Raqib Shaw
1 photo
My Artworks
5 photos
Shanghai
12 photos
Christmas 2022
2 photos
Christmas 2021
5 photos
Adopted (formerly Foster) Family
54 photos
I initially planned to get all these cats adopted but wound up keeping four! Only one kitten got a new home.
Winter Storm 2021
12 photos
Our traumatic bout with Winter Storm Uri, caused by the polar vortex, which brought days of snow, ice, and freezing temperatures to Texas in February of 2021.
Rainbow Tunnel at Kinder Bldg, MFAH, Houston
12 photos
A permanent installation by Olafur Eliasson
"Sometimes a Tunnel is also a Bridge," opened November 2020
Roscoe
2 photos
Spooky
11 photos
On My Walks
20 photos
Infinity
12 photos
Phoenix
23 photos
Visit to Arizona for a conference Oct. 2019
Christmas 2018
1 photo
Toronto
7 photos
Michigan Fall 2018
23 photos
Fizzy
50 photos
Fizzy came to visit awhile in March 2018, but we love each other a lot and so now he's staying here for good!
Meow Kitty
34 photos
Meow is a Siamese-Manx mix who came to live with me in March, 2018, at the age of 10, because her person could no longer keep her. She is very loud and demanding and cute!
Armani
28 photos
FosterKittens2
20 photos, 2 videos
Four little darlings I fostered in September 2017. All were adopted!
Australia July 2017
8 photos
Foster Kittens
18 photos
Galveston Winter 2016-17
26 photos
Leo (now Teddy)
39 photos
My new kitten in the holiday season 2016.
Indiana Summer 2016
6 photos
Korea July 2016
19 photos
London 2016
1 photo
China
28 photos
Visit in May 2016 to give lectures at Nanjing University
Galveston Winter 2015
11 photos
Savannah
9 photos
Galveston 2015
26 photos
Christmas 2014
18 photos
Syracuse
4 photos
San Antonio
4 photos
Banff National Park
7 photos
Vacation2014
10 photos
Indiana and Michigan to see family and old friends from high school and college.
Bergen 2014
10 photos
Trondheim
8 photos
Visit to a conference in Trondheim, Norway, in early May, 2014.
Spring 2014
3 photos
Galveston Winter 2013-14
41 photos
Christmas 2013
13 photos
Feral Feline Retreat
2 photos
A shelter group in Houston that tries to spay mama kitties, while taming their kittens and finding them homes.
San Diego
4 photos
Visit to San Diego October 27-November 3, 2013, for the annual conference of the American Society for Aesthetics.
Lviv
5 photos
Beautiful old city in Ukraine
Krakow
10 photos
Fourth of July
3 photos
Michigan June 2013
25 photos
Bergen, May 2013
10 photos
Hugo
61 photos
Christmas 2012
14 photos
Galveston Winter 2012-13
24 photos
Trip to Lubbock
5 photos
Christmas 2012
1 photo
North in November
16 photos
Up north for the sad occasion of my cousin's death.
International Quilt Festival
8 photos
St. Louis
13 photos
Wortham Theater
3 photos
Where the opera and ballet perform in downtown Houston.
Lucky
56 photos
Lucky was a feral kitten who appeared out in our courtyard. I tempted him inside with food and he played with Hugo and has lived here ever since.
Hip Replacement 2012
13 photos
Santa Fe 2012
9 photos
Older Kitty Couple
83 photos
Gabriel and Xena, from Friends for Life. They were much loved and 10 years old when their human died. I am taking care of them while they get adjusted to their new circumstances.
Update: February...
New York June 2012
8 photos
SCSMI conference at Sarah Lawrence and NYU.
Iceland
29 photos
Norway June 2012
26 photos
FFL new shelter Grand Opening
24 photos
The no-kill animal shelter I volunteer for opened its amazing new shelter on June 2, 2012, with speeches and visits by dignitaries including Astros baseball voice Milo Hamilton, Mayor Annise Parker,...
