Random Argyle, NY – July 2014

 While there were blog entries for this visit to NY, there wasn’t one for this specific item.  I was just taking random pictures of the rural area of Argyle where I was staying.  Just thought I would share these nice images.

 

Halloween House (Round Rock, TX) – October 2014

 There was no blog entry for this one either.  Some people I knew had told me about this house in a neighborhood way on the east side of the city that “goes all out” for Halloween decorating.  Once I was shown where it was, I went every year to see what they had, and brought others to this place so they could check it out as well.  There’s a whole short-story of how I got to go inside the place, but that’s a tale for another time.  Suffice to say, this ended up being the last year I was able to visit this place.  All the decorations were grouped by theme (Snoopy here, Tim Burton stuff there), and there was a mix of things best viewed in the daylight and things best seen at night.  As you can see I went a couple different times so I could capture views of each.  This place also did similar displays during X-mas time too.  Yeah, there was a lot of stuff here, but everything (except for the few inflatables) were made by the home owner, so that made it cooler.

 

Windy Point at Lake Travis (Texas Hill Country) – August 2014

 There was no blog entry for this one either.  I was invited to a pre-Labor Day party, and was told to go to Windy Point.  That’s one of the cove areas on Lake Travis behind Mansfield Dam.  I got to the picnic area, and no one was there.  I called my friend who invited me, and she said they were down at the shore.  I was instructed to drive my car down the boat ramp, and across the packed dunes in order to get to where the gathering was.  We sat in lawn or camp chairs partially in the water, drinking beer, soaking up some sun, and generally chillin’ out.  You see the picture of our gathering, and the empty blue chair to the right was mine (as I obviously took the picture).  The thing to keep in mind was where we were sitting was normally thirty-feet below water.  Because of the drought, you could see how much the water levels had dropped.