This picture of Jackson David was my favorite over the Christmas Holiday. Jon and Ali drove down from Round Rock and mid morning Jackson bolted from the car to engage the gift opening. Ali mentioned that she asked JD to get dressed but he wanted to wear his "Thomas". I don't believe Jackson wanted to stop for a pic...his clenched fist and head tilt suggests "make this short I'm coming through". We had a blast, and Jackson brought his A-game, the two year old wonder of Christmas.

Capitol Building Lincoln Nebraska

I visited the Capitol in Lincoln for the first time in 20 years. I nearly forgot what an extraordinary structure this is. The stone block construction should stand another millennium. These few pics are from the second floor.

New Mexico Vistas

On a recent trip to New Mexico I tried out the panarama feature on the Sony camera . You can press and sweep the horizon. While I don't think I will use this function often, it did capture somewhat better the expansive open country that a simple pic couldn't.

NAMI-Walks, Austin, Texas, 10/02/2010

Beautiful early fall day with about 3000 walkers on hand to call attention to the need for awareness of mental illness and hope for recovery. Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Governor Rick Perry showed up and participated. I walked with the "Recovery Rockers" and we had over 80 Austin Travis County Integral Care employees and family take part. http://www.atcic.org/ I took over 150 pictures and grouped them into a slide video. This walk was sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, NAMI-Austin.

Nambe Falls and Reservoir

Northeast of Santa Fe there are string of Pueblos that have governance over their lands. Here in the pictures are the Nambe falls and reservoir. I hiked around the lake and up to the falls. Notice not a cloud in the sky. In early fall it's 75 degrees and a great day to be in the outdoors.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Life and death in the high desert. The bleached bones, no longer held together as a living backbone, lay strung out in contrast to the living plant pushing through the arid soil.

Texas Western Sky

In the lower left you can make out the winding road called Bee Caves that heads west to our home from under the Mo-Pac away from downtown. I had worked late and was within a few miles of home when this radiant burst of light broke from behind the clouds. I stuck my i-phone out the car window and caught the day-ending atmospheric drama.

Recently Deb and I saw the movie "Inception" at the Bullock IMAX theater in Austin. As we were waiting to go in on the second floor entrance I looked down on the painted floor that turned liquid in the streaming light. You can make out The Story of Texas across the top of this representative art.

Summertime Cherries

Often in the heat of summer the slow drama of ripening fruit is missed. Selecting from the wide variety of foods, in a quick trip to Whole Foods in air conditioned convenience, is the last step of acquisition. Standing under a vivid cluster of these cherries I could see in the tree above birds also vying for a shot at summer refreshment.

Santa Fe sky

Afternoon sky in Santa Fe. After a gorgeous morning the clouds bank up off the mountains for an early evening shower.