Off to Carlsbad

I leave on Saturday to fly to Carlsbad. Val will follow in about a week. I'm just about packed and ready to go. It will be good to see Craig and his family.  Kathie was in a bad car accident and broke her leg and ankle in multiple places requiring surgery initially to stabilize things and then will require additional operations to make the ankle functional. The car was totaled and all the airbags deployed. She is lucky to be alive and we are all thankful for that.


Today was Stephen's graduation downtown Houston. This is a milestone. He is the oldest grandchild of all the Nies brothers (tied with Will, Boyd's grandson). Stephen has attended Stephen F. Austin high school, a good public school in Fort Bend County west of Houston. His HS class is about 600 students and the diversity of the class is quite amazing. I have heard that his high school is one of the most diverse in the country. As an example, Stephen went to senior prom last week with six other "kids" and he was a minority of one. The others were all the other colors. It is a reflection of what is happening nationwide, but here it is accentuated.  I think it is great.


I'm going to post a few pictures taken of my condo from across the lake and also to show a neat sculpture that we got at the local street art festival "the bayou city art festival" that is held twice a year in Houston. It is a wind sculpture and the slightest breeze will send it spinning. It is up on the top terrace and is quite mesmerizing. 


I will continue to post occasionally since several people have said that they appreciate it and it is an efficient way to communicate.

These are the condos. Mine is the second from the near end

This is the condo 

Fourth Floor Terrace with sculpture

Here it is on a SS curving base