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All aboard!!!

This was not the bus I was waiting for. I’m not too sure where it was going but I’m fairly sure it’s not covered by a “local” fare. (There’s actually no photo trickery going on here. I was waiting for … Continue reading

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Earth Day Flower

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Boom.

I see on the news reports that Tungurahua, down in Ecuador, is erupting again. It had been dormant for many years and went active again in 1999. It’s blown several times since then. I was there in 1994, and it … Continue reading

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Pretty Stuff.

Hmmm…. wonder what’s back there? {sneak}{sneak}{sneak} Oh. It’s where the dancing azaleas hang out. LOTS of dancing azaleas.

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“In the end, we are only passing through history. This… this IS history.”

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Forward into the past…

Gonna take a stroll into the stone age by way of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. C’mon. Ride along. (“It’ll be fun, he said…”) Our journey back begins at the top of the stairs. Big fan of stairs. Gotta … Continue reading

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Spring’s springing…

First of the year…. I was over at Mason Park in the southeast side covering the Greater Houston LULAC Council’s “Loteria” fun run, because the guy in the tan coat is Richard Reyes, a long-time friend who was kind of … Continue reading

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Speed

Once in a great while when I go out to shoot at the racetrack all the pieces just sort of seem to find me at the same moment. It’s fairly cool when it happens.

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CVAR Spring School

I’ve always been a fan of the quick little race cars – Minis, Sprites, Spitfires, Formula Fords, the small snappy little cars that can turn on a dime and give you back 9 cents, peppy little machines with little fourbanger … Continue reading

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Inadvertent Wildlife Photography

Stopped by the Chinese Community Center this afternoon to catch a little bit of the festival there… It’s grown, and was very well attended. I was trying to slither through the crowd to get up to the stage door, when … Continue reading

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