Kemah Boardwalk At Night (March 14, 2003) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Everything comes back,
in the end,
having meaning and value
only if I give it meaning and value.
Great art exist
only because I bring it to life,
actualized according to my purpose.
— kenne
Photo-Artistry by kenne
Kemah Boardwalk (03/14/03) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
On The Road: Somewhere In West Texas — Image by kenne
many miles from home
on the road in west Texas
our August road trip
— kenne
Houston Skyline Viewed From Buffalo Bayou Park (August 26, 2021) — Image by kenne
We are now nearing the final leg of our road trip that began on August 7th. We have been in many states from
Arizona to Maine and have taken hundreds of photos, many of which will later appear on this blog with my
observations.
We are now in Houston, our previous home, before moving to Tucson eleven years ago, visiting family and friends.
On Thursday of this week, we had lunch at Birraporetti’s, an upscale and lavish Italian restaurant/Irish bar in
the theater/business district for over 30 years. Because of the pandemic and especially the recent virus spike
in the Houston area, there were only two other customers in this large eatery/bar.
This was not surprising, however very sad.
— kenne
“Nowhere Else But Texas” (August 9, 2021 Somewhere in North Texas) — Image by kenne
It has always been my understanding that no flag flies at the same level as the American. But maybe I have had it wrong.
— kenne
Our second night on the road was spent in Ft. Worth. Before going to our hotel, we spent some time in Sundance Square,
located downtown Ft. Worth.
Sundance Square (August 8, 2021) — Photo Essay by kenne
Joy reading the historical on George W. Bush’s childhood home in Midland, Texas — Day Two.
George Bush Family Home
Bush Family Home In Midland, Texas (August 8, 2021)– Images by kenne
A Sunflower Ally in the Texas Sandhills State Park (August 8, 2021) — Image by kenne
One of our stops in Texas after leaving Pecos was the the Texas Sandhills State Park. Here are a few images from our brief stay in the park.
— Images by kenne
Texas Sandhills State Park
Texas Sandhills State Park
Texas Sandhills State Park
Texas Sandhills State Park
Texas Sandhills State Park
Texas Two Step — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— Joseph Mitchell
Texas Johnny Brown at Houston’s Shakespeare Pub — Photo-Artistry by kenne
(Click on Texas Johnny Brown to see archived blog posting on TJB)
— Eugene Chadbourne Source: allmusic.com
West Texas — Photo-Artistry by kenne
I want to dance on your plains,
Twirl in the rain,
And let the drops fall between my lips
Like the crevices of your canyons,
Brought to life when you are,
Slumber when you do,
Live each day as you live,
My sweet West Texas.
— from West Texas by Emily Miller
A Fishing Moment — Image by kenne
The Angler’s Song
From the river’s plashy bank,
Where the sedge grows green and rank,
And the twisted woodbine springs,
Upward speeds the morning lark
To its silver cloud — and hark!
On his way the woodman sings.
On the dim and misty lakes
Gloriously the morning breaks,
And the eagle’s on his cloud: —
Whilst the wind, with sighing, wooes
To its arms the chaste cold ooze,
And the rustling reeds pipe loud.
Where the embracing ivy holds
Close the hoar elm in its folds,
In the meadow’s fenny land,
And the winding river sweeps
Through its shallows and still deeps, —
Silent with my rod I stand.
But when sultry suns are high
Underneath the oak I lie
As it shades the water’s edge,
And I mark my line, away
In the wheeling eddy, play,
Tangling with the river sedge.
When the eye of evening looks
On green woods and winding brooks,
And the wind sighs o’er the lea, —
Woods and streams, — I leave you then,
While the shadow in the glen
Lengthens by the greenwood tree.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunday Afternoon At Gruene Hall — Photo-Artistry by kenne
‘The Place’
Gruene Hall took on the mantel
‘Texas’s Oldest Dance Hall’
after Hurricane Katina destroyed
the Double Bayou Dance Hall in 2007
locally called ‘The Place’ for 65 years —
there was blues in this place
music by the people for the poor
served up with beer and bar-b-q
— kenne
Double Bayou Dance Hall (‘The Place’)
Blues Musicians Jamming In East Texas — Image by kenne
— kenne
