PICTURE POST II!

[B.J.]

Fantastic!

That's after the ice storm we had here. Wife and I were leaving on Christmas Eve to visit my folks in Pennsylvania, and the sun was making everything glisten like crystal. I took this picture through the driver side window of the car while at a red light--wish I'd time to take more pictures.

AAAH! It's the Crystalline Entity!

 

[Saturn0660]

A quick Xmas pic.

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Lovely photo!!!

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Fun! Is that guy in red a close relative?

 

[cooleddie74]

That's a classy and very pretty family photo. I like the fancier trim on that Santa's outfit.

 

[auntiehill]

Moody Garden's Festival of Lights:

 

[auntiehill]

Moody Gardens Aquarium and Rainforest Pyramid:

 

[cooleddie74]

Very pretty and very cool!

 

[auntiehill]

Thanks! Here's a few from the Space City Convention:

 

[Greylock Crescent]

Wow! What vivid photos! Awesome! The lights remind me of my old Lite-Brite toy when I was a kid!

Especially this one:

 

[auntiehill]

^It's my crappy point-and-shoot camera. The colors were really bright. Plus, a lot of the light displays had a "movement" effect. It was really something. Well, it kinda had to be, since they charged 6 dollars for it. But I really enjoyed it. One of my favorites was this one, which was out in the water:

 

[TheSeeker]

My wife snapped this one of my daughter doing her toddler yoga video last night before bed. It gave me a chuckle.

And bath time a few night ago.

As you can see I have become an Instagram addict.

 

[auntiehill]

^Very cute!

Here's some shots of the Moody Gardens Hotel.

View at sunset

lobby

 

[An Officer]

^ Looks like a fabulous place!

 

[auntiehill]

^It was. It was a great place to stay--in the off-season, that is.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

What's that huge pyramid thing?

 

[Saturn0660]

Fun! Is that guy in red a close relative?

Oddly no, He's the father of Co-Worker. We always do a pics with Santa every year. He's a good guy like that.

 

[Saturn0660]

Just a bit chilly..

It's better like this..

 

[auntiehill]

What's that huge pyramid thing?

That's the Aquarium pyramid at Moody Gardens. One is the aquarium, one is a "rainforest" exhibit (and also 3D nature films) and the other is a children's museum and houses a movie ride. The hotel and convention space is right across the parking lot.
Here's the daytime view from our hotel room:

It's a tourist attraction mostly geared towards kids & families, but I'm a sucker for anything with animals. Hubby went to the convention but it was mostly centered on B5. So, I let him go while I did all the touristy stuff. The hotel was awesome, but I think, if we had to pay peak season rates, we would have never been able to afford it.

 

[M'Sharak]

That's a rather nifty old building.