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Posts tagged “In the Bayou

Tree top parking

… along Memorial Park.  The Buffalo Bayou runs right across the middle from left to right.

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Pouring the Pillars

Getting the forms ready to pour the concrete pillars for the new Pedestrian Bridge parallel to the Montrose Blvd over Buffalo Bayou.

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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Tribute


On the Bat Bridge

Taken atop the Waugh Drive bridge, home to a zillion Mexican Free Tail Bats.  Watch them depart at dusk every night.


Disappearing Yogis



One Main

The Main Street Bridge at Allen’s Landing.


3 Pyramids

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Notice the three pyramids:

  1. One inverted in the grounds of the Houston Police Officers Memorial
  2. One on the ground
  3. One in the sky on the Heritage Plaza building in Downtown, homage to our Mexican neighbors

Bayou Bend Suspension Bridge

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There is Hope in the Bat Cave

Obama makes an appearance under the Waugh Bat Bridge

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Hurricane Ike cleans up Houston

Ike washes away traffic problem on I-10

Ike compacts old gas guzzlers

Ike installs a skylight in living room

Ike does some tree pruning

Ike speeds up water flow in White Oak Bayou

Ike adds waterfront property along Buffalo Bayou


Washburn Tunnel

I wanted a new place to ride my bike- so I rode East and went under the Ship Channel through the only underwater tunnel in Texas. The police officer stopped me as I finished existing on the south side and said dont ride in there again.


Walking along White Oak Bayou

I’ll be stepping away for a while.


Crosby Lynchburg Ferry

I’m riding along in my automobile on the Ross S Sterling across the Houston Ship Channel.


Borg

Houston has been assimilated


Pole position

Under I-45 along the Buffalo Bayou hike and bike path


Wet Waugh

A rainy nite, looking back over the Waugh/Memorial Drive cloverleaf  exit ramps.

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Deers in downtown

The Buffalo Bayou park near Sabine newest installation of metal art includes these lifesize deer roaming the embankments.

deer in downtown


Boot scoot run

Running in the Race Against Violence this morning I came upon a bunch of cowboy boots. These boots are paving the way for marketing the Houston Rodeo.boots