Friday, November 21, 2014

Home Sticky Home


Melinda Gill Black‎ sent us this pic of a wicked Cholla cactus with a delicate bird's nest tucked inside at Big Bend Ranch State Park. My guess is a Cactus Wren. Your guess?

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Sea of Grass in Ft. Davis




Pam Rendall-Bass took a road trip with her girlfriends last November and ended up with this breathtaking shot just outside Ft. Davis. Gorgeous! ‎

Monday, November 17, 2014

Vacation Snaps at Cibolo


Savvy Dallasite Veletta Forsythe Lill recently traveled to Far West Texas and among her many gorgeous vacation shots is this one of Cibolo Creek Ranch. Check it out next time you're around!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Bravo, Marfa!


Just your typical spectacular sunset taken on Highland Avenue, Marfa's main street. If you haven't experienced a mind-blowing West Texas sunset, you haven't lived!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The Wild, Wild West



The site Old West Postcards has these fun images of Border Patrol in El Paso taking down some smugglers in the 1930s.






Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014

Detours






I should know this by now, or at least not feel a sense of surprise: detours can bring great rewards. Usually we're on a mission and can't be distracted by a simple green sign with an arrow saying, "Historic Marker." Appointments loom, and there isn't time for wandering. And, sometimes a marker seems to direct you to look at nothing, or at something that is no longer there.





Friday, November 07, 2014

The weekend is here. For you: great porches around the region!

Starlight Theatre/
Terlingua Trading Company

Our region is blessed with quiet and a pace of life that's invites a slowing down.  What better way to shed the stresses of the city, than to find a great porch and contemplate the scenery or watch people or critters?  Here's a roll call of some of our favorite porches in the region...but by no means is it an exhaustive list.  Let us know if you've found a favorite of your own!


Historic Hotel Limpia in Fort Davis
The remote Williams Ranch in
Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Marathon's Gage Hotel's courtyard