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A circle of confusion

Ranchman Cafe, Ponder

Aged formica at The Ranchman Cafe, Ponder.Sirloin I thinkThe counter. Check out the patinaFried green tomatoesRib I thinkThe counter. Check out the patina
Eva reads the menuLot of people been hereFried cactus!

Ranchman Cafe, Ponder, a set on Flickr.

4th July, 2011

Oh, it’s such a perfect day
I’m glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on

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Swamp Mallow a.k.a Hibiscus

Bought in March as flower pots with stumps in them. Finally started growing about May. Had big growth spurt this last month and finally bloomed this week. Stunning colour. A native Texas plant, it does well in marshy conditions.

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Sylvan & I-30 Farmer’s Market

Nice Brooks on old Trek bike

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Red Insulator – I think

Insulator? Maybe? On Walter’s porch, Clayton, GA. June 2011

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Alamo Plaza Sign Model

Made for the Ft. Worth Avenue Association fund-raising art show. Hope it makes some money!

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The Les Hall Converse

Design your own Converse Allstars. Wish they let you do more with the embroidery. Online one font and all caps. Still, they look exactly like the mock-up online! Here’s a pic.

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Glorias, Bishop Arts, Dallas, TX

The new Glorias is really nice. Large outdoor areas, same good food. Here is the Glorias Super Sampler. From Top left: fried plantain, refried black beans, brown rice, tamale in banana leaf, papusa, fried yucca, sour cream and some Argentinian cole slaw churra something :) Git u sum.

1/2000, f/2, ISO 80, 28 mm

Bolivar, TX, 2004

Eva & I’s first real vacation. Drove South to Bolivar Island/Peninsula near Galveston, TX. Sadly a hurricane a few years back destroyed a great number of the beach houses. This was some glorious weather in November. We had the beach to ourselves and even swam a little.

Terrorist Hunting Permit, TX

I seem to recall this was on a local Police car in Hamilton, TX

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Ranch, S.W. Texas

My friend Chet’s ranch in the middle of nowhere, way S.W. Texas. Aug 2009.

Prada Store, Valentine, S.W. Texas

A pop architectural land art project by artists Elmgreen & Dragset. It’s pretty odd seeing that Prada awning in the middle of all that scrub land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prada_Marfa

The Great Room at Rough Creek Lodge

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Beautiful destination in a 11,000 acre ranch. We don’t mess around in Texas. Looks a bit like a bad Jethro Tull album cover!