Everybody is a photographer these days
I captured this at the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
A few more....
Actually this "country road" is less than a half a mile from downtown Fort Worth, by the railroad tracks. Directly to the right, just out of the frame, is an actual hobo jungle that was constructed on a concrete foundation slab of what was once presumably a home. We quietly left when I saw someone moving around in the hobo jungle.
You can check out Tar's photos from the day on her new photoblog here.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Sunday
Finally, some mighty fine weather came our way. Not a cloud in the sky; with temperatures in the high 50s it was w beautiful day. Tar and I spent the afternoon exploring our neighborhood, taking pictures, locating geocaches and soaking up some Vitamin D.
You may have noticed the Purina Factory in an older post. Tar and I decided to get a close up look at these structures.
The old "bricks as background" portrait.
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Saturday, January 20, 2007
Recycling
Although the city of Fort Worth offers curbside recycling, our apartment building does not recycle. It's pretty retarded, especially when the 10 foot long dumpster overflows with rubbish. I have a feeling well over half that dumpster could be recycled. So we make a semi-weekly trip to the dump to recycle. It's a real hassle, but we mean business when it comes to recycling!
Above are bales of cardboard behind the Home Depot in Southlake, presumably waiting for the big ol' recycling flatbed to come by and carry them away
Friday, January 19, 2007
Cabin Fever: Weather in Chaos
The weather has been pretty chaotic the past few weeks. The weathermen are so tired of saying "Wintery Mix" during their forecasts, they started qualifying the phrase by saying things like "I have no other way to describe this". There's been rain, sleet, ice, snow, wind, lightning...We are starting to get cabin fever.
Here's a photo from last week, when we said eff it to weather and ran out to dinner anyway. We got soaked.
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Fort Worth Snow
North Texas was unexpectedly blanketed with snow yesterday. I like the snow, who doesn't really, because I enjoy the eerie calm that comes from the snow absorbing errant sound waves. It's peaceful.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
If you've seen my heart, I believe I may have misplaced it in San Francisco
Tarita and I returned to San Francisco for the Holidays. Sounds so typical, but I really had no idea how much I missed The City until I had to leave it again. Herb Caen captured, with words, the essence of San Francisco and its many facets, but the quote that comes to mind is "If one day I do go to heaven, I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'"
Coming back, what once blurred into the landscape of my former life was once again stunning; the Sutro Tower poking up through the mist, the tops of Golden Gate Bridge in the background of the rolling hill in the Outer Richmond, are just a few examples. Heck even Market Street was exciting and fantastic.
And being with all of our family and friends again was wonderful...was what the Holidays are all about. Let me tell you, when you are 2000 miles away from anyone you love, those annoying traits that all our friends and family have, well, they stop being annoying and suddenly are endearing. I love all my friends and family and we are so lucky to have you all. Being away makes it special to come back.
Here are some random photographic selections from our time in San Francisco. There's plenty more to come.
Burritos were perfected in San Francisco, originally uploaded by peteg.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Monday, January 15, 2007
Thursday, December 21, 2006
DR Horton Tower
At 547 feet (or 38 stories) the DR Horton tower is the second tallest building in downtown Fort Worth.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Dead Soldiers From A Tiger Army
Doing some scraping from the "archives" while I get some holiday shopping out of the way. Enjoy the mundane.
TxAxNxDx
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Friday, December 15, 2006
Evening Commute
My evening commute home. This was taken near the Highway 183/Loop 820 merge in the Bedford/Euless area.
I cracked open the sun roof on my car, and held my camera aloft. That my hood in the bottom part of the frame.
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
Oh, Tanenbaum (and stuff)
Tari hangs ornaments on our Christmas Tree.
Terese and Mike G help trim our Christmas Tree in our Fort Worth apt.
Tari prepares and ornament for the Christmas tree as Terese G prepares to take her picture.
An ornament for our Christmas Tree.
Tari takes pictures of the Christmas Tree trimming party in our apartment.
Santa is a sailor too. This is prolly my favorite Christmas ornament.
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Monday, December 11, 2006
Holiday Cheer
Mike and Terese G, in front of the giant Christmas tree on Main Street in downtown Fort Worth, TX.
The weekend previous, Tarita and I had a great visit from my parents. They spent four days out here and we had a great time. It was really nice to have some familiar faces around, and to share our new lives with other people.
We kicked off the weekend with a huge meal at The Reata in downtown Fort Worth. The Reata is a must visit, if only for the view from the rooftop bar and dining area.
Saturday was a perfect December day with. The sun was out, and there was a pleasant briskness to the air. Not enough chill to freeze a feller's bones, but enough to make him feel alive. My dad has a special spot in his heart for Frederic Remington's bronze statues of the Wild West, and the Amon Carter Musuem of Art has one of the world largest collections of Remington statues and paintings.
The Amon Carter Musuem of Art also has a premiere photography collection, and is currently showing a special exhibit of Eliot Porter and Robert Ketchum landscapes. Landscape photography isn't really my favorite, but this exhibit was incredible. Some of Ketchum's images, especially from Sundance area of UT, stunned me with their intense beauty. Porter's work, although beautiful and enjoyable, paled next to Ketchum's. The highlight of the exhibit were the intricate Chinese silk embroidered panels that were handmade from Ketchum's photos. Simply amazing.
That afternoon, we went down to the Fort Worth Stockyards. We were trying to catch the twice a day cattle drive they run through there, but instead we ran into a holiday parade, which included this lady, her pony, and her little dog. And yes, the dog has antlers, and yes the pony has a Santa hat.
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Friday, December 08, 2006
Moon Rise
A full moon rises, as seen from our aparment complex parking lot.
I am working on a much larger post soon, documenting a recent visit from some special folks.
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Thursday, December 07, 2006
The Elected
A few weekends ago Tar and I drove up to Denton, TX to see The Elected at Hailey's. First of all, when speaking of The Elected, it is mandatory to mention the lead singer Blake Sennett is also the lead guitarist/co-songwriter for Rilo Kiley. Now that I have that our of the way...
We had a really nice time. Denton, home to the University of North Texas, is a cool college town about 35 minutes north of Fort Worth, where the two forks of I-35 meet. It was nice to go to a show, be around people our own age that are into some of the same stuff we are.
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
Survey Flags
Survey flags mark a sprinkler system on an (not for much longer) empty lot near a shopping center in Colleyville, TX. New retail opportunities are popping up all over the place around here. According to Wikipedia, the DFW Metroplex has more shopping centers per capita than any other metro area in the US.
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