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FOCUS ON TEXAS
Country Roads
By Camille Wheeler
Country roads lead us home, and readers went the extra mile in submitting their favorite photographs this month. So sit back and let us do the driving as we tour some of the prettiest roads—and scenes—in Texas.
Both the caliche road and blue sky seem to go on forever as Quade Anderson, 2 years old in this photo, does some exploring on his great-grandparents’ ranch north of Lampasas. Quade’s mom, Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative member Tracy Anderson, snapped the photo.
Redbud tree blossoms decorate a dirt county road in this photo submitted by John N. Morgan Jr., a Houston County Electric Cooperative member. “Driving up the redbud-adorned hill near my home is a rare, fleeting springtime blessing that my family and neighbors anticipate each spring,” he said.
Rosemary Galloway, a Pedernales Electric Cooperative member, took this photo between Llano and Castell as the sun cast its final light of the day.
A windmill stands sentry over a lonesome pasture road on Eleanor Forgey Glazener’s ranch east of Canadian on the Canadian River. Glazener, a North Plains Electric Cooperative member, submitted this photo taken by her son, Jeff Worsham.
This ribbon of a road rolls away before bending out of sight in Washington County, outside Brenham. Courtney Sander, a Boston University student, captured the photo while home at Christmas visiting her grandparents, who are served by Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative.
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OLD HOUSES is the topic for our OCTOBER 2008 issue. Send your photo—along with your name, address, daytime phone, co-op affiliation and a brief description—Old Houses, Focus on Texas, 2550 S. IH-35, Austin, TX 78704, before August 10. A stamped, self-addressed envelope must be included if you want your entry returned (approximately six weeks). Please do not submit irreplaceable photographs—send a copy or duplicate. We regret that Texas Co-op Power cannot be responsible for photos that are lost in the mail or not received by the deadline. Please note that we cannot provide individual critiques of submitted photos. If you use a digital camera, e-mail your highest-resolution images to focus@texas-ec.org or submit on our website at www.texascooppower.com. (If you have questions about your camera’s capabilities and settings, please refer to the operating manual.)
Upcoming in Focus on Texas
Oct Old Houses
Nov Signs
Dec Costumes
Jan Odd Farm Equipment
Feb Silly Poses
Mar Caught in the Act
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