Tropical paradise, almost!

Here we are again, Saturday morning, and I am getting ready for my photo shoot at noonish. Before I head on out, I leave you guys with some more pix of our tropical garden. Hibiscus, cannas, lily and Mickey Mouse flowers are just so pretty to look at. Ciao, until the next blog. 

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Getting ready for Sturgis Rally August 2009

This image is from this past weekend.  Isn’t she precious?  I just  love the expression on her pretty face. Give her a few more years, then we can head on out to Sturgis.

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Annunciation Catholic Church in Houston TX

A splendid work of art with stained glass windows and ornate details. Annunciation Catholic Church is the Second oldest Catholic Church in Houston: outgrowth of St. Vincent’s Parish, Established in 1839. If you want to visit this cathedral, it is pretty much located across Minute Maid Stadium downtown Houston.

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Celebrating the marriage of Haley and Jeremy

I was fortunate enough to capture this amazing photo of Briscoe Manor during sunset. As you can see Briscoe Manor is such a beautiful place to wed. Gotta love the lens flares as it graced the right side of the building producing such wonderful warm tones.

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Sharing my beautiful organic garden

Each of us has our own vision of what a tropical garden would be. This is my parent’s tropical paradise in Texas. In their garden, you can find tropical fruit trees, herbs, spices, and vines that are fragrance and exotic as the Far East. As I post these images, I find myself more curious and [...]

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Memorial weekend crawfish boil

 Here in the South, we love crawfish. Between the months of March thru mid June, we eat as much crawfish as humanly possible. This Memorial weekend we were hit with scattered thunderstorms, but it didn’t stop us from our crawfish boil. Before I chow down on my crawfish, corns and sausages, I would like to [...]

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Yes, you can grow persimmon in Houston

I think this is Fuyu persimmon. My tree is about 7 feet  tall and has more than 75 fruits on it right now. It used to have more, but with the hard rain couple of weeks ago, some of the fruits have fallen off.  Here in Houston the persimmon tree can live and thrive. Ok, off [...]

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Plumerias

This wind chime is a garage find.  It endures 2 hail storms and Ike. Recently, this tropical fish wind chime is updated with new plastic rods and pvc pipe.  Now, it hangs in the breezway, where it sways and makes clicky clack sounds each time the wind rushes thru. Here in Houston we have extreme [...]

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Aww … how precious, Emily Kiana!

Hello world  This is Emily Kiana ,  she is the latest addition to our family.  C.O.N.G.R.A.T.U.L.A.T.I.O.N to my brother and his wife, what a beautiful baby! Can’t wait to see her in person. For all her aunts and uncles, here is her stats … Date of Birth: April 3 2009, Weigh :6lb 4.03 oz Lenght: 20 1/4 [...]

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Butterflies and Flowers

Hello These pix were taken couple days ago, i decided to dress up the images with some designer brushes.

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