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FOCUS ON TEXAS
Landscapes
By Dacia Rivers
A state the size of Texas is sure to have a vast array of unique landscapes.
From flatlands to Piney Woods and from swampland to rolling hills, the many
faces of Texas landscapes offer their own distinctive beauty.
Magic Valley Electric Cooperative member Sarah Barnett snapped
this photo on the edge of her property in Lyford after heavy thunderstorms.
“We were doubly blessed as the sunset was reflected in the floodwaters,
so we got to see the beautiful colors twice,” Barnett said.
Comanche Electric Cooperative member Sandra McClure took this
picture on a camping trip on Pecan Bayou in Callahan County. “How can
anyone live anywhere besides Texas?” McClure asked.
Heather Zanek took this photo during a fishing trip on Lake
Buchanan. Zanek is a member of Bryan Texas Utlities.
Thomas Pesek, San Bernard Electric Cooperative member, sent
in this image of the Rio Grande taken from Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National
Park. “The solitude of the Big Bend region is the Texas of movies and
Western lore,” Pesek said.
Tabatha Tripp, a Greenbelt Electric Cooperative member, took
this picture of her horse, Strings Bright Echo, enjoying the
view 4 miles east of Clarendon in Donley County. Echo is a double registered
palomino quarter horse.
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SMILES is the topic for our APRIL 2008 issue.
Send your photo—along with your name, address, daytime phone, co-op affiliation
and a brief description—Smiles, Focus on Texas, 2550 S. IH-35, Austin,
TX 78704, before FEBRUARY 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
Apr—Smiles
May—Cowboys
June—Courthouses
July—Underwater
Aug —Country Roads
Sep—Perfect Pets
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