as much as my Boss would like to believe that I should be at the behest of my employer at any given time…that just isn’t the truth.  I’ll be the first on to admit that, in the recent past, most of my off time was spent in my hammock with a firm grip on a bottle of chardonnay.  It’s amazing how something as simple as a high school bowling team could change all that.

 

Alexis and Stacy

Alexis and Stacy

 

and that lead to random discussions and talking about everything from our kids to our love of photography and, without any conscious thought, I found something more comfortable than my hammock.

 

Big Bend

Big Bend

 

Early Spring found us making images in the Chisos Mountains and relaxing and learning…

High in the Chisos Mountains

High in the Chisos Mountains

 

Mandron Tree

Mandron Tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clouds over the hillsBig Bend National park

Clouds over the hills
Big Bend National park

 

and the jackets for bowling came in…

Check this out

Check this out

Can't touch this...

Can’t touch this…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and we celebrated birthdays…

Storm Troopers

Storm Troopers

 

and we went to Kemah, Texas to practice our night photography (and NOT act our age).

Crossing Guard

Crossing Guard

Hula Hoop

Hula Hoop

Clearlake Lighthouseand Boat

Clearlake Lighthouse
and Boat

               Fireworks

 

Boardwalk Ferris Wheel

Boardwalk Ferris Wheel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then we decided to take our photographic exploits to Rhode Island…

RI 2012 351

Starshine adn Bear

Starshine and Bear

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing with Their Food

Playing with Their Food

 

That's Life

That’s Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love Emergency Medicine, and I still love Radiology. There are times I DO miss my hammock, though it lies in the shed awaiting it’s time.  “Work”, whatever it may be, will always be there. “Life”, for me, are those I consider family and those that make me smile.

The rest will work itself out…

Waiting to be fed...

Waiting to be fed…

Bowling Beauty

Bowling Beauty

                       

Starshine

Starshine

 

I’m the first to say I don’t know what I’m doin’

  and I’m not gonna preach what I don’t know…

I ain’t no deep theologer, no PhD psychologer

  I’m makin’ all this shit up as I go.  –Pat Green  “Footsteps of our Fathers”

 

Bear

Bear