text: Kyle, Texas Daily Photo: February 2007
  I took this in line for the ATM at my bank... Wells Fargo if anyone is wondering.
  It made me laugh... so I share.
  Tree Meet Sky
  This was taken about sunrise. It's the tree in my backyard. I'm just happy to see the little fuzzy buds on the tree. You know what that means? Right... the tree has survived another year of being cared for by me. THAT is relatively amazing.
  I think technically this is in Buda, although it's about 3 minutes from the front of my neighborhood in Kyle. This is the high school stadium, as seen from the road. Yes. High School. I believe when Bob Shelton Stadium was built it was bigger than the stadium at Texas State University - San Marcos.
  We take our high school football serious 'round here.
  From Buda's Wikipedia page:
  Buda and Kyle share the Jack C. Hays High School, whose mascot is the Rebels, and Lehman High School, whose mascot is the Lobos. A popular local pastime is watching high school football games at the Bob Shelton Stadium, named for the long-time Hays High School coach.
  Oh... before I forget (like that's possible on an editable blog...) If you're in the area come on out to Kyle's Lucky Cup tonight for some good music.. and... well.. I'll be there. See interesting image below for more information:
  I wonder how long this place will survive once the new HEB Plus (big box store supermarket for those who don't know) opens in June of this year?
  I mean... the prices are one thing, but the 5 times I've gone in there... I've been ignored completely 4 of them and the time I wasn't ignored they weren't helpful at all.
  I know I should be supporting local business... but sometimes it's just hard.
  I like to support GOOD business... like next door to this grocery is a damn good restaurant called Bordeaux.
  And.. by all means please walk into Center Grocery and prove me wrong... I hope you do... but I doubt you will.
  This is the Original Kyle Train Depot. It resided for a long while on private property (not sure who's) and it was donated back to the city and moved to this spot at the entrance to downtown Kyle in 2004. It is the current home of the Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau.
  If you've ever driven down I-35 between Austin and San Antonio Texas without stopping... chances are you'd recognize Kyle because of this water tower. It has been said it finds it's way into "all" of the photos of downtown Kyle. I don't know about that, but it does sometimes make it a trial to shoot north when you're downtown without getting the tower.
  It's a trademark. If I was the City of Kyle, that would be my logo.
  (Interesting story - http://www.texasescapes.com/FallingBehind/Kyle-Texas-Growing-with-Thought.htm. The neighborhood they are talking about in this story is the one in which I reside, Plum Creek)
  I don't think this building has a name... since the new City Hall opened up.. it's called "Old City Hall" Kind of sad.
  From an April 4, 2006 column:
  The historic City Hall on Kyle's town square isn't one of the great meccas of governance. But the 80-year old building has seen more than its share of thrills and spills while the city has grown from about 200 people when the first city council meetings took place there in 1975 to nearly 20,000 people today.
  City Manager Tom Mattis had this to say about the place... on the night when the last City Council Meeting was held in that building:
  "We've had some tough meetings in this room," Mattis said to the council. "But we've had a lot of good meetings, too ... We've made a lot of the most important decisions for the City of Kyle."
  (Everything in italics from: http://www.hayshighway.com/2006041w.html#e26)
  You know, I'd feel better if I could explain to you what this is a photo of... but in my best opinion it's a pile of smoking dirt. It's next to a site that looks like it's being cleared for construction... near Five Mile Dam.
  i·ro·ny - [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] –noun, plural -nies.
  This photo has me thinking of breaking into song... so instead of me.. I'll give you a little TLC
  On an off note, I'm very happy to see this waterfall back. Tomorrow I'll post a photo from an angle you may recognize from a previous post...
  February is Dental Month!!! Woo-Hoo! Hurray K-9 Canines!
  One would hope that this sign means 15% off services...
  I started a new job on Monday... and I'm still in training.
  Get it? Train-ing?
  It's really funny if you think about it... but if you have to think about it... um... maybe not.
  Today is my birthday... so I'll just say.. this is your moment of Zen for the day... a man walking his dog on a hill....taken near the Plum Creek Lake.
  Posted by Sean Claes at 6:44 PM
  After reading this sign all I have to say is thank God this is a catch and release lake. I know I've never fished for residents though...
  I would have had a Kyle Daily Photo earlier but I was caught by the train.
  People who live in this area are more than aware of this scenerio. Actually, my wife works in San Marcos (which is the town about 5 miles south of Kyle...as Austin is about 15 miles North) and often gets caught by the SAME train in both cities. Talk about mildly annoying.
  I wonder what these cars are carrying?
  Habitat For Hum...um... Fishanity
  I could write a whole bunch about this photo that I took last Saturday... but I already have. If you click on the photo..it's linked to a story I wrote that is in this week's Hays Free Press newspaper.
  No big silhouettes
  Even though that gas station was tolerant of FUELMAN...it was not happy for employees to drive big trucks... or apparently RVs... or something. Other people could... but NO RVs for employees!
  I guess that would condone sleeping on break-time or something.
  *by the way... for anyone wondering who Fuelman is... it's not a who.. its a what. http://www.fuelman.com