I took a fun daytrip to San Antonio to check out the 10th Anniversary Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival. I had some great food (and Irish beer) and enjoyed all of the sights and sounds of the festival, including a Scottish wedding, pipe and drum bands, a bagpipe solo competition, and Scottish sporting events. [...]
I recently bought a piano from a friend. It’s a 1970s Chickering baby grand (about 6 feet long). Originally, it was a practice piano at the University of North Texas. I have to get it tuned since it’s slipped out of tune pretty badly after the move. Now all I need to do is re-teach [...]
My brother, sister-in-law, and their friends from Sweden all piled into a car and drove over to Ft. Worth for the day. We had fun checking out the historical Stockyards area, complete with a full re-enactment of a longhorn cattle drive right through the Main Street. Afterwards we checked out all the restored buildings, shopping [...]
I spent a few days in beautiful downtown Chicago on a recent business trip. I always seem to do a lot of healthy walking in cities other than my own. I stayed on the 19th floor of a really nice place called Hotel 71 overlooking the river and directly across from the new Trump Tower. [...]
My dad and I drove down to the Hill Country west of Austin in Central Texas for a few days of relaxation. We stayed in the small German town called Fredericksburg and visited Pedernales Falls State Park and the Sculpture Ranch just west of Johnson City. Take a look at my Texas Hill Country photo [...]
My brother (Russell) and sister-in-law (Kathey) had a great Halloween party that I attended this weekend. Everyone had a really great time. I was really impressed with all the costumes. There were witches, grim reapers, green and blue people, and a bunch of other wonderfully creative ones. I dressed up as an extra from Hitchcock’s [...]
It’s been over a year since I took a “real” vacation. And let me tell you, that’s entirely too long! So during my much-needed week of vacation last week, I headed down to Austin for some rest and relaxation away from the big city (and work). This was the first time I’ve just let go [...]
My brother, sister-in-law and I had a wonderful time visiting with family at my Uncle John and Aunt Diane’s home in Canton, Texas, about an hour and a half east of Dallas. It was beautifully peaceful and relaxing—a great escape from the city. I had fun photographing old tractors, plows, barns, and all kinds of [...]
Once again, I’ve dragged out the photo studio lights and taken some nice closeup photos. This time I was inspired by my guitar. I’ve owned this guitar for ages, but never have been serious about learning to play it with any level of competence. Lately, I’ve been practicing twice a day for the past few [...]
In addition to the SXSX Interactive conference photos I uploaded recently, I’ve added a few photos to the Macro photo set on my Flickr account. They’re closeup photos taken while roaming around the Austin Convention Center as well as from different parts of Austin.