Boston Feb 2012
16 photos
Hugo the Kitten
73 photos, 1 video
Chicago APA 2012
5 photos
Christmas 2011
14 photos
Miami
10 photos
Galveston Winter 2011-12
52 photos
Uluru (Ayers Rock)
25 photos
Canberra
20 photos
Taronga Zoo
6 photos
In Sydney, Australia
Sydney
23 photos
Tampa
1 photo
Annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics at the Sheraton Riverwalk in Tampa, October 2011
Zombie Walk
12 photos
An annual event which in 2011 was a fund-raiser for Friends for Life No-Kill Animal Shelter.
Texas Contemporary Art Fair
4 photos
www/txcontemporary.com
Up North
8 photos
A trip to Traverse City, Charlevoix and Petoskey, September 2011
Lakeside Park
7 photos
Fort Wayne, Indiana, established 1908
Chelsea/Ann Arbor
9 photos
Lexington/Croswell
8 photos
Pierport 2011
9 photos
Indiana Summer 2011
35 photos, 1 video
Food in Spain
20 photos
Art in Spain
5 photos
Museums, artworks, paintings, sculptures, etc. seen during my visit to Murcia and Andalucia in July, 2011. (NOT including buildings, such as cathedrals, mosques, etc., which are instead grouped by...
Cartagena
33 photos
Visit to Cartagena, Spain, ancient city founded by the Carthaginians, for a conference in July, 2011
Cordoba
14 photos
Seville
25 photos
Granada/Alhambra
44 photos
Fire
7 photos
Willow
103 photos
Tortie kitty, fearless, with a black mask and a constant expression of amazement on her face. Sweetie.
Spain Trip 2011
1 photo
Minneapolis Trip
2 photos
Houston Spring 2011
10 photos
Barkus and Meoux 2011
7 photos
The annual Mardi Gras parade of animals in Galveston, a fund-raiser for the Galveston Humane Society.
Cheeky Visitor
5 photos
Chinese New Year
1 photo
Galveston Winter 2011
86 photos
Boston Dec 2010
13 photos
Discovery Green
12 photos
Discovery Green is a new park in downtown Houston.
Christmas2010
39 photos
Thanksgiving 2010
6 photos
Dinner with friends at Benjy's in Rice Village.
Moo-Moo Moods
13 photos
Moo-Moo is quite a silly kitty!
Las Vegas
26 photos
Victoria, B.C.
32 photos
Bayou City Art Fair 2010-11
20 photos
Old Town Spring
5 photos
A historic railroad town, part of north Houston, preserved and dedicated to crafts and antiques and other shops.
Sturgis, Michigan
29 photos
My home town.
Lamps and Lights
10 photos
Camp Allen 2010
8 photos
Honors Freshman Annual Retreat
Peach Pie
11 photos
An open-faced peach pie, made by my mother and me in an effort to re-create a recipe my grandmother used to make.
Summer Trip 2010
77 photos
Mary Ann's Kitties
198 photos
Kitties born in the back yard of my good friend Mary Ann. When she passed away, I took them in.
Lyndhurst
12 photos
A small picturesque village (and tourist location) in the New Forest in England, where I visited briefly in June.
London June 2010
15 photos
Moo-Moo Kitty
96 photos
I'm taking care of Moo-Moo, Samson's sister, while her human family is in the course of moving.
Ashmolean Museum
6 photos
In Oxford
Oxford 2010
24 photos
Canterbury Cathedral
28 photos
Tate Modern
28 photos
New Forest/Southampton
18 photos
Roanoke
21 photos
Roanoke, Virginia, in the beautiful Blue Ridge area June 2010
Graduation 2010
9 photos
Tomatoes
7 photos
Friends for Life
559 photos
Cats at the No-Kill Friends for Life shelter where I volunteer in Houston. Some of these kitties have already found a nice home but some have waited a long time, and we always have more! Come visit...
At the Zoo
16 photos
Houston Zoo on a rainy day in March, 2010
Chicago Feb. 10
7 photos
Shedd Aquarium
10 photos
In Chicago, Feb. 2010
Barkus and Meoux
16 photos
Special Mardi Gras parade for animals in Galveston.
Charity Cat Show Houston 2010
23 photos
Birds
25 photos
Birds mostly in and around Galveston.
