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Welcome to the Houston Bucket List, 2022 edition, part three including alligators, a giant farmer's market, delicious turkey legs and Pride in who you are.

El Ayuntamiento retoma la muestra de arte y artesanía de artistas locales La exposición se podrá ver en la Casa de la Cultura hasta el día 2 Parte de la exposición que acoge la Casa de Cultura. DL 30 de julio de 2021, 1:33 El Ayuntamiento de La Robla retoma, con motivo de las fiestas de Celada, la exposición de artistas y artesanos roblanos. Tras un año de ausencia motivado por la pandemia, los vecinos del municipio de La Robla vuelven a mostrar sus obras. Según informa el Ayuntamiento ...

Time to get away and Galveston was the place. Salt water and the beach.

At the Smith Oaks Sanctuary, a canopy walkway and pavilions improve visitor experience without impacting wildlife Landscape architecture firm SWA Group and architecture practice Schaum/Shieh have collaboratively rehabilitated Smith Oaks Sanctuary, a 177-acre bird refuge in High Island, Texas, with a new canopy walkway and visitor amenities. International practice SWA Group designed a 213m-long, 5.5m-high canopy walkway, an elevated boardwalk supported by corten steel piers that threads visitor...

Landscape architecture meets industrial reuse at Smith Oaks Sanctuary in Texas Landscape architecture meets industrial reuse at Smith Oaks Sanctuary in Texas Landscape architecture meets industrial reuse in the SWA Group and Schaum/Shieh’s reinvention of Smith Oaks Sanctuary in Texas, US Photography: Jonnu Singleton Transformed from post-industrial site to wildlife paradise, Smith Oaks Sanctuary is a lush, leafy landscape in High Island, Texas. The green expanse has just been enhanced with t...

Surfside Beach in the Brazosport area is a recreation area for swimming, sailing, surf fishing, camping, shell collecting and bird watching. Photo by Kevin B. Stillman. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, my wife and I have been laying low. Our ages and autoimmune issues put us squarely in the highest at-risk category. We wear masks and maintain social distancing whenever we go out in public, mostly to the H-E-B, the gas pump, and the closest P. Terry’s Burger Stand drive-through. At the same tim...