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First Light at Oxbow Bend
Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park
Bluebonnets abundant on Sugar Ridge Road (Explored Mar 31, 2009 #403)
Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge at the Blue Hour
Stardust
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Willie Nelson's guitar "Trigger" [Explored 11/15/11, #495]
In 1969, the Baldwin company gave Nelson an amplifier and a three-cord pickup electric guitar, that Nelson played with such intensity he broke it. He sent it to be repaired in Nashville by Shot Jackson, who told Nelson that the damage was too great. Jackson offered him a Martin N-20 nylon-string acoustic and, at Nelson's request, moved the pickup to the Martin. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for $750 and named it after Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger". The next year Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch. Constant strumming with a guitar pick over the decades has worn a large sweeping hole into the guitar's body near the sound hole—the N-20 has no pick-guard since classical guitars are meant to be played fingerstyle instead of with picks. Its soundboard has been signed by over a hundred of Nelson's friends and associates, ranging from fellow musicians to lawyers and football coaches. In 1991, during his process with the IRS, Nelson was worried that Trigger could be auctioned off, stating: "When Trigger goes, I'll quit". He asked his daughter, Lana, to take the guitar from the studio before any IRS agent got there, and bring it to him on Maui. Nelson then hid the guitar in his manager's house until his debt was paid in 1993. (Wikipedia)
Sangre de Cristos, Taos, New Mexico
True Infinity
Sunrise in Arches National Park
You ask me what I like about Texas (Explored 7/6/15, # 263)
Hamilton Pool Preserve near Austin
Grand View overlook in Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Sangre de Cristo Parish, San Luis, Colorado
Sunrise on Mount Rundle from Two Jack Lake
There's a fine line between skipping stones, and throwing rocks at the ducks.
Texas Sunset
Sunset on Sugar Ridge Road
Like a beacon in the Texas night
The Pond on Moose Wilson Road (with Moose)
Grand Teton National Park
Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend NP
Panoramic view of Park Avenue in Arches National Park
Denali
Only about 20% of the visitors to Denali actually get to see the mountain, due to weather/cloud cover. We were lucky to get such great views.
Sunday morning on Cypress Creek
Sunset Bay at White Rock Lake, Dallas
Sunrise on Galveston Beach
The night the lights went out in Dallas
6 minutes after I took this shot, several of these downtown buildings went dark, in observance of "Earth Hour."
Big Bend National Park
The Stockings were Hung
Dallas Skyline
Snow Day
Beaver pond at Lower Schwabacher Landing
Grand Teton National Park
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Spring sunset at White Rock Lake
Beaver Pond at Lower Schwabacher Landing
Grand Teton National Park
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Supermoon rising over downtown Dallas
Short skirts and cowgirl boots - no place but Texas
Larry Joe Taylor's Rhymes and Vines Music Festival 2010
Lake Louise
Frio River near Leakey, TX
Big Bend thunder shower
Dallas skyline with Trinity River reflection, and the Omni Hotel welcoming the Rolling Stones to Dallas