Green Building : Jetson Green: Container Design

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BACK YARD FLOWERS

BACK YARD FLOWERS
Originally uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr

These are spreading along Boudreaux Road.

COLD FRONT COMING IN

COLD FRONT COMING IN
Originally uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr

Boudreaux Road

PARKWAY BODY SHOP FLOWER

BODY SHOP FLOWER
Originally uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr

Couldn't help take this as I waited.

BanditTracker.com

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Takeover robbery - Fort Worth Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:31 AM PDT Date: 2009-09-12 Location: Bank of America Address: 4751 South Hulen Street City: Fort Worth State: TX Zip: 76132 Race: Hispanic Sex: Male Height: 4’ 11"   to  5’ 0" Description: white hat with multicolored images on it, white button up, short sleeve shirt over thermal underwear, black pants, white gloves, red bandanna, black shoes Narrative: The robbers parked a green Ford Explorer outside the entrance to the bank. Both entered the lobby. One robber held a gun on the customers/employees while the other jumped the counter and robbed the tellers. Both robbers fled with the money but abandoned it when an explosive dye pack activated.  The robbers may have had red dye on their clothing after the robbery. Contact: Dective Michael Baggott/FBI Safe Streets Task Force/817.989.3330 Weapon Shown: Yes Weapons: small, black, semi-automatic handgun

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Snake with face on its head

Snake with face on its head
Originally uploaded by Jesse C Smith Jr

My cat found this baby snake. It is a Texas Rat Snake. Clint the snake man www.texassnakes.nets Said: This is a nonvenomous Texas rat snake, just as you suspected. The juvenile rat snake has marking on the head that change as it matures. Who does the face look like to you?

Benefit for Earl Gilliam @ The Big Easy 5731 Kirby Houston 10/4/09

Benefit for Earl Gilliam Tomball Resident 

0/4/2009 2:00 PM at BLUES BENEFIT FOR EARL & CARRIE JEAN @ The Big Easy
5731 Kirby, Houston, Texas 77005
Cost: $5 An extraordinary line-up of local Blues legends and friends to benefit Earl and Carrie Jean, including Texas Johnny Brown, Trudy Lynn and I.J. Gosey. The music starts at 2pm and goes ’til 7pm. Fantastic raffle items, BBQ, good times! Come on down!Earl Gilliam Legendary Blues Musician

Lauded as the "best Blues organist alive”, 79-year old Texas Bluesman Earl Gilliam has been smokin’ the house with his original Gulf Coast Blues sound for the past 60 years. A living legend of Houston's vital and historic Blues scene of the 40's and 50's, Earl has played both out front with his own band and as a sideman with some of the best, including: Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Albert Collins, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Joe Guitar Hughes, T-Bone Walker, Little Joe Washington and - in the really early days - with Goree Carter, Big Joe Turner, Grady Gaines, Nappy Brown, Roy Brown, Jerry Butler, Percy Mayfield, Hop Wilson, Lester Williams and many others. And then there were the ladies: Earl has graced the stage with such luminous Blueswomen as Big Mama Thornton, Luvenia Lewis, Lavelle White and Miss Trudy Lynn.

In 1955, Earl was invited to record his own music with Lucian Davis on Sarg Records, Willie Nelson and Doug Sahm’s first label. There were only two Black artists on that label – Earl and saxophonist O.S. Grant. He also recorded on Ivory Lee Semien’s historic label Ivory Records. Earl wrote and recorded what today are considered classic Blues tunes: “Wrong Doin’ Woman”, “Don’t Make Me Late Baby”, “Nobody’s Blues”, “Just You and I”, “Petite Baby” and more.

Earl is a well-respected band leader who held forth at such historic Houston Blues haunts as The Hamilton Inn, Shady's Playhouse and the Club Matinee's famed monthly talent shows – which blew in such young promising talent as Little Richard and Bobby Blue Bland. Earl was one of very few musicians who could play with Lightnin' Hopkins because of Hopkins' unique sense of timing. In the 60's and 70's, they occasionally played as a duo in the region. Earl not only plays a mean organ and piano, but he also squeezed on a 50 lb. accordion in Clifton Chenier's band. If you talk to Earl long enough and over a period of time, he'll drop some of the best authentic regional Blues history on you. He's the real deal!

These days, Earl tours on occasion and plays regularly close to home. His favorite gigs are at the Houston blues joint The Big Easy Social and Pleasure Club.

Buc-ees has fantastic coffee!

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fantastic coffee!

via Buc-ee's Beaver Blog by Buc-ee's Beaver on 9/3/09

All I can say is everyone I know loves Buc-ee\'s! Your stores have the best restrooms of any place I have traveled in Texas, that fact has been concluded by everyone I speak with. Whenever I take road trips I actually look online to see if there is going to be a Buc-ee\'s on the road where I am going, this way I can gauge my rest stops. I just want to say thank you so much for putting your customers first – it really shows. In this day and time when customer service is hard to come by it is nice to know that the employees and your company aim to please.
Also- I wanted to add, whatever the house blend ofI love all the variety of coffee selections and the creamers to put in the coffee. I feel that your company has done their research when it comes to giving the customer what they want and need. Please keep up the great work and I as well as my friends and family will continue to be a Buc-ee's supporter.

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