-L-A-H-O-M-A!
We couldn’t miss this year’s Zilker Hillside Theater summer production. Monte played the lead in this show back in the day. Show tunes are still ringing in my head. 🙂
Category: Life
Another Arky sunset.
I never tire of the sunsets in this cove on Lake Travis.
Foot of the mast.
Tonight’s vantage point:
Pink sunset glow.
I caught this shot of the setting sun last night from one of my favorite vantage points.
From a distance.
Julie flew home Wednesday to join her dad and brothers on a long-planned climb to the top of the 14K+ foot peak that is Mount Rainier. I can only aspire to do something like this one day. For now, I am watching their ascent via satellite-based location technology. Amazing.
Points 1 – 4 on the map are the last 4 pings they’ve sent on their way up. I will watch all night and all day tomorrow. Can’t wait to see the pics!
Three day weekend!
We celebrated the long 4th of July weekend on the lake. On Friday, Julie joined us for the day for a sail and a float in Arky South. Kalliopi tied up to us for the afternoon. And we whipped up an All-American grill-ful of burgers and dogs for dinner.
We took Julie back to the marina at sunset.
We had a nice view of a nearby fireworks show from the bow.
Saturday morning we took care of some chores on the boat before setting off for a long sail, ending up with anchoring off Starne’s Island to watch the Volente (day-after) 4th of July fireworks show. Voodoo, Sapphire, Dancer and Karma also showed up and we anchored nearby eachother.
The lights in this shot show the great many boats that turned out for the show. And the dark hump in the middle of the shot is Starne’s Island, from where the fireworks would be shot off.
We had a great spot!
After the show, nearly all the other boats left, and the water calmed down enough to stay overnight. Sunday morning, before we left, I kayaked from the boat to Starne’s Island to hunt for a lone geocache hidden there.
This tree on the island is home to 4 giant blue heron nests. None of them were home during my visit.
We made it back to the slip Sunday afternoon and wrapped things up.
Another great 3 day weekend spent on the lake!
Now, that’s weird.
A week or so ago I was driving through a parking lot at a nearby store and saw this:
I couldn’t help but wonder where the person that needed the walker went … without the walker. Ok, so i just chalked that up to a chance encounter with an abandoned walking aid. But then about a week later, I was in a different parking lot, and saw this:
Now I think someone is trying to tell me something. I just don’t know what it is.
🙂
What is it?
The ladies will know what these are.
(Hint: this morning I made my annual visit to mammogramland)
SoCo birthday night.
I went downtown tonight to celebrate Laura’s birthday. We ate at Perla’s, and strolled up and down South Congress til it was time to call it a night.
champers night cap at Hotel San Jose…
the (blurryish) soco view towards downtown… 
A reflection of the Frost Bank Tower on the building next door… 
Happy Birthday, Laura!
1st weekend of Summer: 630′
Summer arrived yesterday morning at 5AM central time (or thereabouts). Yesterday we set out for a raftup to mark the occassion. Marty & Sue joined us on Nirvana. We met up with Dancer, Kalliopi, Voodoo, Solace, Sapphire and Karma. It’s been a very long time since we enjoyed a raftup with that many other crazies. We had a fun evening, and a nice, relaxed day today. Fair winds and non-stifling temps. All is well.
Uh oh.
As I walked down the hall on my morning commute, I saw thus:
So I looked out the window and then I saw this:
All is well here, but, sadly, not so for one of our neighbors. Seize the day, folks.
A pair of old boys.
Drove by a house today that has a pair of majestic century plants going into bloom, one on either side of their driveway.
They say these agaves bloom, and then die, after 100 years. Google sez it takes more like 20-40 years. Either way, it’s a sight to see.
Both of these must have been planted when the home was first built about 35 years ago.
What is old shall be made new again…
I postponed my hair appointment during my extended out of town trip. So, this was way overdue. One day, I’ll leave it gray. But not today.
Thanks Mario!
Nice windmill, but……
I wasn’t born in Texas, but I’ve lived here a while. Long enough, apparently, to notice when the state flag is not quite right….
Should I leave a note ? 🙂
Sheila365 