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My Pictures

This page contains a collection of pictures that my family, myself, or other people have taken at various times.

Horseback Riding

In July of 2007, I began taking horseback riding lessons again. I've ridden a number of times before over the years but not on a regular basis very often. Here are some pictures that a friend took of me and the horse that I'm working with, a red roam horse named Rye. For the record, Rye stands 16.2 hands at the withers or shoulders.

Here I am about to start the lesson.

Here are several pictures of me brushing Rye. I've learned a lot about the different tools used to groom a horse. There's much more involved than simply bathing and giving them a once over with a brush.

Here I am riding bareback on Rye with the instructor leading us.

Here I am at the end of the lesson feeding Rye cookies. Okay, they're not real cookies but horse snacks; it was still fun though and something we regularly do.

White Cane Day 2006

On 10/11/06, there was a large celebration for White Cane Day in downtown Austin, TX. Here are a few pictures that I took of the event using my camera phone. I actually took quite a few, but due to restrictions of what you can and cannot publish online, these are the only ones that made the cut.

This is a picture of the state capitol in downtown Austin.

Here's a picture of a fountain the park where the after party was after the big march down Congress Avenue.

A picture of the 2006 White Cane Day t-shirt. Every year,a different shirt is made and sold to participants. I think that this shirt represented the event pretty well.

Sensory Safari

The Sensory Safari is a collection of stuffed and mounted animals that the Safari Club International puts together for blind people to explore and look at. The following two pictures are taken at this event at the 2006 National Federation of the Blind's annual convention in Dallas. I took these pictures with my Nokia 6682 cell phone running Talks, which is software that gives the blind person total access to the phone. And, as you can see, a blind person can even take pictures with their phone.

This is apicture of a black bear and me, with some animals visible behind us.

This is me standing beside a golden takin, which is from China.

Guatemala Pictures

These pictures were taken by both of my parents at different times, or by other people, when I went to Guatemala from August 17 to August 23, 2005. Since I was unable to post these on my blog, they will be posted here with the appropriate dates and photo descriptions. If you would like to read my journal on my Guatemala trip, then look for the entries beginning in late August and going to early September, 2005, on my blog.

Friday, August 19

In this picture I am standing in the hot springs with some greenery behind me.

This is a close up of me standing in the hot springs.

Here's the final picture of me in the hot springs, but this time, there's a wall behind me.

Saturday August 20

This picture shows Wayne and his Dad at their table in the Los Palmos restaurant.

Here's the second picture at the Los Palmos restaurant, of Wayne and his Dad, this time turned from the table.

This picture shows Wayne and his parents at the table in the Los Palmos restaurant. This particular photo was taken by the waiter.

This picture shows Wayne standing with the Antigua Arch in a distance behind him. The Antigua Arch has become the symbol of Guatemala and is what people think of when they hear the name "Antigua."

This picture shows Wayne standing on Fifth Avenue in Antigua.

This is a close up picture of Wayne with the Antigua Arch behind him.

Sunday, August 21

All of these were taken at the water park in Irtra.

Wayne's first attempt at crossing the lily pad.

Wayne's second attempt at crossing the lily pad.

This shot shows Wayne as he fell from the netting into the water.

Here's another landing shot, but with a larger water flume.

Here's a shot of my Dad napping wiht the caption: "Dad checking extraterrestial reception."

Monday, August 22

The first group of pictures were taken at the hotel's pool and slide.

This shot shows Wayne landing in the water at the end of the slide.

This is an underwater shot of Wayne landing at the end of the slide.

This shot shows Wayne's Mother as she lands at the bottom of the slide.

This last group of pictures is of the grounds and landscaping of the hotel in Irtra.

Here's a shot of the Irtra hotel and its courtyard.

Here's a shot of the hotel's gardens.

This picture shows a blue parrot.

This is a blue parrot that is turned to one side.

This shot is of a peacock on a rock.

Here's a peacock that's on the pavement.

Here's a peacock on the grass.

Here's a portrait shot of Wayne.

Here's Wayne (unknowingly) posing with some macaws. I say unknowingly because, I don't remember being told that the macaws were in the shot as well, :)

A distant shot of the macaws.

A close up shot of the macaws.

Here's the second hsot of the gardens.

Wayne in the Irtra gardens.

Here's a third shot of the gardens. Didn't I mention that my Mother likes taking pictures of gardens and birds? :)

Wayne in deep conversation with a topiary.

Here's a shot of the Mayan carved stones at La Democracia. We stopped in our journey back from Irtra at these carved stones, which were made centuries ago and have lasted since then to today. They were really awesome to look at and explore.

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