Shelly > April 17, 2009

What a hugely stormy rainy day.  The rain gauge on the fence overflowed, so we don't know how much water fell on our house, but much of it runs off into the Barker Reservoir in George Bush Park.  

After the skies cleared we took a little drive  through the park to shake off the cabin fever that always seems worse when telephones, internet and cable all go down, disconnecting us from the world.  

"May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down." -- Sara June Parker
Shelly > skyline silhouette

We got back onto our sightseeing bus for the last tour of the day on their Brooklyn Loop.  The bus is a great way to cover ground, but it's very limiting for photography.  What you see from your seat is about all you get until you get off.
Shelly > Same shot, different exposure
Shelly > August 23, 2008

Is there any such thing as a moon-set? 

This is an early-morning moon over I-10.  Cool clouds!  The sun-rise that followed ended up being a little less spectacular.
Shelly > June 19, 2008 

Lying on my back last night watching a storm pass through the palm tree provided some decent images, but not what I went looking for.  

Then I turned my head.  I wasn't looking for this either, but there it was!  

"The world is not yet exhausted; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before." -- Samuel Johnson 1709-1784
Shelly > November 5, 2007

Chinese Tallow in the Clouds
Shelly > July 24, 2007

In the past 20 or more years  I have passed up some amazing photo opportunities because I was always in a hurry and had to get to my next destination.   It was a holiday and the relatives were waiting for us to arrive.  One of the kids needed to be driven to band practice.  I was on my way to a meeting and couldn't be late.  Last week, however, that spell was broken.  

We ended our staff meeting in Galveston, and even though it was Dustin's birthday, instead of rushing home I headed back down to the beach.  The day before, I had spotted an old souvenir shop built over the water, and  because of the clam-shell display out front and the sign that said the shop had been family-owned since 1910, I  knew it was one we used to frequent when I was a kid.   I just had to go walk through for old time sake.  

The owners have added a porch on the back where you can sit and watch the water.  This gorgeous storm had been brewing off the coast so I stayed out there and watched it  --simply BECAUSE I COULD!  

As I headed back to my car, I stopped and took several pictures which I stitched together with photoshop.  I wish now that I had gone just a little farther so the lifeguard stand would be more off-center, but for me, the important milestone is not that I took the picture, but rather that I took the time.  Time to be still.  Time to feel the breeze and the raindrops.  Time to stand in awe and breathe.  Time to say ,"What a masterpiece!"  Time to say, "Thank you" -- simply because I finally could.
April 17, 2009

What a hugely stormy rainy day. The rain gauge on the fence overflowed, so we don't know how much water fell on our house, but much of it runs off into the Barker Reservoir in George Bush Park.

After the skies cleared we took a little drive through the park to shake off the cabin fever that always seems worse when telephones, internet and cable all go down, disconnecting us from the world.

"May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down." -- Sara June Parker
Shelly > April 17, 2009

What a hugely stormy rainy day.  The rain gauge on the fence overflowed, so we don't know how much water fell on our house, but much of it runs off into the Barker Reservoir in George Bush Park.  

After the skies cleared we took a little drive  through the park to shake off the cabin fever that always seems worse when telephones, internet and cable all go down, disconnecting us from the world.  

"May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down." -- Sara June Parker
April 17, 2009

What a hugely stormy rainy day. The rain gauge on the fence overflowed, so we don't know how much water fell on our house, but much of it runs off into the Barker Reservoir in George Bush Park.

After the skies cleared we took a little drive through the park to shake off the cabin fever that always seems worse when telephones, internet and cable all go down, disconnecting us from the world.

"May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down." -- Sara June Parker
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