Christmas 09
35 photos
Galveston 2009-10
73 photos
Snow!
6 photos
Snow in Houston is a rarity, and it's exciting for us. This was on December 4, 2009.
Thanksgiving 09
14 photos
At the Office
1 photo
Denver
25 photos
Trees
139 photos
Just trees, or parts of trees, from North to South.
Richard Hunt
11 photos
Chicago Sculptor whom I met during my recent visit.
Camp Allen
9 photos
Freshman Honors Retreat (University of Houston) at Camp Allen near Navasota, Texas, August 09.
Baby Cardinals
9 photos
Nesting in a bush next to my parents' front porch, August 09.
Michigan Aug. 09
65 photos
Chicago July 09
43 photos
Trip to Chicago in summer of 09.
Yale Summer '09
31 photos
Fireworks
10 photos
I took these photos at the Astros Friday night fireworks display last week. Imagine my surprise when I realized that my Panasonic Lumix TZ5 has a special setting for fireworks! I've saved them to...
Oxford May 09
16 photos
A quick visit to Oxford to see friends and meet with my editor at OUP.
London May 09
13 photos
Fiord Trip
20 photos
Bergen May 2009
46 photos
Bergen Norway, May 2009
Louisville
17 photos
Alumni Event
15 photos
UH Alumni Honorees Event at the Omni, April 17, 2009.
Vancouver
43 photos
Bayou City Art Festival
20 photos
Spring 2009, in Houston's Memorial Park.
Dogs
34 photos
Linda and Her Pottery (And Dog!)
14 photos
My friend and former student Linda with her adorable dog Samson and her beautiful pottery.
UH Campus
30 photos
Scenes from the University of Houston main campus. where I teach.
Spring 09
14 photos
Helsinki 09
48 photos
Discovery Green Park
6 photos
A new park in downtown Houston (late 2008).
Cat Show
27 photos
Houston Cat Club Charity Cat Show, January 2009
Alabama Gulf Coast
73 photos
Visiting my parents at their rental condo in Orange Beach, Alabama, near Gulf Shores, for Christmas and New Year's, 2008-9.
Christmas 08
26 photos
Dusty
299 photos, 1 video
Dusty came along to join the household in November, 2008 (born in July). Sadly, he crossed over the rainbow bridge on April 1, 2020, after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He is remembered...
Winter 08
4 photos
Cozy Cats
11 photos
Cats in or on
Quilt Show
15 photos
Halloween Party at Menil Park
4 photos
Yale Fall 2008
19 photos
A weekend conference with gorgeous fall weather in New Haven.
Pearl
149 photos
My neighbor's beautiful (and deaf) white cat.
Update: Pearl came to live with me in spring 2016--along with her famous white bowl!
Hummingbirds
13 photos
Hurricane Ike
45 photos
Michigan Trip August 08
97 photos
New Mexico
80 photos
Folk Art Market
25 photos
Santa Fe, July 14, 2008.
Yale Summer '08
9 photos
A trip up to New Haven for a conference in July, 2008.
Glyptotek Museum
13 photos
In Copenhagen.
Mama Sylvie
161 photos
Sylvie came in off the street with her little baby Socks and then she took two new orphaned kittens, Itsy and Bitsy, under her wing. The kittens were all adopted but Mama Sylvie still lives here with...
Bougainvillea
6 photos
Bergen, 2008
23 photos
Copenhagen
49 photos
Historic Galveston
9 photos
Homes in Galveston's historic district.
Calypso
7 photos
Beloved tuxedo girl, 1988-2003. Born from a feral mother in a friend's back yard, she was pretty wild herself for the first couple of years. She then settled down to be a fine feline friend and...
Samson
216 photos
AKA "Sun God Ra" or, in his more informal moments, "Sammy." Born in March, 2007, and came to live with me in early May. He is half-Abyssinian and a very sweet boy who loves...
New Haven in Fall
20 photos
House Guests
221 photos, 1 video
Mama Sylvie and Socks were neighborhood strays at risk on the street, and then along came orphans Itsy and Bitsy and sweet Sylvie fostered them.
