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A circle of confusion

Dallas – Cultural Oasis in North Texas

Dallas really is amazing when it comes to super high quality ‘art’ on free public display. Next to St. Annes Restaurant – built in an old Papist School they lost because they were pedophiles – is just another DFW skyscraper that just happens to have 15thC Samurai armour in the lobby next to the ATM. Cool. Hmm – just noticed the lens vignetting.

1/8, f/6.6, ISO 400, 24 mm

Breakfast Favourite

Love to make ginger, cinnamon pancakes with maple syrup.

Glorias $6 Meltdown

Goddamn! Frozen margarita & sangria swirl with lashings of extra tequila.

1/80, f/2.8, ISO 200

Beef Fajitas, Glorias, Davis St., Dallas, TX

This was the last night at their old location. They are moving about three blocks down the road to an old fire-station. If I was to be limited to one dish for the rest of my life it would be a close run between fajitas and Thai something. Or Vietnamese – or Indian.

1/160, f/2.8, ISO 500

Santa Fe Plaza, Christmas 2007

I love Santa Fe at Christmas. It feels like you are in an iconic winter tableau…

Infrastructure, Lakewood, Dallas

They are ugly, but I like their utilitarian nature. I suppose they still use wooden poles because they are cheap and flex. They are also easier for linemen to climb.

Lee Harvey Oswald Sat Here

This is the seat in The Texas Theatre where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on the day of Kennedy’s assassination. It’s on Jefferson a couple of miles from our house. We have a lot of historic sites in our neighbourhood.

Super Moon Over Downtown Dallas

I should have been closer. I should have used a longer lens, but I don’t have one – I apparently sold my 200mm.

1/2, f/3.2, ISO 100

March 19, 2011

First day where we had the AC on. Working in the yard. Made a resolution to wear hat and sun-screen all the time. Got some freckles I need the dermo to look at. Scotsmen made for grey skies and rain.

1/1500, f/2.3, ISO 80, 24 mm

Southwold Seafront, 2010

If My Life Was A Comic

Birthday Treat Approaching Fast!


For starters, on my birthday I take the day off work, off worrying, being an adult etc etc. Some may say “What, like every day of your life Les?” But they are wrong. I am a professional worrier.

Anyway, on April 21 I will have a meal, probably breakfast, at Waffle House. I don’t know when I started this tradition but do it I must. I will probably have the “All Star Breakfast.” I will ask them to do the following to my hash-browns - Smothered – Sauteed Onions, Covered – Melted Cheese, Chunked – Grilled Hickory Smoked Ham, Diced – Grilled Tomatoes, Peppered – Spicy Jalapeno Peppers, Capped – Grilled Button Mushrooms & Topped – Bert’s Chili. No wonder that every  single American who eats at Waffle house once a day is overweight. That is why I restrict it to Birthdays and when I feel sad.

Bastille Day 2010

Last July in our neighborhood. Great turn out for what was, I think, the first. Sometime we think Bishop Arts is becoming like a theme park. People come to wander about and look all touristy. Parking is getting worse and worse, so I suppose we’ll use our bikes more and more.

1/125, f/2.8, ISO 160, 60 mm