Empty Street

The main image was taken at Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, while the capture with the reddish sky is from Gallipolis, OH area. No other touches!

Now some more facts from Texas!

TEXAS HAS IT ALL Part 2

No need to travel to Washington D.C.
Whitehouse , Texas 75791

We even have a city named after our planet!
Earth , Texas 79031
We have a city named after our state
Texas City , Texas 77590

Exhausted?
Energy , Texas 76452
Pep , Texas 79353

Cold?
Blanket , Texas 76432
Winters, Texas

Like to read about History?
Santa Anna , Texas
Goliad , Texas
Alamo , Texas
Gun Barrel City , Texas
Robert Lee , Texas

Need Office Supplies?
Staples, Texas 78670

Want to go into outer space?
Venus , Texas 76084
Mars , Texas 79062

You guessed it. It's on the state line.
Texline , Texas 79087

For the kids...
Kermit , Texas 79745
Elmo , Texas 75118
Nemo , Texas 76070
Tarzan , Texas 79783
Winnie , Texas 77665
Sylvester , Texas 79560

Other city names in Texas , to make you smile.......
Frognot , Texas 75424
Bigfoot , Texas 78005
Hogeye , Texas 75423
Cactus , Texas 79013
Notrees , Texas 79759
Best, Texas 76932
Veribest , Texas 76886
Kickapoo , Texas 75763
Dime Box , Texas 77853
Old Dime Box , Texas 77853
Telephone , Texas 75488
Telegraph , Texas 76883
Whiteface , Texas 79379
Twitty, Texas 79079

And last but not least, the Anti-Al Gore City
Kilgore , Texas 75662

And our favorites...
Cut n Shoot, Texas
Gun Barrell City , Texas
Hoop And Holler, Texas
Ding Dong, Texas
and, of course,
Muleshoe , Texas

Red Rose of Texas

Dedicated to everyone who visits this blog! I know, some of you will say "hey, it's supposed to be yellow rose of Texas", but this is it, it's red and it's from Texas!

Today's joke:

Three retirees, each with a hearing loss, were playing golf one fine March day.
One remarked to the other:
"Windy, isn't it?"
"No," the second man replied, "it's Thursday..."
And the third man chimed in:
"So am I. Let's have a beer."

Red Lillies

A shot taken minutes after the rain stopped...

Today's joke:

-The swimming is not allowed here, says a cop to a civilian who was nearby a lake.
-OK, OK, answers the civilian. I don't want to swim, but to drown myself...
-Then you're lucky, otherwise I'd fine you!

Warm Rooi

Vir vandag probeer ek 'n bietjie eksperimenteer, net om jou reaksies te sien! Wel, hier gaan ons ... Ek gebruik 'n ander taal en ek wonder of jy weet watter een ... het 'n raai! Hierdie foto is in die agterplaas geneem, was baie blomme van hierdie aard, en natuurlik, verskillende kleure. Dankie vir die besoek!

Driving on the Red Planet

Maybe the picture doesn't reflect the real reddish color that I've encountered. Well, it's not for the first time, but this strange effect I've seen only in Texas, and of course it comes from the reddish sunset, but the main condition to get such an effect is that there must be clouds above you, so the red reflection will give ya the feeling that you're on a sci-fi scene, somewhere on another planet... I must notice that the picture is untouched (no manipulations).
Thanks for stopping by!

Today's joke:

At the end of the tax year, the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital.
While the IRS agent was checking the books he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said, "I notice you buy a lot of bandages. What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question," noted the CFO. "We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every now and then they send us a free box of bandages."
"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way.
"What about all these plaster purchases? What do you do with what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. "We save it and send it back to the manufacturer, and every now and then they send us a free package of plaster."
"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all CFO. "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO. "What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the IRS Office, and about once a year they send us a complete d*ck."

Natural

Shot taken today in the backyard

Rose

Another flower from the backyard... this time a macro...

Today's joke:

There was this $20 dollar bill and a $1 dollar bill on the conveyor belt at the downtown Federal Reserve Building. As they were lying there side by side the $1 dollar bill said to the $20 dollar bill:
- Hey mannnnnn, where have you been. I haven't seen you in a long time ?
The $20 dollar bill replied:
- Man I have been having a ball! I been traveling to distant countries, going to the finest restaurants, to the biggest and best casinos, numerous boutiques, the mall uptown, the mall downtown, the mall across town and even a mall that I just newly built. In fact, just this week I've been to Europe, a professional NBA game, Rodeo Drive, the all-day retreat spa, the top-notch hair salon and the new casino! I have done it all!!!
After describing his great travels, the $20 dollar bill asked the $1 dollar bill:
- What about you? Where have you been?
The $1 dollar replied:
- Well, I've been to the Baptist church, the Methodist church, the Presbyterian church, the Episcopalian church, the Church of God in Christ, the Catholic church, the Mormon church, the church of the Latter Day Saints, the A.M.E. church, the Disciple of Christ church, the...
- WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT A MINUTE!! shouted the $20 dollar bill to the$1 dollar bill, then he continued:
- What's a church?