Cappadocia
78 photos
A fantastic area of geological wonders and early Church history in Turkey, southwest of Ankara, where I visited briefly in July, 2007.
Camp Allen
12 photos
Where we go every year for the freshmen retreat of the Honors College of the University of Houston. It's northwest of Houston in the PIney Woods on the road toward Navasota. Every year the day seems...
Three Philosophers
12 photos
Me plus my students Jake and Victoria try out the ale from Belgium called "Three Philosophers." It was good! But I wasn't sure my self-timer was working. This makes for a rather funny fast...
Bosphorus
21 photos
Scenes from a one-day ferry excursion up the Bosphorus from Istanbul in mid-July, 2007.
Mosques and Churches
67 photos
Byzantine, Ottoman, and other, visited on my trip to Turkey in July 2007.
Food in Turkey
12 photos
Healthy and delicious!
Ankara
13 photos
Turkey's capital city--vast and spread out across the steppes in central Anatolia. July 2007.
Cats of Turkey
49 photos
Cafe cats, rug shop cats, tile store cats, museum cats, village cats, Istanbul cats, Ankara cats, street cats, feral cats, tame cats, sad cats, friendly cats, big cats, little cats, mama cats, Daddy...
Istanbul
81 photos
Just a few impressions of this fantastic, beautiful, and historically rich city, July 2007.
Yale Summer 2007
20 photos
A conference for university faculty and school teachers hosted by the Yale National Teachers Initiative in early July, 2007.
Flowerpot Cat
31 photos
Samson loves to sit out on the porch in a flowerpot.
Family Album
116 photos
My family, members both now and from the past.
Interestingness Collage
53 photos, 1 video
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Set automatically created by dopiaza's set generator on 8th January 2018 at 12:34am UTC
Kitties & Dishwasher
14 photos
One after another, kittens have been coming into my house and then into my dishwasher. It's like it's a law of nature. :-)
Samson Kitten
112 photos
Rescued with his siblings when found abandoned in a park in mid-March, fostered and bottle-fed by Karen and her family, and came to my home in mid-May.
Graduation Spring '07
1 photo
Lots of colorful attire and big smiles at the UH Commencement ceremony in May, 2007.
Wildflowers '07
9 photos
Fluffy
48 photos
His real name was too long, and I never came up with a better short name. He's a shaded silver Himalayan, and a sweet boy, who was my dear friend for 17 years.
Quilts & Textiles
43 photos
Oriental Rugs
40 photos
Usually with a cat on them.
That Vase
27 photos
Houston Rodeo
18 photos
February 2007.
Pelicans
12 photos
Taken in Galveston
Gems at the HMNS
14 photos
Gems from the Museum of Natural Science, Houston. www.hmns.org/exhibits/permanent_exhibits/smith_gem_vault.asp
Brazos Bend
19 photos
Wonderful state park about an hour's drive south of Houston.
Washington 12/06
31 photos
Visit to DC for a philosophy convention and some art visiting, with unexpected drama of a fire in our hotel (but no injuries).
Christmas 2006
30 photos
Fun in the Cat Tree
12 photos
Old cat tree/new cat tree. There's always jockeying for position.
Milwaukee Art Museum
20 photos
Visited in late October, 2006
Bergen, Norway
42 photos
Quick visit in October, 2006
Pumpkins!
8 photos
Edinburgh
37 photos
Scotland's beautiful capital city, visited in late June 2006.
Scotland Tour
238 photos
Late June/Early July, 2006
UK Flowers
46 photos
Gorgeous flowers seen everywhere on my trip to England and Scotland, 2006.
Oxford
26 photos
Brief visit in late June 2006
London
57 photos
England Scenes
16 photos
A few scenic places I visited in June/July 2006.
Kayla McKayla
464 photos
New addition in August, 2006, for my 55th birthday.
Kayla went over the Rainbow Bridge on May 8, 2021, age 15.
New Kitten 2006
43 photos
Happy birthday to me!
Just got her from the Houston SPCA, where she selected me by reaching out a lovely long white paw... Still waiting to learn her name.
