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2009
One of my favorite outings on a weekend afternoon is to the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Yesterday, November 29th, 2009, they had several attractions available to view: Faberge', Spirits & Headhunters and A Christmas Carol (at the IMAX), aside from the permanent musuem exhibits. Since they...
11/30/2009
Come throw snow balls in Tomball on December 1st. The Annual Winter Wonderland at Lone Star College - Tomball will take place tomorrow (December 1, 2009). The community is invited to participate in the festivities to celebrate the holiday season, including musical entertainment, games for the c...
11/30/2009
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One of my favorite daytrips from Houston, is to Austin Texas. One of the best parks in Austin is Zilker Botanical Garden, and the annual Orchid Show they sponser is usually around second week of April. These are pictures from my trip there in 2008. On the way the to park, I saw this wonderful ...
11/27/2009
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15445 Crown Oaks for Sale -- 2.02 Acres in Prestigious Crown Oaks for sale. Here is the front entrace of Crown Oaks Subdivision. It is a GATED community with lots at 1.5 acres and up. There are a couple of parks for your children. This is a picture of 15445 Crown Oaks Drive. Notice the gravel...
11/25/2009
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Mercer Arboretum & Botanic Gardens is located in Humble, Texas off of Aldine Westfield. This is a picture of the main building. Aside from great flowers, they have some cute metal sculptures like this one of yellow flowers. There is another sculpture on the right, behind the ferns. The Arbore...
11/25/2009
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What kind of camera do you use? My last camera, a Kodak EasyShare V705, is broken. It is over 1 year old and a discontinued model, so it would take about $150 to fix it. I am strongly considering buying a new camera and would like to know how much your camera cost and the pros and cons of the ...
11/23/2009
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Are you a camera expert? Help, my real estate camera, a Kodak EasyShare V705 (which I can't even take a picture of because it is broken), is not working. First, the lens cover would not close, and the only way I could get it to turn off was to take out the battery -- I know this seems extreme, ...
11/22/2009
Olympic National Park -- coastline pictures. These pictures are from some of the 73 miles of coastline in Olympic National Park. It is only national park that has mountains, rain forest and an ocean in the same park. It was a foggy day, but the pictures have the feel of black and white photos...
11/16/2009
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Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. The park service has done a good job of making nice signs for the park. While the cute puff of smoke above the volcano in the picture looks harmless, the eruption in the 80's was very destructive in terms of loss of life and property. Here is what'...
11/16/2009
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2012 a movie review. I saw the movie 2012 on Friday night 11/13/09, its first night out. It had lots of stars I recognized, and some that I'd seen before but didn't know their names. John Cusack has starring role, as does as a man named Chiwetel Ejiofor. While most of us know John Cusack, ma...
11/15/2009