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

1/5000, f/1.8, ISO 100

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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.

1/1000, f/1.8, ISO 100

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Sylvan & I-30 Farmer’s Market

Nice Brooks on old Trek bike

1/4000, f/1.8, ISO 100

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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