These beautiful Cicada’s are so rare in Houston these days. It was nice to see one this evening and have him/her so gracefully pose for a photo shoot.
A Moment along the Coast
Posted: August 21, 2013 in PoetryTags: beach, coast, Love, ocean, Poetry, Romance
A Moment along the Coast
2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.
As the sea mist blows across our skin
And the moonlight lights the way
Your warm beautiful body against mine
Is perfect in every way
The waves wash ashore with musical sound
As the warm water hits our feet
Your lips are moist and sensuous
Your eyes and my eyes meet
So before the sun rises above our head
And this moment passes us by
Let’s embrace with a passionate kiss
To remember this beautiful night
The Awesome Bayan Tree
Posted: August 21, 2013 in PhotographyTags: banyan tree, Digital photography, Photography, The Great Banyan, Tree
When I stumbled across this tree on the internet my initial reaction was,”Wow! Majestic.” I am just always thrilled by all the amazing things our world has to offer. Here is the Awesome Banyan Tree.
Photo borrowed from Wiki Commons.
Bonfire in the making or Outdoor Shelter?
Posted: August 20, 2013 in PhotographyTags: Bonfire, Digital photography, hiking, Outdoor shelter, Photography, shelter
This is actually an outdoor shelter that I stumbled across while walking a trail. It is not a very good one, but some protection is always better than no protection from the elements.
Colorful Bark
Posted: August 20, 2013 in PhotographyTags: Bark, Digital photography, Photography, Tree
While walking along a trail I notice this really insteresting looking bark pattern that I have never seen before. I do not know what tree this is, but it has colorful bark. Perhaps one of you will identify this tree.
Bamboo and a Female Cardinal
Posted: August 20, 2013 in PhotographyTags: Bamboo, cardinal bird, Digital photography, Photography, Tropicals and Exotics
This is a photo of a female cardinal hiding in some bamboo that a noticed while walking along a trail. She is in the middle.
Woman are more likely to blame their partners……
Posted: August 20, 2013 in Family, HealthTags: Career woman, dating, Family, Home, Men, parenting, Relationships, Women
After reading this article, I found it enlightening because it is correct in so many ways. I did not live years ago, but something tells me that when men spent the majority of their day working and providing for their family, and woman spent the day taking pride in raising their children, cooking wonderful dinners, keeping the house in order, and doing traditional motherly work, their minds had less time to wonder, worry, compare, and want all the time.
With today’s society, a woman can have so many insecurities and baggage with no outlet for it. With the T.V. shows, a woman can formulate her values based on what she thinks is cool by what is presented to her. She can also get her values from her friends. The wrong group of females can take a woman down the wrong path A.S.A.P. A woman can believe that she should not work, do anything within the home, and her life is to shop, relax, and run around all day, while she searches for a man to tolerate or provide for her. If he doesn’t, it is his fault. Wrong men! That is a misguided woman. Whoa to the man with a woman like that, but unfortunately there are a lot of them out there. On the flip side, there is the career woman who thinks that because she is just as ballsy as a man, and she brings home the bacon, she has to do nothing. You really cannot have a career man and woman in the house that work all the time if there are children, unless you want someone else to be the parent. If you have no children, it can amount to a power struggle.
So men, do not tolerate your woman trying to blame you for her problems. Her baggage and insecurities are for her to own and deal with. You can lend and ear, talk, and perhaps make a suggestion men, but at the end of the day, what is in her mind is her problem. She has to fix it. Unfortunately, a woman can be very manipulative. She will try to make you feel guilty and work your mind into believing you are to blame. If it becomes an annoyance for you that is unbearable, let her go. Otherwise, she will just be poison in your veins.
Energy Drinks are Poison
Posted: August 14, 2013 in HealthTags: Caffeine, Energy drink, Health, Houston, Institute of Medicine, International Journal of Cardiology, news
People nowadays are looking all over for energy because they are drained. It is easy for one to have hope in a can or bottle, because that takes very little effort other than opening it and drinking it down. That is why most people lack energy to begin with on their part. They lack an effort to eat right, exercise, socialize, push themselves, and all the other great things God gave us to be happy and full of energy. So there is my blurb on this blog.
The latest on so-called energy drinks.
Studies warn against energy drinks before workout
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Always down an energy drink before working out because it seems to really
get the blood pumping? Think again, according to new research.
Houston cardiologist John Higgins tested the effect of a 24-ounce Monster
beverage on his own heart function and the effect of the amount of caffeine
in an energy drink on the blood flow of healthy young and not-so-young
people before and after a workout. In both cases, the results were
disruptive enough to cause Higgins to advise against pre-workout
consumption.
“Energy drinks really aren’t good for you anytime, but especially before a
workout,” said Higgins, a professor at the University of Texas Medical
School at Houston. “You should have water or a sports drink instead.”
In a July paper in the International Journal of Cardiology, Higgins reported
that his cardiac blood vessels became sluggish and didn’t open as well after
drinking the Monster beverage, compared to their function before
consumption. Cardiac measurements showed function was significantly
decreased at 50 minutes and acutely decreased at 90 minutes.
In an August paper in the American Journal of Medicine, Higgins found 200 mg
tablets of pure caffeine reduced the heart’s blood flow during subsequent
exercise by 22 percent among participants whose average age was 27 and by 14
percent among participants whose average age was 58.
Higgins suspects the culprit it is not just the caffeine but its interaction
with some other ingredient in energy drinks. He will try to identify the
exact cause in future research, he said.
Higgins, who said he wasn’t hardcore enough to test on himself the vascular
effects of the not recommended but still popular pastime of mixing energy
drinks and alcohol, will present his research on the vascular effects of
caffeinated energy drinks at an Institute of Medicine workshop in Washington
next week.
A Cabin In The Woods
Posted: August 14, 2013 in PhotographyTags: Cabin in the Woods, Digital photography, Houston, Photography, Texas
I took this photo while walking in the big Metropolis of Houston yesterday. If you seek you can actually find quiet serene places amongst the hustle and bustle that make you believe you are no longer surrounded by 4.5 million people.
