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Shelly > Sunday, August 16, 2009 How High's the Water? My friend, Lori, demonstrates how deep the water was on Galveston's Strand after Hurricane Ike. It's been right at 11 months since the storm devastated the entire island and much of the Houston area as well. We were amazed to see how much work has been done and how many businesses are open and ready for visitors. We had a wonderful getaway weekend. "Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either." -- Golda Meir , Israeli (Russian-born) politician (1898 - 1979)
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 > September 12, 2008 We DIS-Like Ike Hurricane preparations. We've done the drill before, but it looks like we could get smacked pretty hard this time. We're not in any flood plains or storm surge areas though, so we're staying put. Don't worry, that's not all our batteries or candles. Just a few for a quick pic. Yesterday we put up all the potted plants in the yard and cleaned up anything that weighed less than a mobile home. (I just read Karina's post from last night and see that she did the same thing -- photographers who love plants shouldn't live in hurricane zones, except that everything grows so well here) The hummingbirds are very angry that their feeders are down. They keep coming to the window and talking to us. I told them service would resume when it would be safe for them to come back. Today we have time to finish some indoor preparations like filing water containers, gathering batteries, important papers, putting mattresses near the "tornado bathroom" etc. The plastic containers? I'm filling them with water and stuffing them into the freezer to make ice blocks to keep things cold in case we lose power. We all have our quirky little things that we do to prepare. For those who have been following our kitchen saga, note that we now have countertops and backsplash. We're actually nearly finished. Just hope we don't get to start over next week.
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 > 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.
Sunday, August 16, 2009

How High's the Water?

My friend, Lori, demonstrates how deep the water was on Galveston's Strand after Hurricane Ike. It's been right at 11 months since the storm devastated the entire island and much of the Houston area as well. We were amazed to see how much work has been done and how many businesses are open and ready for visitors. We had a wonderful getaway weekend.

"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either." -- Golda Meir , Israeli (Russian-born) politician (1898 - 1979)
Shelly > Sunday, August 16, 2009 How High's the Water? My friend, Lori, demonstrates how deep the water was on Galveston's Strand after Hurricane Ike. It's been right at 11 months since the storm devastated the entire island and much of the Houston area as well. We were amazed to see how much work has been done and how many businesses are open and ready for visitors. We had a wonderful getaway weekend. "Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either." -- Golda Meir , Israeli (Russian-born) politician (1898 - 1979)
Sunday, August 16, 2009

How High's the Water?

My friend, Lori, demonstrates how deep the water was on Galveston's Strand after Hurricane Ike. It's been right at 11 months since the storm devastated the entire island and much of the Houston area as well. We were amazed to see how much work has been done and how many businesses are open and ready for visitors. We had a wonderful getaway weekend.

"Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either." -- Golda Meir , Israeli (Russian-born) politician (1898 - 1979)
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