Miss Mina
383 photos
Mina is the new addition to our household, mid-May, 2005.
Lucy
196 photos
My beautiful shy blue-gray cat. She was rescued by an animal shelter group from the flood during Tropical Storm Alison along with two siblings as they floated down a bayou on a little raft of twigs,...
Zoe
337 photos, 1 video
Classic brown patch tabby, and a sweetie!
Cleo
231 photos
My black kitty, who came as an adopted street cat in Washington, D.C., in 2003, at probably age 3 or 4. She passed on over the Rainbow Bridge on August 12, 2012, and will be very much missed.
Fluffy's Rug
8 photos
The adventures of poor Fluffy in trying to claim space on his new kitchen rug.
Tropical Birthday Bash
19 photos
Fountains
27 photos
New Camera
22 photos
Tests of my new Panasonic Lumix
Flowers
437 photos
Kids
118 photos
The only people pictures I ever take: little people!
Animal Friends
175 photos
Fur, feathers, whatever...a
Houston
236 photos
Cityscapes
Our Astros
27 photos
The 14-3 disaster vs. Cincinnati was on June 2, ugh! A more satisfying game was the 2-1 victory in 11 innings over Chicago on August 6th.
Orchids
57 photos
A variety of my own orchids and some seen at friends' or in flower shops.
Horror Movie
6 photos
My head is life cast for a forthcoming bit part in a horror movie.
Dinner at Kim Son
5 photos
We had a department dinner out at Kim Son Restaurant May 19th. Everything was yummy!
Spring Flowers
37 photos
Spring in Houston, March 2006
Tulip Moods
10 photos
Playing with a bouquet
Oberlin
10 photos
Home of Oberlin College, which I visited in early April, 2006.
Cat Play
13 photos
(meant to be viewed as a fast slide show)
Zoe and Mina tussle on the bed, driving poor Lucy away.
Museo del Prado
19 photos
The Prado in Madrid, visited in March '06.
Helsinki March '06
15 photos
A short trip to snowy Helsinki.
Spain March 06
29 photos
Visit to Madrid and Vallodolid, Spain.
Norway Jan. 06
44 photos
A short trip to Oslo and Bergen in beautiful but dark Norway.
Christmas 05
40 photos
Niko
14 photos
My friend Lynn's darling orange cat.
Cats
224 photos
My cats are best! But others can be cute, too. So here are other kitties I have met and admired.
Thanksgiving '05
12 photos
RISD Art Museum
10 photos
Selections from the RISD Musuem, Providence, Rhode Island, which I visited in Oct. 2005.
Michigan State
13 photos
Buddhist Sand Mandala
13 photos
Held on September 23, as Hurricane Rita approaches Houston, the ceremony seemed to help encourage us to feel tranquility in our relation to nature.
Calder's Crab
9 photos
In the sculpture garden of the MFAH, Houston; targeted by Flickerati during the Houston Flickr meetup on August 13.
Sculpture Garden
19 photos
At the MFAH, Houston.
Houston Flickr Meetup
23 photos
Meetup of Bayou City Flickrites on 8/13/05.
Catnip Party
9 photos
When all the cats get a bit silly...
Russian Museum
23 photos
Museum of Russian art (including Folk Art) in St. Petersburg; I visited there in August 2004.
My Faves
43 photos
My own favorite photos that I have taken.
Michigan 2005
69 photos
Vacation visits to northwestern Michigan and Ann Arbor, July 2005.
In the garden
21 photos
Outdoors around my house--the flowers are mine or my neighbors'.a
Food
479 photos
Things to eat, things I did eat.
Mother's Little Helper
13 photos
Mina cheerfully joins in on all the household chores.
Mina & the Toy Dog
6 photos
A busy kitten in a blur of motion!
The Frequent Visitor
10 photos
Ms. Squirrel comes to hide and then find acorns in my flowerpots.
Art Institute of Chicago
35 photos
Samples and scenes from a brief visit to the Art Institute, April 30, 2005.aaaa
Chicago
38 photos
Chicago in the Spring, late April '05.
