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FOCUS ON TEXAS
Typically Texan
By Dacia Rivers
The entries for this month's photo contest were especially diverse. Not surprisingly, the term “Typically Texan” means something different to each of us. Still, the photographs below definitely evoke the feeling of being a Texan-no matter what that might mean to you.
South Plains Electric Cooperative member Laura Bratton caught
this picture of her 5-year-old nephew, Jack Parks, showing
some love to horse Shorty. Jack is the son of Jori and Ron Parks
and grandson of Nancy Bratton, all of Paducah.
Sandra Stevens, a San Bernard Electric Cooperative member,
captured two of Texas’ most treasured icons in this picture taken near
Frelsburg. “After taking a few photos of this fellow, he started scratching
his nose with his hind hoof, and I felt that was the picture. Perhaps he’s
allergic to bluebonnets,” Stevens mused.
Ron Leadbeater took this photograph of the McNeil High School
Majestics Drill Team performing at a Friday night football game. Leadbeater
is a member of Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative member Dennise Richardson
took this dramatic landscape photo in Galveston.
Ilene Simerka, Grayson-Collin Electric Cooperative member,
sent in this image she took at Wildseed Farms, outside Fredericksburg. “What
is more Texan than the state bird, wildflowers and an old pickup truck?”
Simerka asked.
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COWBOYS is the topic for our MAY 2008 issue.
Send your photo—along with your name, address, daytime phone, co-op affiliation
and a brief description—Cowboys, Focus on Texas, 2550 S. IH-35, Austin,
TX 78704, before MARCH 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
May—Cowboys
June—Courthouses
July—Underwater
Aug—Country Roads
Sep—Perfect Pets
Oct—Old Houses
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