From 2006 - Miscellany 08

From 2006 - Miscellany 07

A friend directing traffic in front of our church...

From 2006 - Miscellany 06

I was sitting in the car during a meeting break one day in Galveston, and took this shot of a palm tree against the glass of one of the pyramids at Moody Gardens. It's way cropped in, but enough detail was preserved to include here...

From 2006 - Miscellany 05

Taken at the George R Brown here in Houston...

From 2006 - Miscellany 04

From 2006 - Miscellany 03

I call this one "Watermelon Spires". It was taken at one of our Chinese get-togethers.

These get-togethers are a frequent and positive influence on the kids (really all of us)...

From 2006 - Miscellany 02

This was taken with the trusty ole' 3800...the firmware was almost perfect on that model. It was getting to be evening, and the gathering darkness kept the shutter open just long enough for this shot.

From 2006 - Miscellany 01

I have always loved Chinese writing (the traditional kind)...it is the most beautiful in the world. One time I saw a Star Trek episode in which a pictograph language flashed across a monitor on the Enterprise. The characters were dense and complex, but I thought, Why didn't they just use Chinese?

From 2006 - Fall Shots 08