The Ship Channel is really Buffalo Bayou, widened and dredged to allow large ship access.  Houston is one of the world's major ports even though it is some 40 miles from the coast.

Sights:

The Channel
Cranes
Progress
Perched

I went out to test the Tokina 12-24, F4 lens.  W I D E takes some getting used to. . .

Pillars I
Pillars II
Entry: Architecture/Reflections/Signs Theme
Tall Buildings
Londale Hotel

Bayou and Building
Sculpture and Marble
Pond, Foul and Skyscrapers

at Scrap Daddy's:
you ride in it
sculpture

downtown:
waterfall
 approach
waiting
winter
Dean's
courthouse
 thanks, Bill and Karen!

At Scrap Daddy's:
his current project
c'mon get happy
you can trust your car
henson mobile
with downtown behind
lording over
welcome
 workshop

John and I capped the day by meeting my wife who was between shows at the Houston Ballet, walking around downtown and having dinner together.

Triangles
Metro
Corner
Warehouse
Stained Glass
Photographers

The guys at the Art Car Museum recommended Scrap Daddy's.  They also recommended the house made of beer cans, but we didn't get there. . . next trip?

Tall umm Thing
Fork Tree
Teeth
John at Scrap Daddy's
Spoons

I went through my Houston Arboretum pix while sitting for two hours in Denver:
observation deck
trio
pond reflection
monet was here
walkway
log (this is the shot I was taking when Bill took the one of me hunched over)
nowhere
 long walkway
twins
a stand
Wilk waits
your photographers

So the sign said "Free Admission" and we went in and the docent said they loved photographers and would we like a beer...

Hood
Exhaust by Electrolux
Tail Lights  
Ornament

guest-starring Houston, Texas!
them tall buildings

roof reflection and window reflections

the Rockets won

downtown

So, there we were, driving from the Arboretum to the Heights when we saw the Art Car Museum. . .

Garage Door
Front Door
Front
Fender Art
More Fender Art

Ok, so I've been busy. .  .

Houston Night

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What a crummy day yesterday was. (Oddly enough it seems as though it has been longer ago than that.) I was fired only a half hour into the day. The reasons were obviously made up. Although we have since figured out the financial motivation behind such sadly.  Still it's not a very nice Christmas present, and I am at a bit of a loss as I find myself faced with a job search at such a crucial time.  It was a good thing, though, that I was home, the Houston skies opened up yesterday and our backyard began to flood, which in turn can cause our house to flood.  I spent hours replacing towels along the back walls of the house trying to contain the water. (Though exhausting at the time, we are ok now.) But despite it all, my spirits did not hit rock bottom. I received a very wonderful deliveryfrom my husband during the downpour that lifted my  spirits. If only for a little while I stopped the panic of the many situations and literally stopped to smell the roses.

Last week the Houston Municipal Airport Museum held a "Wings and Wheels" show.  Here are a few photos from the festivities.  Lockheed Loadstar A Woody and a Bikini Old Planes Old Planes Too And Some Tail

The man waving at me was telling me that I can't take a picture there, of course it was too late, the shutter already went off.

Ok, sorry for the non-post last time. But this is the "non" picture that got everyone writing about needing a help file... I hope this works. I think it didn't work last time because I had a comma in the key word. (Cory, "key word" is a bit misleading, because I'm used of keywords being used for future searches and I wanted to use multiple words separated by comma - my 2 cents.) bluewave