January 6, 2010

Old Doors have Old Latches

Expanding the parameters of my collection

"In case you're worried about what's going to become of the younger generation, it's going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation." -- Roger Allen

January 5, 2010

In or Out?

"Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open." -- John Barrymore (1882 - 1942)

January 4, 2010

Old Cities Have Old Doors

So I added some to my collection.

"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex." -- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, (1854 - 1900)

January 3, 2010

Mi Tierra Never Closes

This famous restaurant has been serving up Tex-Mex dishes for locals and visitors since 1941. No trip to the city would be complete without at least one Mi Tierra meal. For us, it was breakfast underneath this famous mural.

January 2, 2010

What a way to kick off a new year -- a new decade. This day finds us in San Antonio for the Alamo Bowl football game between Texas Tech and Michigan State. But first, a walk by the river and lunch at Casa Rio.

December 29, 2009

Lovin the Sunshine

Fun fun family session while the McLaughlin kids were home from college. Laughing and playing the whole time.

DIG those orange shoes! What a hoot.

December 24, 2009

Silent Night - Holy Night

O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.

December 7, 2009
Faded Birthday Roses

The sun shining in through the kitchen window bounced off my stainless steel refrigerator, casting the most lovely light on my birthday roses. They're tired and dry, but I still see too much beauty in them to throw them into the compost pile just yet.

"Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere." -- W. Somerset Maugham, (1875-1965) English novelist; The Painted Veil, 1925

December 4, 2009

HISTORY!

This is only the second time it has snowed in Houston since we moved here in 1999. Last time it was on Christmas day and we were out of town.

I'm so excited I can't focus on anything. Just want to watch it come down. Want to play. Want to throw snowballs!

"The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball."
Doug Larson

December 2, 2009

Wall Talk

" Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value."
-- Albert Einstein -- German-born US physicist (1879 - 1955)