I was asked by the Victorian Owners Association to take some pictures to be used in publicity. These are found of the ones I did.
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Tag Archives: Galveston
Galveston – UTMB
One of the really interesting old buildings in Galveston is the original UTMB Building.
Galveston Railroad Museum
While driving around for Featherfest we saw the Railroad Museum and decided to visit it. Debbie and I had visited it a couple years ago, but her friend’s husband was really interested in it.
These area couple of milk cans on an old cart. The contrast of the textures makes for an interesting image. The cornerstone of the museum is a restored diesel locomotive.
Featherfest
There is a “festival” in Galveston to celebrate the spring bird migration. A friend of Debbie’s from Wisconsin is into birds, and she and her husband came to Galveston for the weekend to attend the festival. On Saturday, we drove all over the island looking for birds. We went to one spot, and didn’t really find much, but I saw this rather cool cats that was in the process of setting buds of a blossom.
We did find birds in the place where I go to look for Sandhill Cranes. One of the things I have always wanted was a good picture of a bird flying. I finally got one. This is a white Ibis that had just taken off.
Star Drug Store
One of the places in Galveston that I have wanted to get good pictures of is Star Drug Store. This is one of the oldest drug stores int he state of Texas, but, there are always cars parked in front of it making it a hard place to get good pictures of. I went downtown on a Monday morning, hoping there would not be cars parked in front of it, but I was wrong. So, I just worked around the cars.
Since I could not get a picture straight on, I decided to get one from each side.
And this was from the other side. While doing Art Walk the Saturday before, I noticed how cool the old windows on O’Malley’s Pub looked and I walked up Post office street to get a good picture of them. The glass looks like it was really old and it is impossible to count the number of coats of paint that must have been applied to those windows.
Mardi Gras 2016 Weekend
As always, we went to Galveston for Mardi Gras weekend. I spent Saturday morning on the West Side looking for birds. Here is a group of Sandhill Canes I found.
Out there, I noticed a small creek and saw there was a skeleton in it. It looked to be too small to be a cow, so I think it might have been a coyote. You can see it on the bottom right of this picture.
We did go to Mardi Gras, and I kind of liked the way this picture of one of the participants on a float turned out.
Dickens on The Strand 2015
Last Weekend was Dickens on The Strand. As before, since we are members of the Galveston Historical Society, we were able to use the VIP room they have. This allowed us to view the parade from a balcony, and I could get some better pictures of the parade. The “Queen’s Parade” is always Saturday afternoon, and, of course, features “The Queen.” I am not sure who this woman really is, but she portray’s Queen Elizabeth every year.
They encourage people to come in costumes, and there are always lots of steampunk costumes and lots of pirates. This was a nice street image I got of one of the pirates meeting a small boy.
Long Exposure
I have tried several times to take pictures in Galveston using a long exposure causing the waves to blur and the water to look diffuse. Last weekend, the weather was terrible. Before it started to rain, I took my camera and tripod and ND filters down to the beach and tried to get the 61st St. Fishing Pier. I got several images, but the rain really started and I had to leave. This was the best of what I got.
Birding
While in Galveston for Mardi Gras, I took a morning out to look for Sandhill Cranes. I drove out West of town to my usual spots and got this pic of one.
I also got a Nice pic of this Yellow Crowned Hight Heron.
Mardi Gras 2015
As always, we were in Galveston for Mardi Gras. The parades out on Seawall do not have the character the ones on the Strand had. But, they were still fun.
Can’t get more decked out than that.
Always pirates, even with beads.
The bead truck.