Ah, the good old days. Back when muscle cars were hip and we could drive somewhere to eat as much ice cream as we wanted (before we knew it was bad for us), listening to great music.
A sweet ride!
But it tastes so good!
Listening to some great music while reminiscing
Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgia
Here’s what “stuck in traffic” looks like to me. Somehow my lot in life is to be behind a larger vehicle anytime traffic is slower than normal or stopped. I can’t see ahead to figure out if I should change lanes or not. Usually I don’t, only to find that when the larger vehicle in front of me changes lanes, I’m then right behind the traffic hazard (stalled vehicle, emergency vehicle, etc.).
The view in traffic
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This is my view when I take my morning break and walk around the Texas Capitol grounds. Beautiful trees: a pink crape myrtle against the backdrop of a majestic pecan tree.
Two Trees, Pink and Green
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My view of the night sky. I took this photo on Monday, 24 June 2013, early in the morning as I walked to my office building. I took a moment to appreciate this chance encounter.
Moon and Texas Capitol
Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes
The 2013 Sizzlin’ Summer Shop Hop is coming up in June. This year’s grand prize is a quilt retreat for the winner and five friends at the Wimberley Quilt Ranch. Now that’s a prize! In preparation, I’m revisiting my rules on how to shop for fabric.
(1) Clean out the trunk of your car (or the back of the SUV or the hatchback, whichever is appropriate) so that you have room for your purchases.
(2) Load the fabric shop addresses and phone numbers into your smart phone or GPS.
(3) Start out with a full tank of gas and an empty bladder.
(4) Pick up your best fabric-shopping friend.
(5) Have an envelope with your cash in it for the shopping trip. It’s very important to stick to a budget.
(6) Have two credit cards with available balances to use after you spend all of your cash.
(7) Be ready with made up stories you will tell people in the checkout line as to what project you are buying the fabric for. Fabric does not need a project in order to be bought, but some people just don’t understand this concept. Pay no attention to them; they are amateurs.
(8) Buy fabric.
(9) Eat lunch and bring the bags of your new fabric into the restaurant so you and your friend can swoon over each other’s purchases even though you were right next to each other when you bought the fabric.
(10) Buy more fabric after lunch.
(11) Buy enough fabric so that you have enough to fill up your washing machine when you get home. There is nothing worse than coming home to a house with nothing that needs washing and not having enough new fabric to warrant using the washing machine. (We are, after all, very ecologically aware.) Under no circumstances should you accost your husband and say, “Take off all of your clothes!” He will get the wrong idea and you will not get to wash your fabric right away. Those of you who do not wash fabric before using it can skip this step.
(12) Add the new fabric to your collection. It is beautiful just sitting on the shelf.
(13) Schedule your next day to shop for fabric.
Escape. One of the places I go to be a tourist is Houston, Texas, taking advantage of what the big city offers.
The Art Car Museum is a good place to start.
Tired and Feathered by Joe Haden of Crockett, Texas
The Beer Can House is interesting. Yes, those are all beer cans and beer can tabs.
Beer Can House
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston was my main destination for this trip, to see the Picasso Black and White exhibit. No photos were allowed of the exhibit, but here is a sort-of cubism photo of the building.
Picasso Black and White
Other exhibits in the Museum of Fine Arts Houston are attention-worthy and photographs are allowed. Here is a sarcophagus panel from the 2nd century A.D.
Panther from a sarcophagus, 2nd century A.D.
And when all is said and done and I’m exhausted, I find respite on a tree-lined path across from the museum. Cool and serene.
Tree-lined and serene
Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
One morning I was the first one in the parking garage, at oh-dark-thirty. Woo-hoo!
Oh, wait. That’s not necessarily something to celebrate. I certainly wasn’t the first one to leave for the day. Rats!
First in, but not first out
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