Star Spangled Fourth

Here are a handful of scenes from the Star Spangled Fourth Festival

This oldtime theater in Downtown Garland always seems spiffy in it's neon. . .

. . .the festival ferris wheel.

Ballpark in Arlington

Went to the Ballpark in Arlington and saw Raphael Palmero hit his 505th career homerun. . .

We had seats in the third deck, where we could see damn near everything. . .

. . . from the upper walkways, you can get a good luck at the Six Flags Roller Coasters. . .

. . .and the ponds just outside the Ballpark. . .

. . .night fell. . .

. . . there were decent crowds that night. . .

. . .good view of home plate. . .

. . .505 . . .

. . . wow, the Rangers actually won a game. . .weird. . .

. . .view looking down at the at the exiting crowds.

Night over Austin Ranch

On this night (er, morning) i had just gotten back to the apartment from a christmas party. The skies were clear, and there was a mild chill in the air.

The views at night were one of the reasons why i enjoyed living at Austin Ranch. At the time, they were just building the complex -- so there wasnt a whole lot of people out there. And eventually, i ended up in a building on top of a hill facing west with 6ft high windows. Anytime a storm rolled through i could see it an hour out, lightning just bouncing off the ground on the way in. And it was in the middle of the aircraft patterns of DAL, ADS, and DFW, so i could watch traffic in and out.

Anyway, because it was almost middle of nowhere at the time (and like 3am) light pollution wasnt a problem on this night. So i was able to get some star pics from the field across from the complex.

The Big Dipper through the trees. . .

. . . the moon through the trees. . .

. . . trees backlit by the sky. . .

. . .the moonset.