tableau tuesday

tableau tuesday

More snow on the way today. Craziest winter I've ever seen in all my years growing up in Texas.

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tableau tuesday

tableau tuesday

tableau tuesday

My new boots.

Adorable, huh?

I was supposed to be looking for snow boots and such ... but was distracted by these babies.

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tableau tuesday

Happy New Year!

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tableau tuesday

In honor and memory.


Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman

Maj. Libardo Caraveo

Capt. John P. Gaffaney

Capt. Russell Seager

Staff Sgt. Justin Decrow

Sgt. Amy Krueger

Spc. Jason Hunt, 22

Spc. Frederick Greene

Pfc. Aaron Nemelka

Pfc. Michael Pearson

Spc. Kham Xiong, 23

Pvt. Francheska Velez

Chief Warrant Officer retired Michael Cahill

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Harper's Bazaar, December 2009

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Beatin' the dirt monkeys in Lubbock is worthy of two pictures.

Gig'em Ags.

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Crazy wicked weather blew through town this morning ... right as the morning commute was getting underway (of course).

It's currently 9:00 a.m., and we've already had over 5 inches of rain this morning.

Gotta love it. Especially when the rain has nowhere to go, so it sits on the road ... and rises ... and rises ... and rises ....

The silver lining is that its bringing cooler temps with it.

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... again a day late ... but hey, it was a short week, and my internal clock is off. ;)

Houston Chronicle writer Kathy Huber perfectly captures the crazy personality of the uniquely-Texas tradition ("bigger is definitely better") of homecoming mums:

"In a state where football is king, the homecoming mum is queen. Not a shy bloom relegated to the sidelines, but an enormous concoction of grapefruit-size silk flowers; stuffed animals; a flowing skirt of ribbons."

I giggle with a bit of shame (mixed in with a big ol' chunk of fond memories) when I think about how giddy we used to be as we walked around Tully Stadium, tinkling with the bells hanging from our ginormous red and white mums. Oh, and of course our dates sported the obligatory mum-like matching garters on their jerseys that day at school. Gawd, we were crazy. Gotta love high school football in Texas.

Stomp 'em, MHS Mustangs!

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(so I'm a few hours late ...)

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Sale pending ... damn! Someone's buying the house ($1,277,500 - 945 Heights Blvd.) that I was interested in purchasing in the Houston Heights. I shouldn't have held out so long ... debating the whole thing because I felt the kitchen was too small.

Oh well. Easy come, easy go. Here are some pics (it's Tableau Tuesday, afterall) of the deal that just slipped through my hands ...

tableau tuesday - "fall"ing rain

It's the first official day of fall.

If you're in H-Town, or anywhere near or along the Texas Gulf Coast, you'd better have your umbrellas handy.

Cats and dogs come to mind ....

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My favorite Patrick Swayze role will always be Orry Maine from John Jakes' The North and The South -- literally, a staple in our house when I was growing up.

Godspeed to a great Houstonian. Rest in peace.

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One of my favorite [guiltless] pleasures in life is pictures. Even though I'm about as photographically talented as the rock I'm currently using as a doorstop, I feel somewhat empty-handed if I don't have my camera with me for a special occasion, or even just an every-day event.

I love the written word. No, scratch that. I'm captivated by the written word. But even more so, I adore the way a picture can trump even the most eloquent of poetry, as far as describing a moment in time.

So I thought I'd begin to dedicate a single blog day a week to one of life's great mediums: pictures.

Dictionary.com describes a tableau as "a vivid or graphic description" and "a ‘picture’ formed by living persons caught in static attitudes." Perfect!