Tag: Texas

  • Thursday Open Comments

    I believe this was my great-great-grandfather.  I remember seeing pictures of this chapel in the geneaology work my aunt did before she died. This is at historical marker ​17815 in Comal County. Marker Text: ​Located in the Mission Valley Settlement, Walzem Chapel was built to serve Catholics in this once remote area. In the mid-1800s, German…

  • Thursday Wildflowers Open Comments

    Thought I’d share some of my wildflower pictures with y’all. These pictures don’t even come close to doing them justice.  The purdy was almost too much at times.  I find the symmetry of the thistle beautiful, and I missed a blooming thistle by about a day.  They can have spectacularly beautiful flowers.  I was surprised…

  • Monday Glowing Balloons Open Comments

    I attended the Great Texas Balloon Race in Longview last weekend – or, more specifically, saw the “balloon glow” put on for the public. It’s a light show consisting of balloonists firing up their balloons together so the beauty of their balloons can be appreciated as art. It is a show of beauty and fun,…