Together Again...

Daphne at the grave of her buddy, Tres the Big Gold Dog

Winter Moon...

Visitors.....

The daughter of one of my Mom's best friends is in town for the holidays. The daughter was a little girl when I was starting high school. She's little no more. She brought her two girls and son Ben with her. To get him away from the women folk, I took her son to see the Chaparral racing cars exhibit today. Ben is a very nice kid: come to think of it, the Mom is a really nice Mom too!

On the town...

Sisters/Nieces






World Famous Johnny's






Clair: spoon girl

Down at the duck pond..

Mallards

Niece Clair

Wood Duck

Down on the farm....

Happy farmer.....





Farm Dogs...





Farm girls......

A Dog's Christmas.....

It's nice to see someone really appreciate the gift you gave them. D. Daphne Dog really loves new rope toys. She shows her apperecation by immediately lying down and pulling them apart. It's worth it to see a dog have so much fun....

Santa's Helper....

On the phone with Kris Kringle

Don't be naughty.....Santa will get you!

Christmas Eve Day.....

Daphne &
Ghost Dancer







Erin

Santa Fe Style...

A friends new home....north of Midland

Rainy Day Jewel...

Sister Act....

Strong, silent types...

Good women, strong and silent....

Night shooting....

Santa wanted to hone his night shooting skills with his new camera. A thoughtful photo elf helped in the experiment. Santa loves the new Nikon. These shot with a super slow shutter speed and very minimum of flash. Techinque: stop car at house in the neighborhood, elf jumps out, steady camera on car, snap shot, speed away into the night.

Johnny's Barbeque.....

A West Texas Classic......Johnny's

Rainy Day Ducks.....

The Christmas Season...

'Tis the Season to be jolly [or crazy]....!

On the town...

At an annual Christmas party.....

[Cool psychedelic shirt! No, a product of digital compression on small blue dots]

Bull....!

Picture of a cow

Dreamin'......

California Dreamin'....
on such a winters day

Mamas and Papas

Dreamin'....on

California Dreamin'....
is becomin' a reality

"Creque Alley"
Mamas and Papas

Lisa....

Lisa in the stands.....with diamonds

On the southside....

Cactus and concrete.....







Let Tina do your do.....

Dog Eyes..

The Duck Market....

Redhead

Apparently there is an untapped market for duck photos. I've had several paying requests for some of my framed images.....and soon they'll be on sale at the Sibley Nature Center.

Therapy

Nurse 'Liz

Liz was one of my Dad's respiratory nurses. She dropped by to offer her condolences on my Dad's passing and to inquire about my health. She's a remarkable nurse, just one visit and my respiration and heart rates went up dramatically. I love modern medicine.

Ducks....

Shovelers and widgeons at the Duck Pond, Midland

Shoveler, Barrows Golden Eyes

Golden Eyes

Hope.....

Hope Hernandez

Tonsorial Master

I learned in the last four years. If you are a man go to a barber who specializes in mens haircuts. The emotional pain otherwise is too great....

Ellis Ann

Ellis Ann
aka
My Cousin Missy

Duck Pond at Christmas time....

Blog-O-Rama Italiano [Albanian style]

Wallace, Eric, Jimmy, Jeff and Darryl [Jimmy had scampi]

Eric and Jimmy [note tea and scampi on plate]

Blogger: trying to look like he knows what "alogrithmic" means

Proud Blogger [not good enough for scampi]

Our limo driver [ate in the car]

Moon Shots

Full moon rising

Moon, clouds, vapor trails

Surely these all signal my predicted 11 year good luck cycle....