Portraits...

Bianca Torre could be one of this years MVPs in the Valley.

Ticket Sales...

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Single...

Quiet Moments...

It does Rain down here...

On the Farm

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As part of a learning unit on Farm Animals, Diana Gonzalez a pre k teacher at Sam Houston Elementary School in La Feria, brought her class along with 4 other pre k classes to her farm just out side the city, to experience farm animals and life on the farm.                                

Clowning Around at the Rodeo...

Not for Eating...

After a good fight Santa Rosa could not beat Ponder...

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Santa Rosa Boys Basketball Heads to State...

Fiesta de La Feria

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Karla Lomas (right) and Felicia Gonzales (left) wait to perfrom Saturday during the Fiesta de La Feria. The girls are part of the La Feria High School Baile Folklorico. 

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Pancho Figueroa with the La Feria High School Baile Folklorico gets ready to perform Saturday during Fiesta de La Feria. With the weather out side being rainy many of the festival goers came in out of the weather to see the folklorico group, belly dancers and jazz band.

Fishing...

Enrique Garcia hooks shrimp to his line at W.H. Heavin Memorial Park in San Benito, where he and a friend were fishing for a fish fry. Garcia has been fishing in the area all his life.

Grass Fire at the Harlingen Thicket Birding Center...

Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 - Two fires were sparked at the Harlingen Thicket Birding Center. 

The Shuffle

Basketball Mercedes Vs Romo...

Plaster Repairs...

Gonzalo Juarez (bottom photo) and Jose Alberto Rendon (in the rain coat top photo) spraying off plaster from one of the older buildings in Mercedes TX so primer and later new paint can be applied to the building  which is now Martha's Beauty Parlor on Texas Ave and Third St. 

Community Service...

These are boys from the Edna Tamayo Halfway House. They spent their Friday morning cleaning and clearing trails at the Harlingen Arroyo Colorado Birding Center. 

A Single...

Refurbishing...

Ok so I wish I could write a nice caption for these but since it is 12:00am and I don't want to go back to my office to pick up my notes. I will simply say this gentleman has been refurbishing and repairing furniture for 20 some odd years.

All this driving around looking for wild art has reminded me that as journalists, as photographers. WE get paid to be curious, what a privilege that is. I drove by this mans home/workshop and just walked in and started asking him questions. Luckily he was nice enough to let me hang out for a bit and shoot some photos. WE are very luck I hope even with all these layoffs and bad times in the media industry we remember that our jobs are to open the eyes and minds of others who might not be as curious as we are. Ok enough with the "WE" stuff...

Along came a Tortoise...

Andres Gonzalez visited Sam Houston School in La Feria Tx Friday bring along his pet turtles and tortoises, to help the pre kinder students learn about animals that have names that start with the letter T.

Todays work...

Students took time out of their school day to watch the inauguration of President Barack Obama Tuesday at Gutierrez Middle School.

Juan Angel Guerra Walks from the Willacy County Court House to the 13th Court of Appeals in Edinburg about 46 miles Tuesday, to protest a decision made by a Judge to throw out Guerra's inditement's against former Vice President Dick Cheney and a handful of other people.

Slice of Life - Neptune Cakes...

Cyndi Atkinson owner/baker at Neptune Cakes

Hunting Wild Art...

The on going hunt for wild art. The best part of the job!

The King Lives...

The Los Fresnos Music Festival, Formally Elvisfest. Personally I like Elvisfest.

First day at the Star...

First day at the Valley Morning Star. I'm working with some awesome people! Shot two assignments today, it was fun to get back into the swing of shooting full time.