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Angel doin the do.
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#fjordhorse #makeportraits #makehorseportraits #angel #horsebidniss #mane #horsemane -
Had to pull over for this light on Wayside Drive last night. .
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Heath Frantzen is in the midst of “the fight of a lifetime.” Heath helps his dad run a year-round hunting operation on 260 acres of land near Fredericksburg, Texas that has been in the Frantzen family for generations. The Frantzen ranch has won several conservation awards for their careful management of a self-sustaining habitat for 300 deer, but now oil and gas giant Kinder Morgan plans to route a 42” diameter natural gas pipeline through that habitat, clear cutting a 125’ wide easement to do so.
With a “proposed” route through the treasured Texas Hill Country, the Permian Highway Pipeline project has laid bare the shocking breadth of eminent domain authority granted to pipeline builders in the state. The Texas Railroad Commission’s policy of allowing fossil fuel companies to build intrastate pipelines essentially anywhere they want has collided head-on with Texas Hill Country landowner’s sacrosanct private property rights.
Much more on this issue, Frantzen, and some of his neighbors coming soon. Swipe over to see Frantzen’s reaction moments after the Blanco City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the route of the proposed pipeline last night. Frantzen made the drive from Fredericksburg to show his support for the resolution. Hill Country cities, villages and counties have been passing these types of resolutions since February, but Blanco had been holding out on joining the fray, which made last night’s decision particularly special for concerned residents in the area. The municipal actions don’t do much to directly impede the pipeline building process, but they add urgency to eminent domain reform bills currently working their way through the state legislature, and they are certainly symbolic victories which prove that the opposition to eminent domain abuse and ecological threats is not confined to “fringe activists,” as the oil and gas industry has previously asserted. -
Garlic braids and sitting out a storm in the tool shed. #garlic #doghug -
Stoic Wolf intentionally eating corn. -
Cecile and Lucas! -
Cole bagged up, December 2018 @huddleston_cole -
My pal Ringo, one of the few folks I can count on to sit and listen to me be silent for hours. Thanks for everything bud, happy birthday! -
Role model @niespret -
Got out to shoot some news last night. Kinder Morgan put together a forum at the Wimberley Community Center to address concerns citizens have about the Permian Highway Pipeline Project, which is a natural gas pipeline slated to be routed through the Texas Hill Country. Many in attendance expressed frustration at the offered format of the forum, having expected a presentation from a single Kinder Morgan representative who would address the entire crowd. Instead, posters of maps and statistics were placed along the edges of the room, along with several Kinder Morgan representatives. Several attendees attempted to take control of the floor and refashion the format of the forum, but none of the attending Kinder Morgan representatives would bite. The debate seems to be heating up, though some in attendance expressed concern that there is no debate due to Texas law being extremely friendly to projects like this.
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I continue to thumb through archives and have two portraits to share today. Lloyd, 2014, who loved the camera, RIP. Also Lloyd’s buddy, Ross, in 2017, who was telling me a story when this mantis dropped out of a tree onto his head. EDIT: I just found out from google that praying mantises only live for a year, so I’m assuming this bug has also earned a RIP. -
Wish I was having a coffee with the great @hannahmac6 today but lord only knows where on earth this legendary soul sister of @niespret is. Lebanon? Chile? Florida? Man, who knows...always on the move, this one. Usually she’d be a blur in any shutter speed longer than 1/1000, but one time in a Polish barnyard she sat still long enough for me to try to get a portrait at an eighth. What a star. Hope you’re well McCrayzzz! -
Today a portrait of my father-in-law Lucas, with whom I wish I were having a coffee, or playing a yard game.
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A portrait of my Grandma today because I wish I was having coffee with her. .
