Happy Thanksgiving!

San Antonio Skyline

. . . as seen from the Tower of the Americas.

Coco Chocolate Lounge & Bistro

Okay. Last night Becky and I ate at Coco Chocolate Lounge & Bistro in San Antonio. Yeah, she's the pastry chef there. Which means she creates and makes all the desserts.

Time to brag. Here's the cover of the San Antonio Magazine that came out this weekend.

And here's the page that says that Becky's desserts are the best in San Antonio.
Well, tied for first anyway. The thing to remember about this is that San Antonio is a HUGE city, bigger than Dallas.

And here's Becky's signature dessert - the chocolate Kiss.
Too bad you can't taste it!

All these picts were taken with my Lumix Lx3 with available light. If you want to see more picts, go here.

San Antonio

I'm posting this from Becky's truck because it's the only place were we can access non-secured wifi in her apartment complex. It's raining here, so I'm not sure what all we will do today. Last night I wanted to see where she used to work at the La Mansion del Rio on the River Walk. I'd never been there, so that was interesting. I didn't realize how extensive the River Walk was. It's quite a long string of restaurants and shops on the river.

Sunday morning I preached at Redeemer Pres in Austin. What a great church. Faithful, rich liturgy. Friendly, engaged people. The congregation is about 500 strong, so they need to have two worship services. There were a couple of firsts for me. I'd never preached the same sermon twice in two back-to-back services. It wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. But the second sermon was not exactly the same as the first; I'm sure it was much better. This was also the first time I've ever preached a 20 minute sermon in a regular morning service. I think. I believe my first sermon turned out to be 17 minutes and the second just a bit longer than 20. I'll have to think about that experience a bit more. My regular sermons used to be a lot longer than they are now, but 20 minutes would be a challenge. But it might be worth it. We'll see.

Time for a few more shots of Spencer.

Picture Perfect

Well, not quite. This could have been framed better, but this was the only opening in the trees to get a shot. So the composition isn't that strong, even if the light was pretty good.

If you pronounce "storm" as "starm" like a good south St. Louisan, then a proper title for this would be: "A Warm Farm in a Storm."
I'm off for Austin, Texas, this morning. Hopefully, I'll get to post something tomorrow afternoon when I arrive.

As Good as it Gets

Okay, so I'm listening to the news at the top of the hour and they are talking about something new in the St. Louis city school district. This is a public school district that has been de-certified because of its poor performance. But fresh ideas are in the air. Change is on the way. People are excited. A new life for the school is just around the corner. A school official was proud and hopeful, saying, "We are implementating programs that will. . . "

Sigh.

It's called the English language. You might want to learn it before you attempt to teach it by implementating programs.

The only deer I "shot" this year!

Ejected Casing & More

I love to capture the ejected casing in these kinds of shots. This is Jeffrey shooting a Sig P228 (9mm) yesterday. Yeah. His grip is squirrelly. I know. Hey, he's 15. He does what he wants.

I may as well give you a video, too. But in this video he's shooting an RIA (Rock Island Armory) .45 auto (1911a1 CS GI). See the picture below the video.



The RIA 1911 "Officers" 45 auto

Deer Hunting Report

Well, no deer this year. That's okay for me cause I got a big one last year. But I was hoping Jeffrey would shoot a big buck. No luck this time. Bummer. Here's some pictures of the mighty hunter.
On his way to the tree stand.
Waiting in the stand.

More Deer Hunting

Jeffrey and I are headed back out this afternoon. I was out of town during youth weekend and so he wants to get out on his own during regular rifle season. Looks like we'll have too nice, almost warm days. Not sure what that will mean for hunting.

Image of the Day - A Shelter in the time of Storm
St. Jordan's of Beaufort, MO