Out & About
Buffalo Bayou Photowalk
Apr 18th
Enjoyed a nice stroll down the river with my brother-in-law Tyler on Saturday. I missed photowalks and I vow to do much more again!
If you can’t see the slideshow, the images are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojodenbowsphotostudio/sets/72157623878387782/
Brenham, Blue Bell & Bluebonnets
Apr 2nd
The girls and I packed up our things and headed out to Brenham, Texas for a quick trip. Every year between March & May, the Texas state flower, the Bluebonnet, blooms beautifully in wide fields. Lady Bird Johnson’s legacy is her persuasion to beautify Texas highways with these wildflowers. Combined with yellow mustard flowers and red indian paintbrushes, the wildflowers do prettify the roads and fields for us. We went to our favorite field in Brenham, sat Daphne down for some images and got nothing out of her. She’d look down, look away, lift her shirt, fuss and more. AARGH!
If you didn’t know, Brenham is also the headquarters for Blue Bell Creameries. You may have guessed that the bluebonnets are also called blue bells. Hence the name of the creamery. Last year we toured the facilities and enjoyed some ice cream. Next to custard, Blue Bell is my all-time favorite! This will also improve the mood of model who doesn’t want her picture taken.
Once Bitten…
Feb 22nd
I’ve been bitten by the travel bug which is quickly becoming an infection. I need a day trip STAT.
NASA’s Budget Skyrocketing?
Feb 5th
The general public perception of NASA is that it’s an inefficient, unnecessary drain on the US budget. How bad a drain? From The Space Review:
In a just-completed study, we asked respondents what percentage of the national budget is allocated to NASA … NASA’s allocation, on average, was estimated to be approximately 24% of the national budget (the NASA allocation in 2007 was approximately 0.58% of the budget.)
Recently a budget was submitted to cut funding for NASA. This is not good news. There are better ways of cutting government waste.
Image Credit: NASA
Discovering Fun
Nov 7th
The Breeze and Denbow families met at Discovery Green today and had a blast. Thanks for joining us!
Arts & Craft
Jul 2nd
While we were visiting the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Wonderwife wanted to attend a lecture on art conservancy. Little DVD and I decided to make our own once we discovered a craft program for kids just down the hall. The theme was African animals to help promote the museums African holdings.
I think all we need is an ornate frame and the most prominent wall space available.
Of COURSE it is a bird….why do you ask?
Fire Ant Brain Eaters & Zombies
May 15th
Mad scientists from the University of Texas are experimenting with fire ant-brain-eating flies to help control the fire ant infestation here. Phorid flies attack and inject their larvae inside the ant’s head. The larvae then feed on the ant’s brains, which cause their heads to fall off. The ants can still walk around for a couple of weeks but no longer pose a threat. Finally, they die.
Video is courtesy of KXAN out of Austin, Texas
One has to wonder when phorid flies will turn on their captors and eat our brains…
Charmed, I’m Sure.
May 2nd
I finally had the opportunity recently to meet Marie Angell, the lead vocalist, keyboard and songwriter for the Houston, Texas blues band, The Snake Charmers. We were at a social media event and knowing that the Mojo is a huge blues fan, gifted me their latest album “Been Gone Too Long”.
Well of course I slid the CD in immediately after putting my seat belt on for the commute home and was not disappointed. The vocals are strong, feminine and applicable to our own emotions. The music leans toward blues rock and of course Texas blues and is very rewarding. I’d suggest downloading the album from your favorite digital store when you are ready for some audio mojo.
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Photographer Meetup 5.5.09
Apr 29th
We’re meeting again in Katy (West of Houston), Texas on Tuesday. Join us for free wifi, shop talk, socializing and shenanigans. Click below for the details.
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Flood Down In Texas
Apr 28th
So the Houston metroplex had a thunderstorm stall right over us last night/early morning that dumped a lot of rain in a short amount of time. We here in Katy (West Houston) got as much as 10.22” of rain. That is almost a foot of rain, people.
My mother-in-law drove to one of the airports here and as she was going down into the tunnel connecting one tollway to another, her car went right into flooded water. 3/4 of her minivan were submerged instantly. after calling 911, she was rescued by firefighters who had to pry open a door and lift her out of the chest-high water. She is not the kind of person to take risks and drive foolishly into a situation like that. It was early, dark, pouring down and that section of the tunnel curves. No way she could have seen that coming.
It took me 3 hours to get to her after navigating stalled traffic, flooded streets, frontage roads and people who were out joyriding in big ass trucks. At one point, I was in danger of having my car engine flooding when a rush of water came out of drainage ditch and caught me in the middle of it. I was able to finally drive up unto a raised median and waiting for it to recede enough to drive on. After getting her home, my father-in-law and I went to the scene where her vehicle was towed out of the water. I managed to retrieve her luggage, laptop, purse and even the shoes she was wearing.
We’re safe, she’s dry and Houston is slowly drying out but her van is a total loss. Her husband ended up giving the vehicle to a guy with a tow truck after AAA was unable to send busy towers and scrap yards refused to buy it.
Today’s theme song brought to you by Stevie Ray Vaughn: Texas Flood
Also, here is some dramatic footage from Flickr user Finna Dat
Scroll through to the sections of I-10 and the West Sam Houston Tollway merge. It is now a lake.