquarium

year one

roadtrip

yoda in boston

oh to be in england

Creamfields

hot hot hot

last supper

It'lee

a colonial wedding... ahem

de rust

onion seed

jo'burg

best game drive ever

places to go after a wedding

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

the cape

ack