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Finally made it up to Pflugerville to have supper with @katiewhumpus and @goddamntravisty and their ghosts. Thanks for the great evening you guys! -
A young fella looking at Dallas. -
Gettin wore out at the backbone. -
Loves, I am rooting for your serenity and confidence this year, along with your health. I hope you have good weather in your travels, and I hope your TV breaks and you opt to replace it with some artwork or a house plant, and I hope you eat good food exclusively, or at the very least, food made with intention and love for your physical and/or emotional well-being. I’d like to be more engaged with you this year, and I’d like to get my camera off the shelf and take a picture of you. Let’s go for a walk or something! A real slow one. My best to ya. -
Grandma Aleta helps great granddaughter feed small toys to a dinosaur. -
A delightful hike with @niespret in Pedernales today to celebrate our anniversary, with a little picnic at the spot where the knot was tied two years back. Perfect weather, gorgeous park, and company that keeps me just burnin all over. Today was *chef kiss -
Happy Birthday to my incredible liefje, @niespret! Ik hou van jou! I got to spend all day with her, which made it feel like my birthday, too. ❤️ -
It’s that time of the year again when it’s my heroic brother’s birthday. Happy birthday brother! Back in July I got to have a beer with Big Aug at ‘t Velootje, a little alley bar in Gent that may perhaps be one of the oddest drinking establishments on planet earth. Go check it out and crack a coldy for my brother Aug! 🎷 -
My pops showing his infant granddaughter how to fire up his bike. Glad to have a dad that loves laughin. Celebrating all good dads today, rookies and vets like mine alike. And three cheers to women who carry and give birth to the kids that give good men the opportunity to be good dads. Dad wouldn't let me get away with not acknowledging the full scope of things! #thankspops -
Our front lawn/wash room this week. We were the only humans for miles except for four Czech hikers who shared their wine when they came by. Color me impressed with these latitudes. -
Took a couple years but finally got her home before dark. ❤️ -
Made a quick trip to Nebraska and squeezed in too-brief visits with almost all the good people and pets I love here, and got to welcome some brand new turkeys to the world. I love turkeys. -
Nothing like a big ol birthday to make a fella feel fresh. This year I am struck by the realization that a mother is behind all these birthdays we celebrate, and I want to take a moment to bow to those who have committed the energy and enthusiasm required to rear and raise a person--especially I want to thank my mom. I'm so grateful that I get this chance to have a go at it all. This year my wife teamed up with others to throw an incredible surprise party for myself and my friends @imktfox and @ringoatringo at the most essential dive bar in Texas. Here is a picture of Rick the owner serenading us out with a perfect country song at the end of the night. Thanks all for the great year. -
With Belgian beer, we celebrated the indescribable feeling of relief from having a successful green card interview yesterday. How wonderful it is to feel free. I'm so proud of my darling @niespret and amazed by the patience and determination that she showed over this past year. It's such a joyful and momentous occasion in our lives. Thanks to all for your love and support while we tackled this process. 🌞 -
Don't give up on it, now. Keep tryin and stay good. Bright and warm love to you all. -
Happy birthday to my little sweet potato. Love you Liesbeth. ❤️😘 -
You may have heard that it snowed in central Texas! We are loving it.
Bendigo Bridge (Slime Bridge), Wimberley, TX 12/8/2017 -
Someone made her Godfather really, really proud by opting for a full face plant instead of a curious nibble when presented with her first birthday cake. 😍 Love you little Eleanor. -
Embarking on the old 13 hour drive into the wind up I35-the crevasse of America's rump-tomorrow. Last time I did it I lost two lug nuts, all faith in the mechanical skills of Ardmore, Oklahomans, several hundred dollars, at least two gallons of sweat and possibly my favorite jacket. I gained only weight, eating what seemed to be sawdust hotdogs held together with horse hoof glue and made to look like greased wooden pegs--the standard gas station offering.
Very excited to become the godfather of my niece and celebrate her first birthday, and excited to see family and friends who I miss so much, and hoping @eljosharino is doin the turkey, but really Nebraska, look, why don't y'all just come here instead?