The Cardinal

Finally I got one... he seemed to be a nice guy cause he waited for me til I got my camera, then as soon as I took the shot he took off...

Today's joke is a medical warning!

The American Medical Association has declared that the long
term implications of drugs or medical procedures must be more
fully considered.

Over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast
implants and Viagra than is spent on Alzheimer's disease
research. It is now projected that by the year 2015 there
will be fifty million people wandering around with huge
breasts and erections who can't remember what to do with them.

And some stuff about Texas!

Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say aboutfolks from Texas ...

If someone in a Lowe's store offers you assistance and they don't work there, you may live in Texas ;

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you may live in Texas ;

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you may live in Texas ;

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere south of Dallas for the weekend, you may live in Texas ;

If you measure distance in hours, you may live in Texas ;

If you know several people who have hit a deer more than once, you may live in Texas ;
If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you may live in Texas ;

If you carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them, you may live in Texas

If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph --you're going 80 and everybody's passing you, you may live in Texas ;

If you find 60 degrees 'a little chilly,' you may live in Texas ;

If you actually understand these jokes, and share them with all your Texas friends, you definitely live in Texas ..

The Red Invader

A shot that I took few days ago in the backyard... the little invader saw me and he started playing around, I mean he was trying to hide, moving from a side to the other one on that leaf. Finally I guess he realized I mean no harm to him, then he stood for about a minute, enough for me to take several shots...

Here a joke... well, they say it's a true Louisiana story...

This happened about six months ago just outside of Cocodrie, a little town in the bayou country of Louisiana, and while it sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's real.
This out of state traveler was on the side of the road, hitchhiking on a real dark night in the middle of a thunderstorm. Time passed slowly and no cars went by.
It was raining so hard he could hardly see his hand in front of his face. Suddenly he saw a car moving slowly, approaching and appearing ghostlike in the rain. It slowly and silently crept toward him and stopped.
Wanting a ride real bad the guy jumped in the car and closed the door; only then did he reali ze that there was nobody behind the wheel and no sound of an engine to be heard over the rain. Again the car crept slowly forward and the guy was terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and running.
The guy saw that the car was approaching a sharp curve and still too scared to jump out, he started to pray and begging for his life; he was sure the ghost car would go off the road and in the bayou and he would surely drown!
But just before the curve a shadowy figure appeared at the driver's window and a hand reached in and turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely around the bend. Then, just as silently, the hand disappeared through the window and the hitchhiker was al one again!
Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they reached a curve. Finally the guy, scared to near death, had all he could take and jumped out of the car and ran to town.
Wet and in shock, he went into a bar and voice quavering, ordered two shots of whiskey, then told everybody about his supernatural experience.
A silence enveloped and everybody got goose bumps when they realized the guy was telling the truth (and not just some drunk).
About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to the other,
- Look Boudreaux, ders dat idiot that rode in our car when we wuz pushin it in the rain.

Red Light

I got this shot while crossing the city of Marshall, TX early in the morning. I loved the sky's colors, so I grabbed my camera and took several shots while I was waiting for the green light...

Got a joke for you:

OLD ACADEMICS never die, they just lose their faculties

OLD ACCOUNTANTS never die, they just lose their balance

OLD ACCOUNTS never die, they are deleted

OLD ACTORS never die, they just drop a part

OLD ALCOHOLICS/DRUG ADDICTS never die, they just get wasted

OLD ANTHROPOLOGISTS never die, they just become history

OLD ARCHERS never die, they just bow and quiver

OLD ARCHITECTS never die, they just lose their structures

OLD ASSETS never die, they just depreciate

OLD ASTRONAUTS never die, they just go to another world

OLD ATOMS never die, they just decay

OLD BANKERS never die, they just lose interest

OLD BANKERS never die, they just want to be a loan

OLD BASEBALL PLAYERS never die, they just go batty

OLD BASEBALL PLAYERS never die, they just run their last lap