I'm attempting smaller posts more often, so here goes,

If you saw Emily's post here are some other details of our marathon.

After using up all the free stuff (surplus gathered from various sources) we had to make a trip to Home Depot.

The hand that helped us bring the stuff out of the store said "is this the only truck you've brought?

We said yes and proceeded to stack the 20 something rolls of pink stuff and 25 sheets of foam board in to the little Nissans bed. We stuffed 3 or 4 rolls in the cab with me and Nina. We stuffed several rolls in Nates car and off to the races went.

The girls in action

Dannye testing the structural durability of Nates framework

We put the boards over the stairs so we could reach the ceiling. Dan tried to walk up the stairs and ran out of headroom. HA

Where can we put this piece of pink stuff?

All of us with our tools of destruction construction.

At last the first sheet is up!

The boys were takin' a swim and I had to get a picture of this.

Nate had a game the other night and it was a welcome break.

 Girls in pink and camo

On the way home from work yesterday, I had to stop at the store and saw these guys riding through the parking lot.

I thought surely they're not going to....

and yes, they did

Ruly loves mac and cheese. She kept her toes propped up there the whole time.

thanks for lookin'

bill

a bunch of random pictures

A little more catchup for ya'

Emily practices Texas style ant extermination methods.

(don't try this at home, kids)

We had a party for Dannye Reigh's birthday at the Watt's house.

 Just set the thing on fire.

Hogan's Heroes and Skittles. What else could a girl want?

Is this a picture of Dannye as a young hula dancer?

We had a great sing-a-long. Fred is a fantastic piano player.

Conrad plays along on the six string. He also plays a mean mandolin.

My boss went elk hunting and shot what was reportedly the largest ever taken from that area. (Colorado, I think) This mount was sitting on the floor leaning against the box that it was shipped in, and the tallest tine was at my eye level. (I'm 6ft)  I would call it a 12 point, but in elk hunter terms, it's called a 6 by 6.

One of our biggest jobs, is a large dormatory for University of Houston. It's really pretty fancy for a dorm. It's more like condo's. there's like seven buildings that vary from about 9 to 13 levels that join together at some point above the ground level.

Another biggie across town is going to be two 30 story condo's. This is all thats left of a 3 story building that was on that site.

If these walls look like they're leaning, it's because just to the left of this picture is ...

this machine pulling the steel out from amongst the wood and stuff while taking the building down a little at a time.

The owners donated anything that was salvagable to Habitat for Humanity before the wrecking crew moved in. They had gutted the building, salvaging the aluminum door and window frames, a/c units, light fixtures, bathroom and kitchen fixtures, wooden siding and anything of worth that they could re-use or sell for scrap.

Random egret in a rice field

We had a sing-a-long at the family reunion

(Davidson side)

Ruly decided to take a shortcut and got stuck

Robby whooped up a mean brisket

Mom and Carroll (my sister) checkin' out some pictures with Cousin Carl

It was a sad day indeed when we had to box up and return the Nikor 70-200mmf2.8VR that we rented for our month of weddings.  It's definitely high up on our photog' equipment wish list.

Back at the river, Uncle Scooter on his company mule. Complete with the necessary plumbing equipment sticking out of the back.  He says that it is his "rain gage"

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

a few random river pictures

I've been workin' on this about a week now, so I

had to get Nina to help me get it lined up.

That's it for now, more later,

bill

the river

here's a quick update...

We've done 3 weddings in the last few weeks. Dan is working on post processing (a little photographer lingo) while I'm trying to catch up at my real job.

After the last wedding festivities in San Antonio, we traveled up the road to New Braunfuls for a little much needed "are and are".

The original plan was to stay until Tuesday, but when Tuesday came much too quickly, Nina and I called our bosses and arranged to stay an extra day.

here's a few pictures of our little mini vacation...

Nina's sister, Bettye and her husband Scooter are park hosts all summer at a camp on the Guadalupi river in New Braunfuls.We camped out next to their camper above the campground.

Lightnin'

Well, I aught to be sleeping, but there was a pretty amazing light show goin' on outside and I couldn't resist it.

So, I set up my tripod and fired away.

We've got a lot of trees, so I had to find an open spot out by the road.

I didn't think those power lines would show up so well.

Thanks for lookin' 

bill  

You may be wondering... How does Bill drive all day with narcolepsy?

I had to drive to San Antonio the other day.

 (for work, not for our anniversary)

I left about 4am cause I had had to go to Katy first. Caught a train in Magnolia, so  I decided to fire up the Nikon.

(and yes, that's my grandbaby on my wallpaper)

I didn't take pictures of the backhoe and the skytrack that I changed oil in. (too boring)

On the way home I got sidetracked...

this may be the new thing for all those cars in the 'hood with tires and wheels that are worth more than the car

I took some backroads to get home 

 (one of my favorite things)

I documented a few of the small towns that I passed through.

Saw this church in Praha.

Saw this cool old building in Flatonia.

(photo shoot location!!!)

(pun intended?)

Can you believe this one?

And just down the road a ways...

A meeting of the Central Texas Hygiene Society

 Random cool barn somewhere in between

O'quinn is a thriving community with one establishment(that I could see), a sign and banner store!

You can tell they have a lot of business by the grass growing in the parking lot

(I took most of these through the window while driving, so they're not my best shots.)

Ahh... A town with enough people to count!

(I love Round Top)

This is one of my favorite rest stops. Nina and I drove there to have a picnic once. It's between Brenham and Burton. It's got a little rocky stream and lots of trees.