BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
I had the opportunity to visit the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Houston a couple of weeks ago. It was really spectacular. We had arrived just in time for the service and we’re invited to stay. The attendees were very welcoming and filled me in with some of the details of the temple.
This temple is the first traditional Hindu Mandir of stone and marble to be constructed in the United States. While the limestone came from Turkey and the marble from Itally, the structure was hand carved in India and then shipped to Texas and assembled.
I plan on going back to the BAPS Swami Narayan Temple some time but I will be taking a better lens.
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A beautiful day on campus. The long shadows cutting across the grass and the golden light falling on the rotunda of Dallas Hall make for a great opportunity for a photo.
The Little Red Hen is a casual apparel & gift shop in downtown McKinney Texas. It’s best know for the wind-up red hen on the outside of the building.
Inside the Hunter Welcome Center
Bob and Shirley Hunter Welcome Center houses Admissions, Alumni Relations, and other departments engaged in university outreach at Abilene Christian University.
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The Reddit Bump
I happened to be looking at my stats on Flickr yesterday and noticed this huge spike in my views. Now, I’m no Trey Ratcliff or Thomas Hawk, but I get a fair number of views daily, but this was extreme.
Turns out a reddit reader has linked to my photo of an abandoned Memphis Farmhouse in the Abandoned Porn section. That’s all it took to get over 1000 views in 24 hours.
So, thank you to all those reedit readers.
Flowers on the First Day of Spring
Last night we got a real downpour from storms in North Texas. Most of area received between 2.5–5.3 inches. These flowers were able to survived the beating from the over 4 inches of rainfall to hit the SMU campus. All in time for the first day of Spring.
White Tiger at the Downtown Aquarium in Houston, Texas. Why there is at tiger at an aquarium, I have no idea.
Greater New Orleans Bridges or the Crescent City Connection, as they are now known.
These twin cantilever bridges were designed by Modjeski & Masters, Inc. Construction on the first bridge began in 1954 and opened in 1958. The second bridge didn’t begin construction until 1981. Due to delays, the second span didn’t open until 1988.
This photo was taken from the deck of the Gretna-Canal Street Ferry, for my personal photowalk during ImagingUSA in New Orleans.
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While the parish has been around since 1857, this church was only constructed in 1927. As the third church at this location, it was build in the Spanish Baroque style. It was renovated in the last decade as part of the sesquicentennial.
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