Bunny ears, graciously handed out by Team 4063 “TriKzR4Kidz” from Del Rio, Texas, were everywhere at the FIRST Robotics Competition, Alamo...
The stands at the FRC Alamo Regional in San Antonio, Texas were a fun place to be as team members led cheers, conga lines and dances egged on by a DJ playing...
A member of FRC team 3035 “Droid Rage” from Corpus Christi, Texas, sporting their signature top hat at the Alamo Regional in San Antonio, April...
I spent a fair bit of the weekend hanging out next to Luis, one of the robot inspectors at the FRC Alamo Regional. He had put colored duct tape to good...
What a weekend! The missing posts last week were due to the fact that I was down in San Antonio with our high school robotics team taking part in the FIRST...
This is another of my favourites from our trip to the Pedernales Falls State Park bird blind a couple of weekends ago. This is an adult male house finch...
I was wandering through old pictures last night and came across the set I had taken during our 2014 NxNW trip to Maine and Acadia National Park. On the drive...
A mother capuchin monkey (cebus capucinus) with her baby in Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica.
Leon Coffee, originally from Blanco, is a well-loved member of the Dripping Springs rodeo show where his clowning is greatly appreciated by us all. Everyone...
It’s been a while since I last posted a rodeo picture so here’s one from last October’s Brent Thurman Memorial Bull Riding event at the Dripping...
I noticed this picture in my “unposted photos” collection this morning right after seeing a post on Facebook showing the same scene with the traffic...
Reflections of autumn leaves turn the surface of the Swift River in New Hampshire gold. This section of the river is just downstream from the Rocky Gorge...
In honour of his win in the opening race of the 2018 F1 season in Melbourne, Australia yesterday, here’s a picture of Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari...
Let’s finish this week of birds with one of the most commonly-seen (or, at least, most commonly noticed) central Texas birds. This is a male Northern...
A female ladder-backed woodpecked (Dryobates scalaris) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas on March 17th, 2018. I don’t know the mating habits...
A black-crested titmouse (baeolophus atricristatus) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park, Texas on March 17th, 2018.
A male house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) seen at Pedernales Falls State Park near Johnson City, Texas on March 17th, 2018.
We spent some time this weekend visiting the bird blind at Pedernales Falls State Park. While we were there, a few interesting visitors arrived including...
Hope Outdoor Gallery, Austin’s popular graffiti park, is in its last month at the current location on 11th and Baylor. The gallery plans to relocate...