Sunday, March 25, 2012

Bluebonnet season in Texas! 032512

It's high Bluebonnet season in Texas!  Really beautiful to see, these fields of purple-blue that only bloom one month out of the year.  Iconic Texas wouldn't be complete without Bluebonnets and Longhorn cattle.  We caught it all.  Oh, and a car graveyard...  
















Wednesday, March 14, 2012

My FIRST Cruise! Progresso/Cozumel Mexico, 012612

After much positive feedback (more, more, more!!) here's another post.  I love my fans...  Jerry and I took a cruise to Mexico the end of January, 2012.  My first!  Our ports in Mexico were Progresso and Cozumel.  Cozumel is, of course, known as a water playground.  We, of course, bucked the trend, rented a jeep and ran all over the island.  Wonderful coastline and a lighthouse!  I truly love lighthouses...  Progresso is known for the Mayan ruins known as Chichen Itza. With all the hub-bub this year with the end of the Mayan calendar, a visit to Chichen Itza seemed appropriate.  I have to admit a few of Jerry's photos make a better (and more amusing) story.  His photos are identified with the date stamp and I have to say, he has a good eye.  Enjoy, my dears.

 Icky, icky pea soup fog as we left Galveston.  Luckily it was beautifully clear the next morning.





Fun day at sea.  The water slide was SO MUCH FUN and my "tropical toes" seemed appropriate for Mexico!




 Eeeek!  The "winners" of the royal ballgame had the "honor" of sacrificing themselves to the gods and having their countenance inscribed in stone.  Was all that really worth it???



 Cozumel!!!!!!



 Obviously, I did not take the photo below.  This epic shot was indeed caught by Jerry using my camera.  Amazing.










 Home again, home again jiggety jig.  This time with no fog.


Thursday, March 8, 2012

Carnival at Night-RodeoHouston-030212

I've said I must have been a crow in a former life.  I love bright, colorful, shiny things.  I was in heaven the other night when I went to the RodeoHouston Carnival!  I didn't go to the Rodeo itself (did that a few nights earlier) but went just to photograph and enjoy the incredible bright lights.  This post is a joy to view because IT'S FUN!