It's been a while.

I've taken a break over the summer, but I didn't stop taking pictures. Here are a few of my favorites. To see all of them visit http://flickr.com/photos/mseymour/

First, the coolest thing that happened all summer was a baseball bat. I'm not kidding. Maddie, Tanner, my brother Garrett and my dad and I all went to the fan appreciation day Astros game. During the middle of the game Carlos Lee gave Tanner his bat! Totally surreal. Here's a picture of Tanner with the bat - he was a little self conscience.




My next favorite day of the summer was at the San Jacinto monument with Garrett and the kids. I was able to get a group picture with the monument in the back ground, then get a few shots with Garrett, the monument and the perfect blue sky.








Finally, mom and dad asked me to take some pictures of them on the back porch. I'm not pleased with how they turned out, but here's the best one.

Amarillo by Morning

It's been a while, but I'm back. I posted last week that I was heading to Amarillo for my cousin's wedding. Well, it was a great trip! I'm still trying to recover from the golf, beer, late nights, the beer and the bourbon, oh yeah, and the excellent food (yes, you have to recover from too much excellent food). I'll be loading a bunch of pictures from the trip, some that I think absolutely rock and others that are just family pics. If you're family and you'd like to see a whole lot more than I have here on the blog check out my Ryan's Wedding flickr set by clicking on the link. Check back over the week following this post because it'll take me some time to get everything uploaded.

Here we go: I've never taken pictures in an airport or on-board a plane before, so I really hoped they'd let me. Turns out it's no big deal at all.

Now why would they need to put a sign on the walkway telling people not to push it with the plane? I'd think it's just common sense to not push anything with a plane.

Southwest changed their seating procedure. You've been warned.

Ha-ha! The common man can take flying pictures too. Whooo-Hoooo!

So I get to Amarillo, pick up the rental and head to my brother's office where he's been working on a rubber band ball for quite some time. He's mighty proud of his work. What do you think?

Over all Garrett was a pretty good sport about the pictures. I drove him all over town in my quest to get everything, and he was a big help with ideas.

Momma Ruthie

Ruthie Portrait 2, originally uploaded by Mike Seymour.

Happy Mother's Day. Yeah, I know it's not Mother's day anymore, but I started all of this on Mother's day, so it counts. I seriously have to get faster at processing pictures.

Like any good son who lives relatively close I visited mom on Mother's day. Please understand, mom's not doing so hot compared to most others her age because of a funcky, ultra-rare, pain in the ass disease which basically killed her lungs. She's only with us now because of a double lung transplant she underwent a little over a year ago. Understandably, I thought I should get a few pictures while I was over and mom went along with it. She doesn't have the strength to put up much of a fight, so I was getting the pictures whether she wanted to or not :)

I hope you like the after effects on the photos, mom. I still have the originals, so no worries there. Also, I did a little touch up and air brushing - you're a regular model now. Lova ya mom; hope you had a good day. And, thanks for the steak and potatos dad!

Ruthie on the swing

Ruthie on the swing, originally uploaded by Mike Seymour.

Ruthie Portrait

Ruthie Portrait, originally uploaded by Mike Seymour.

Vintage Ruthie

Vintage Ruthie, originally uploaded by Mike Seymour.

Happy Mother's day, Mom!

Ruthie and Trampus

Ruthie and Trampus, originally uploaded by Mike Seymour.