Bluebonnets

Bluebonnets, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Bluebonnets are out all around Texas this early Spring, but we are not traveling much, so I shot these outside Joe's Barbecue in Alvin, Texas Saturday morning after breakfast.

Collage for Jack

Collage for Jack, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

A collage I made for the friend and co-worker from whom I bought a BMW. He was sad to see it go, so I put together the three antique plates he had had on it along with a shot of him and one of the bike.

BMW R100

BMW R100 , originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

I bought this BMW from a friend and co-worker Sunday. It will be great to have a regular ride again. It is a 1978 BMW R100/7, an antique according to the State of Texas, so it has antique plates.

Down the county road

Down the county road, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Early morning looking down the county road while watching for a sunrise.

Garden glove hands

Garden glove hands, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Mama wanted some "Garden Glove" hands like the black one I made last week.

Wrench glove

Wrench glove, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

We had a spill at work last week-nothing dangerous. Just some plastic pellets. I saved a box full to see if I could make some use of them. A cheap pair of gloves, plastic pellets, a round piece of wood and some staples and I have a glovehand to hold a wrench. I might use it for pictures on Ebay. I sell vintage wrenches on the web. www.papawswrench.com

Roark windows

Roark windows , originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

This shot was achieved by playing around with "Edge Detection", an action available in Irfanview, a post processing software available at www.irfanview.com . Irfanview is freeware.
The building is the old Roark Auto Supply store in Alvin, Texas. It has been empty for a few years, and was recently to be restored as a restaurant, but Hurrican Ike damaged it so much that the city has decided that it should be demolished.

Kalanchoe Macro shot

Kalanchoe Macro shot, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

These little flowers bloom each year just outside our back door. I have sort of disregarded them until I started doing Macro Photography.

Anhinga

Anhinga , originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

This Anhinga was perched on a fallen tree in the lake at Camp Mohawk in Alvin, Texas. Now that I have Mondays off, I hope to go out shooting pictures more often.

Floyd Tillman's Bus

A friend of mine has a junk yard in Santa Fe , Texas, and he has a very nearly lost treasure of the music industry.

For over 40 years, this was Floyd Tillman's tour bus. Tillman, two time Country Music Hall of Fame Awards winner (for both song writing as well as recordings), passed away in 2003, in Bacliff, Texas. Tillman was respected by audiences and the entire country music industry, and was known as an inspiration and mentor to none other than the legendary Willie Nelson.

Tillman's song writing and recording efforts produced sales of over 50 million albums and records.
A Paranormal researcher in Alvin, Texas says it is haunted, but his supposed recordings of voices are not convincing to me.
www.paratexas.com/hauntedbus.htm

Floyd Tillman's Bus

Gnarly Old Tree

Gnarly Old Tree, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

This old tree in Sealy Park here in Alvin, Texas looks old and dead, but I think it is just waiting for spring to bloom again. I will watch it and photograph it again when it does.

Sunrise over Galveston

Sunrise over Galveston, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Left work early to go down toward Galveston, Texas, just to shoot the sunrise.Taken from Bayou Vista, just before the causeway over Galveston Bay.

One of my Photos published

My photo of an Ankole Cow was chosen to be included in the Listing for Bayou Wildlife Park on the Houston Schmap Guide!

Leaning Cross

Leaning Cross, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Crown Hill Cemetery, Pasadena, Texas-in the middle of the vast Chemical and Refinery area along Sims Bayou and Buffalo Bayou.

Permanent settlement of this area began about 1891. Lot sales in the new town of Pasadena began in 1893, and the town was officially platted three years later. The first recorded burials in this vicinity occurred about 1894, although the exact locations of the graves are unknown. This graveyard, originally known as Pasadena Cemetery and the town's only community burial ground, was established in 1906 on a knoll overlooking Vince's Bayou and Buffalo Bayou. The first person buried here was E. P. Pomeroy, who died on October 24, 1906. Those interred here include many of Pasadena's early settlers and community leaders, and veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II. The graveyard became known as Crown Hill Cemetery following World War I, possibly as a result of its proximity to the Crown Central Refinery. It has also been referred to as the Mexican Cemetery due to the numbers of Mexican-American farmers who were interred here beginning in the 1920s. Although surrounded by 20th-century industrial development, this cemetery survives as a link to the area's pioneer heritage There is a slideshow of photos taken there Tuesday, January 6, 2009, on my Flicker Site- link on the right sidebar.

Wooden Marker

Wooden Marker, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

This could be the marker for this blog! I have kept it up for a long time with so few visitors that sometimes it doesn't seem worth doing.

Ankole cow

Ankole cow, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

This photo of mine has been chosen on a short list to possibly be the header photo for Bayou Wildlife Park near Alvin,Texas by Schmap ( http://www.schmap.com/guides ). I will know by January 9, 2009.

Backyard Squirrel

Backyard Squirrel, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

I threw out some old pecans while we were cleaning house in preparation for Christmas decorations. This little guy came by for lunch.

Christmas Teddy Bear

Christmas Teddy Bear, originally uploaded by Noel C. Hankamer.

Christmas is just around the corner, so this Teddy Bear has already done his shopping.

Pampas grass and other shots from our trip

Muted North Carolina sunset


Fall colors in Lineville, Alabama


Mad Indian Creek