A beautiful site on a wonderful day on the river. I did not expect I would see this nice view, just what did I expect, well, it is called Red River because of the mud, but we see nature never cease to surprise us with its wonder we have to care or conserve.

We were on the boat already. We were fishing for some baits along this part, near the dock. Facing north I shot this peaceful photo of the levee and the tree silhouette against the breaking of the morning. So refreshing for me. Interesting also it is uncle who is doing the maintenance of the levee here along the river.

We had not been fishing since coming here, and that’s some few years now. But recently, yeah it was exciting; we went for a fun ride, as he wanted to have a ‘reconnaissance’ before the ‘big’ day. Hubby’s not been fishing for long time. It was a wonderful early morning trip on the red river, or even just to be out early in the morning for that matter. Below are the pictures I shot while they were preparing the boat. It would be a great day. And it was. The river was beautiful, the fishes are cute, the ones that we caught anyway.

He keeps mentioning about going to New Orleans. Honestly I want somewhere fresh, a new and different place. But with all the entertainment in New Orleans, not that we involve in all of them, especially the Bourbon Street ‘shows’, I will be fine. On our last trip I had not seen this man with his li’l toy pup with his immobile stunt, it is very funny and ‘entertaining’. What I like most about this is the fact that he is inseparable with his companion, of course, a man’s best friend, a dog. They make a very good picture.

A view of the bridge to South Padre Island taken from the top of the Port Isabel lighthouse in Texas. This was taken during our 4rth of July vacation. Oh yeah, it has been two years ago, but I can still remember how it felt to be up there in the lighthouse one windy afternoon, it was wonderful to be up there though my feet sure felt funny.

I knew he was also bored to death, but just for the sake of the experience and of being aboard the famous ‘steamer Natchez’ for a tour along the river, I still had fun for being there. The best part were observing other people aboard and of course seeing New Orleans from a different benchmark, on the river. Isn’t it beautiful? For me seeing the remnants of the ‘older era’ in New Orleans was more beautiful, and priceless.

This is one of the photos I took on our way back from town. It was a beautiful day, a really quiet day. Not much traffic, but that is generally the scene. In this part of the place you don’t see too many vehicles, much less people around. But it makes the country side more beautiful and peaceful, too peaceful, makes one closer to nature.

This is a bush of what we locally call “sili” or hot pepper. They are relatively small in size but they are much stronger than the bigger ones. Used in the Philippines as spice and or added in a ‘sawsawan’ or a sauce for an extra hot taste, sili is also used to make a baby who does not follow simple instructions to stop sucking its fingers when its about time by dubbing an amount to its thumb . You will never hear of it again.