Archive for May, 2008

Lady Bird Lake

May 31, 2008

With all due respect to the late Lady Bird Johnson and her family, I prefer to call it the Colorado River.  Just like I prefer to call it First Street instead of Cesar Chavez.  I don’t understand why people feel the need to change the name of something.  Why not just do something new?

Why I don’t do weddings

May 29, 2008

Because I’ve been near/to/in/around/the groom in one. I’d be standing up there, sweating in my stiff white collar, looking out across chlorinated water at perfectly-mown zoysiagrass. So close to the cool of the pool or the sublime goodness of playing a few twilight holes at Cordillera Ranch. That’s the first tee there.

Grey Rock Golf Club

May 17, 2008

This morning out at Grey Rock.

Another hole

May 16, 2008

Here’s another hole (the sixth) on the new nine at Comanche Trace.

Creeping…

May 16, 2008

…bentgrass, that is.  A blend of Crenshaw and L-93.  That’s what’s on all the greens at Comanche Trace.  This guy was the 5th green of the new nine.  Not sure what kind, but only about eight inches long, and obviously non-venomous.

Tuscan Village at Comanche Trace

May 16, 2008

The back patio of one of the homes in Tuscan Village at Comanche Trace in Kerrville, Texas.

New nine at Comanche Trace

May 16, 2008

This is the eighth green, looking southwest at about 6:30pm yesterday.

German Cottages at Comanche Trace

May 8, 2008

Inside one of Origin Homes‘ German Cottages at Comanche Trace in Kerrville, Texas.

The Broadway

May 5, 2008

Here’s a shot from what will be the 17th floor of The Broadway in San Antonio.  A Koontz-McCombs project.