Austin’s 2nd Street district has changed beyond all recognition in the last decade. New high-rises are popping up everywhere and it has been transformed...
A bust of Scottish king Robert the Bruce seen at the National Wallace Monument in Stirling.
I was very sad to receive an email this morning letting me know that Jim Ferrell, blacksmith at Dripping Springs Pound House had passed away on Sunday....
We’re back at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas today. This image shows a detail of the radial engine fitted to the replica Fokker Triplane...
An aerial view of downtown Austin, Texas taken from above Lady Bird Lake. On the left side of the image, you can see site preparation for a project called...
We’re back at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury today with this detail of the tail of their World War 1 era Fokker Dr. I Triplane. The Fokker...
Dials in the cockpit of the Curtiss Canuck biplane at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas. I didn’t notice while I was taking the picture...
The antique vehicles at Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury are stored in a workshop made up to look like an old Texaco station, complete with two of these...
A field ambulance and various other Ford vehicles from World War 1 era at the Pioneer Flight Museum in Kingsbury, Texas.
Although my favourite pictures from the Pioneer Flight Museum were of the ground-based vehicles, the aircraft are the star of the show. Here’s the main...
The Independent or, as it’s more commonly known, the “Jenga Building” was completed earlier this year. At 58 floors and 690 feet, it took...
Here’s a sunset shot of Austin’s Seaholm development and surroundings. This area of the city has changed dramatically in the last decade or so. The decommissioned...
Staying with the aerial theme today, here’s a shot of the Austin skyline showing Butler Park and Auditorium shores in the foreground.
I’ve had my Mavic Air for a year or so but have not spent a huge amount of time flying it. As a result, the initial fascination with the idea of having...
A detail of the fuselage and windows of C-47 Skytrain “That’s All Brother” from the Commemorative Air Force in San Marcos, Texas. This...
This Douglas C-47 Skytrain, named “That’s All Brother”, lives at the Commemorative Air Force, Central Texas Wing in San Marcos but is in Normandy,...
A pair of abandoned fishing boats near the town of Salen on the Isle of Mull in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent last weekend down in Houston attending the Houston Underground Saxophone Competition where my son was playing in the finals...
Members of one of the local youth baseball teams sit on their float during the Dripping Springs Founder’s Day Parade on Friday, April 26th, 2019....
The combined middle schools Jazz Band entered a double-decker, New Orleans-themed float in the Founder’s Day parade and entertained the crowd by playing...
