Flowers, Trees and a show...

Houston, you do have some absolutely wonderful weather.  Yesterday was a day of exploring one of a number of arboretums in the area (camera in hand) and then spending the evening watching a couple of good plays.

Went out shooting at the Mercer Arboretum to start the day.  Kudos to my friend Monique for suggesting the drive.  Now, I am definitely NOT an outdoor type of guy.  I have never been confused with Grizzly Adams (even when I did have a beard), but I do enjoy a walk through the woods.  There is something about the peaceful nature of a walk that has always been soothing.

It did take a long while to find the Botanical Gardens but then again, I am "directionally challenged".  I have absolutely no sense of where I am at any time.  I am hoping to receive some state and federal funds to do research to combat this terrible affliction.  Now ordinarily, this affliction would be a hindrance but when you are just out a wandering it only becomes a problem after dark and when the wolves start closing in...

Anyway, later that evening I went back to 14 Pews to see a couple of new one act plays by the artist in residence.   They were a couple of nice, light stories and I enjoyed the evening.  One of the best parts of the evening was a rather heated discussion with the wonderful 14 Pews founder Cressandra Thibodeaux over the film merits of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show".  It turns out that my argument was based solely on sentimentality rather than any real sense of artistic merit so I crumbled almost immediately.  C'est la vie...