I’m a couple of days late to the party but congratulations to Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske for his win in this year’s Indy 500 on Sunday....
We made a Memorial Day trip out to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area near Fredericksburg yesterday. The drive up there via Llano was spectacular. I’ve...
A year ago this week, I was shooting portraits of the members of North Hays County Fire Rescue for their 2019 calendar. The visits to the fire station...
Santino Ferrucci of Dale Coyne Racing driving at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas on March 23nd, 2019 during practice prior to the inaugural IndyCar...
I’m just back from a great weekend in Houston where our younger son was taking part in the Houston Underground Saxophone Competition (more of which...
Felix Rosenqvist of Chip Ganassi Racing seen during practice prior to the IndyCar Classic event at Circuit of the Americas, Austin on March 23rd, 2019.
This century plant (agave americana) and several more like it live in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center not far from our home. These huge succulents...
James Hinchcliffe in the number 5 Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports car seen from the top of the tower at Circuit of the Americas during practice prior...
French driver, Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske seen during qualification for the IndyCar Classic at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas on March 23nd,...
British rider Cal Crutchlow seen during qualification for the MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin on April 13th, 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...
One of the stranger happenings during this year’s Dripping Springs Founder’s Day Parade, was a real, live wedding on the WHIM Hospitality float...
A pirate waits for the start of the Dripping Springs Founder’s Day Parade on March 26th, 2019. Find more pictures from the parade at https://davewilson.smugmug.com/Miscellaneous/Founders-Day-2019/.
This past weekend was the annual Founder’s Day celebration in Dripping Springs. On Friday, I spent the evening covering the parade for the local...
As an aviation-obsessed kid, I knew this aircraft as the Douglas Dakota but only just discovered that this was the RAF designation for the Douglas C-47...
Richard Dodwell, in the uniform of a World War II British general, stands by the door of a Beechcraft C-45 at the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas...
Don Daro poses in the door of a C-47 wearing the uniform of a 1944 airborne infantry sergeant at the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing in San Marcos...
Here’s a complete change of tack for this week. I spent Saturday morning down at the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing hangar at San Marcos...
Is it terrible of me to favour the winner on the blog this week? Here’s a third image of Alex Rins, Suzuki Ecstar during qualification for the 2019...
The grass hill between turns 18 and 19 at Circuit of the Americas paid tribute to Nicky Hayden, American rider who lost his life last year following a bicycle...
