Volunteer Firefighters Battle for Their Neighbors in Granger, Texas

Photo Information

Taken:	November 2005 (embedded date missing) in the 400 Block of East Elm Street, Granger, Texas
Camera:	Olympus C200Z
Exposure:	ISO 263
	10.5mm, 0 EV
	f3.9
	1/60

Photo Information

Taken:	November 2005 (embedded date missing) in the 400 Block of East Elm Street, Granger, Texas
Camera:	Olympus C200Z
Exposure:	ISO 400
	15.7mm, 0 EV
	f4.4
	1/100

Backstory

I can’t think of anything more frightening than a fire at night. And yet there are men and women who volunteer to risk their lives to save their neighbors. That’s right. The men in the lower right corner who are struggling to contain the fire risked their lives out of the goodness of their hearts.

There was no way for them to put the fire out, short of letting it consume its fuel. Hundred-year-old pine burns too hot and fast. Standing more than a block away for no longer than it took to snap a few pictures of these heroes, my face got the equivalent of a mild sunburn. Imagine what these guys experienced as they fought the blaze for hours.

The fire destroyed the house in which it started and damaged the house next door to the point that both had to be bulldozed.

–8 April 2012

Pretty and Pink

Photo Information

Taken:	May 2005 at The Original Miss Kitty’s Fishing Getaway near Rockport, Texas
Camera:	Olympus C200Z / NA
Exposure:	ISO 100
	7.5mm, 0 EV
	3.3
	1/500

Backstory

This flower nestled against the chain link fence at the Original Miss Kitty’s Fishing Getaway near Rockport, Texas. X2 rented the place to get her family together for a week of relaxation one year. I wasn’t into blogging or journaling at the time, and the file dates have been lost, so I can’t get a better description of when than sometime in May 2005.

Anyway, the place was covered in lovely foliage. This flower was particularly eye-catching. Just look at those filaments! It made a pretty picture even with a little point-and-shoot camera.

–8 April 2012