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Just as long as it’s just you and me. Can you believe the size of this car? The brand name on the back just said “smart”!
Officially, Armed Forces Day is the third Saturday in May, which was May 17th for 2008. At Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, all the roads were lined with American flags to honor those who served in our military. Here are a couple of pictures taken on Sunday, May 18th, 2008.
I took this last shot because I always like the way all of the markers, rows and rows and rows of them, line up so precisely.
I took this as part of a group of photos for a client. They’re promoting custom jewelry for brides. This was a shot to show a sampling of the creations they have available. This was by far the hardest shot to take as it took a bit of work to get everyone to cooperate - you know how it is - everyone smiling and no one with their eyes close. 
Down in San Antone…
My sister-in-law gave us an Amaryllis quite a few years ago. I think giving plants was “in” that year b/c we got plants from several people. The Amaryllis is the only one that made it. Now, that one plant has really grown:
I love this flower. Here’s a close up of just one bloom:
I graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in San Antonio Texas in 1972. (36 years ago, for the math challenged) It was customary for the senior class to give a gift to the school. Our gift was a tree. At the time it was a small tree. As in you could wrap your fingers around its trunk. Trees are expensive. But they grow. Some people at school laughed at our scrawny gift. But we knew better.
Well, I was at TR last week and here’s that tree now. (Hint - It’s that BIG one taking up most of the picture.):
I found a book online that had some interesting tips on Photoshop. So I applied 3 different filters to this photo:
and wound up with this one:
The 3 filters were Brush Strokes/Accented Edges, Brush Strokes/Ink Outlines, and Artistic/Underpainting.
At the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, located in San Antonio, Texas, is a small section containing the remains of World War II Prisoners of War. These were Germans and Italians captured by the United States during World War II. They died before the war ended. Not all of them are there, just the ones whose families never claimed their remains. We were told where they were located and went to see them. We were told, wrongly, that they had swastikas engraved on their tombstones. We found a section that contain 141 German and Italian POWs. There were 7 rows with 20 in each, and a last row with only one grave. Here are a couple of pictures:
The picture below is a little closer view:
A pastor was the one that told us this little known history tidbit about the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Although I have a vague memory of having heard it before. He also said that there were some Japanese POWs from World War II also. But we didn’t know where to look for them.
