I have not been out shooting sunrises and sunsets much lately, so yesterday I captured a few images of a sunset near home.

Sunset January 30, 2016

More recent photos with a Canon 5D and a Canon EF100mm macro lens.

Latest photographs are few since I have been laid up a bit lately. A restored Ford Fire Truck, some pokeberries, a lonely Mexican Petunia, and two tiny Kalanchoe blooms. All but the fire truck taken in the backyard. #papawsimages #randomview

More recent photos-

Random shots this morning while running an errand.

Pastel Sunset

Soft colors of the sunset December 13, 2014. Taken in Alvin, Texas.

Some photos taken yesterday at the Alvin, Texas Volunteer Fire Station.

Saturday Photo Ramble

 On a photo ramble with a friend Saturday, we saw plenty even though the weather wasn't ideal. Old barns, a lonely caboose, and some Brown Pelicans at a bait camp.

Sunset Thanksgiving 2013 in Alvin, Texas.Thanksgiving 2013 Sunset-

Got up early for  a doctor appointment only to find it was cancelled, so I went out and found some scenes to photograph.
These are at an old dairy that has been closed for years. The barn is sliding down.

Colorful Wisteria blooms are all over Alvin, Texas.

Under the Oak

Under the Oak, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Cruising Alvin looking at all the big oak trees, I spied this swing and chair under one of the big trees. The house in the background with a flag is a bonus.

Small town America-
As I cruised Alvin, Texas a couple of mornings ago, I spied this chair and swing under one of Alvin's big oak trees. The house with the flag was a bonus.

 
A mix of old and new. So much stuff has been added to these old buildings over the years! They were built between 1895 and 1904 in Alvin, Texas. One of these doors led to the local pool hall that we as teenagers would sneak into by the back door so town folks wouldn't see us and tell our parents!

January 13th, Friday the Thirtee
nth, I visited the Alvin Opry to hear a friend sing. The Opry is just around the corner from our house, but I had never been there in its 25 or so years of its     existence                                                                                                                                                                                  http://www.alvinopry.com/
Cherie Devine came on early in the show and was GREAT! She sang a song she had written about Friday the Thirteenth,  Elvis's "You Ain't Nothin' but a Hound Dog" , and Patsy Cline's "Crazy".

Alvin Museum Society Fall Membership Meeting 

AMS had the Fall meeting Sunday. Tom Green of Sons of the Republic of Texas and North American Vexillogical Association presented a program on "Historic Flags of Texas". Tom has collected or made over 60 historic flags.