Roundabout Art

  The city of Fort Worth is creating a huge river front development along the Clear Fork of the Trinity river and in the process is creating new roads and updating the existing ones. The benefit of that is art that is created for the projects. In the center of the roundabout on Henderson and White Settlement there is a circular culture with moving reflective flaps that shimmer in the wind. Really cool design and the motion effect in mesmerizing.

Roundabout installation nears completion. 

Piano Face

 Being a photographer and claiming no expertise in piano music I am at a disadvantage in handicapping the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at Bass Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. For my novice ears every one of the contestants is absolutely stellar in their abilities. My tally sheet ends up favoring those with the most expressions. All the pianists make some faces as they play, but a few verge on the comical. For me however, the absolute winner is Italy's Alessandro Deljavan. Expressive, diverse and down right personable to boot.
   Regardless, it is a great way to spend the day and I get to hear some incredible music as well. BEst of luck to all the contestants and their faces.

Alessandro Deljavan with sad face

Ruoyu Huang of China 

Scipione Sangiovanni of Italy

Vadym Kholodenko of Ukraine

Daily Discovery

Rather than just going on a dog walk this morning, I took Kimo on an exploration of the banks of the Trinity River near the Joint Reserve Base formerly known as Carswell. The folks at Stream and Valleys have actually made access to what is called the Falls on the Trinity really easy, so the dog did not even have to get his feet dirty. Operative words are "have to". Of course he loved it, even with the big snakes, snapping turtles and slimy algae he was skittering across the tops of what is a nice little drop creating a cascading fall on a tributary of the West Fork of the Trinity River.

A good little adventure and he came back mouthing to all his friends how he was in the country, even if we never got more than a stones throw from civilization.

Board Shorts

Ahhh! Temperatures are in the 80's, the wind is blowing a little. Perfect to get to the lake and do some kiteboarding. Guy, Justin, Mike and Jordan met at Benbrook Lake near Fort Worth, Texas for a session of big jumps, spins, flips and rolls.

Have to take advantage of the conditions before the summer doldrums show up and put an end to all the fun.