Taken For Granted

Went to a farmers market yesterday and found they were selling orchids. The rest of these flowers are spring blooms found while walking arou...

While wandering around San Antonio, we see a surprising amount of wildlife. Despite what Michael Pollen might think, some of it is good to e...

Celebrated Amber's birthday last week. On Thursday we picked up the boys from their school and went to the Witte Museum to see the anima...

An urban trend that has gone on for at least half a century is the restoration of old, inner-city houses and neighborhoods. This tend often ...

Water is, and always has been, critical here in South Texas. If there isn't enough water in some seasons, it comes in great floods in ot...

Went to an Irish Festival held in the Student Union of San Antonio College just North of the downtown area. There is an Irish heritage commu...

With the car done for the day, there was considerable "bench" racing in the pits while considering the damage to the Pink car. The...

This was dwarf car practice, not a race. The first race of the season is still about a month off. This day ended when the bolts holding the ...

Last Saturday Jeremy and I worked on the dwarf car to get it ready for a practice run in the afternoon. If it wasn't for the last minute...

The old Pearl Brewery has become a center of commerce, art, non-profit organizations like Nature Conservancy, and restaurants. So far we hav...

There is wild life along the River Walk, and not just in the pubs and bars. The ducks have become especially good at pan handling.