Tag:Topaz
This view is from near the top of Upham hill looking north over Aldbourne Warren in the foreground, and Liddington Warren in the mid-ground to the clump of trees marking Liddington Hill.
My wife and I thought it ironic that we should see a Virgin balloon having flown Virgin Atlantic but we were both thankful that Virgin Atlantic fly Boeing 747s and not balloons such as this!
The Betsy Hotel has a neat rooftop deck for guests. From the loungers you can look out over the top of the palm trees to the ocean. Like the rooms overlooking the courtyard, the city sounds rise up and past you when you’re up on the deck. I took this image at shortly after 8:00 pm. Most everyone else was dining at this time of night so I had the space to myself. It’s always a joy to me when […]
St. Martins sits on state highway 237S, about three miles south-west of Round Top, Texas. It’s billed on a sign by the road as the ‘smallest Catholic Church in the world’.
Like the Elissa, the USS Texas is no longer seaworthy. She lies in a berth off the Houston ship channel just north of the San Jacinto battleground where Texas won it’s independence from Mexico. There are plans to make the berth a dry dock but that’s not due to be completed till 2017, so she sits on the mud quietly rusting away.
Since yesterday was Mardi Gras, that makes today Ash Wednesday, so here’s a photo of some ashes. OK so that’s a bit weak, I know – my wife often reminds me I’m not as funny as I think I am. I took this a few weeks back when my son received his Arrow of Light, graduating from being a Cub Scout to a Boy Scout. The last several times we went camping with the Cub Scout Pack we weren’t able […]