Photo Hunt #14
11 photos
1. Market 2. insect 3.flying 4.miniscule 5.crime 6. harried 7.drool 8. ugly 9. behind 10. ingredient 11.benefit 12. yours 13.mine
Sunsets
27 photos
What it says... I may stick in a sunrise, but I'm not up to see many.
West Virginia
22 photos
A brief trip in early April, 2005.
The Green Set
26 photos
My favorite color... Turns up everywhere.
The Red Set
48 photos
Red is a happy color.
Galveston
97 photos
Scenes from Galveston Island
Ixtapa
54 photos
Mini-vacation in Ixtapa, Mexico, late February 2005.
Duluth
26 photos
My visit to Duluth in March, 2005.a
Photo Hunt 13
14 photos
1. still life at home 2. comfort 3. unwelcome 4. ornamental 5. time 6. money 7. bathroom 8. jumble 9. scary (A and B) 10. friendship 11. seat 12. sharp 13. onward
Texas Scenes
26 photos
Just what it says it ist--the always scenically unpredictable Lone Star State.
Michigan Scenes
34 photos
Beautiful scenes from my home state.
Where I Live (photo hunt 11)
13 photos
1. Tall 2. Old 3. New 4. Art 5. Music 6. History 7. Wealth (2) 8. Poverty 9. Shopping 10. School/Education 11. The Best View OF your city/town 12. YOUR favorite place in your city/town
My 'Most Favorited'
36 photos
My 36 photos most favorited by flickerites.
Finland Trip
43 photos
I visited Finland (mostly Helsinki) in early to mid-August, 2004.
Sites Overseas
3 photos
Travel shots mostly in Europe.
Photo Hunt 1: Long Word List
26 photos
THE LONG LIST 1.frame 2.glass 3.arrow 4.numbers 5.small 6.open 7.fruit 8.wheel 9.plastic 10.cover 11.natural 12.saturday 13.multi-coloured 14.Home 15.shadow 16.sticky 17.clean 18. foot 19.sport...
Photo Hunt 10: Colors
10 photos
1. Red 2. Orange 3. Yellow 4. Green 5. Blue 6. Violet 7. Black 8. White 9. Brown 10. Multi-colored
Photo Hunt #3
15 photos
Word List #31. Needy2. Dance3. Bright4. Pink5. Graceful6. Bent7. Rich8. Art9. Fast10. Triplet11. Zipped12. Play13. Woven14. Monotonous15. Surprise!
Photo Hunt 4 (Christmas)
12 photos
1. red & green 2. tree 3. star 4. stripes5. hanging 6. reflection 7. wait 8. gift9. new 10. joy 11. loud 12. after
February Photo Hunt
12 photos
01 Anti
02 Bold
03 Cold
04 Dull
05 Energy
06 Fringe
07 Gold
08 Hard
09 Intense
10 June
11 Kernel
12 List
Mid-January Photo Hunt
12 photos
1. Car door locks
2. collect
3. clean,
4. dirty
5. eyes
6. smiles
7 favorite
8 happy place
9 sick/medications
10 can
11 wood
12 movie
January Photo Hunt
12 photos
January Word List
1. Soar
2. Black & White
3. Generous
4. Quiet
5. Edge
6. Down
7. Plastic
8.Slow
9. Machine
10.Wish
11. Toy
12. Close-up
New Year's Photo Hunt
13 photos
1.Years 2.Creativity 3.Sale 4.Communication 5.Unity 6.Growing 7.Holes 8. Peek-a-Boo 9.Blowin'in the Wind 10.Stone 11.Fire 12.Spin 13. Power
Photo Hunt #2. Short word list: #1. Sugar #2 Fog...
12 photos
Christmas 04
30 photos
Photo Hunt 9
10 photos
1. White
2. Smoke
3. Word
4. Care
5. Space
6. Cozy
7. Handiwork
8. Ambiguous
9. Different
10. Begin
Me, Myself, and I
248 photos
Self-Portraits (plus some shot by friends)
Cincinnati
10 photos
Spring 2009 conference at U of Cincinnati
Canterbury
9 photos
Michigan Sept 2011
27 photos