Rabindranath Tagore Memorial in Ray Miller Park

Rabindranath Tagore - Renaissance Man of India- First Asian to receive Nobel Prize in Literature

A Memorial to this revowned Indian thinker, writer, and artist was erected in Ray Miller Park in 2013.

Biographic information about Tagore on plaque at Tagore Grove
in Ray Miller Park 

Click image to link to Tagore Society Facebook Page

Ducks, Geese, and other birds in George Bush Park - Bird watch in winter

Winter in George Bush Park in Colors

Landscape appreciation out West past Highway 6

Silhouettes of dead tree limbs against sky at sunset

West Houston landscape in rusty orange hues at sunset in November

Lake in George Bush Park in November

American Beautiberry Season

Lakeside caterpillars and butterflies

Caterpillar at the Lake (Barker Reservoir behind the Dam)

Buckeye in George Bush Park near lakes on East end

It's November, but it's wet, and it's dragonfly season no matter what

Dragonfly Love

Lake in George Bush Park - Dragonfly Habitat

Rare Spoonbill sighting in Barker Reservoir area

Roseate Spoonbill (11/1/2013)

This remarkable bird is rarely seen in Barker and Addicks reservoir. Egrets and herons are much more common; as are white ibises, at least this year. This roseate spoonbill was spotted on the drainage channel on the city-facing side of Barker Dam near the Briar Forest/Noble Road parking lot at provides access to George Bush Park from Highway 6 on November 1, 2013.

Historic West Houston cemeteries and grave sites

Graves of members of German settler families in Bear Creek - Addicks area

The cemetery is US property because it is located on Addicks Reservoir grounds,
a project of the US Army Corps of Engineers

Koch-Schmidt Cemetery Marker with historical background info

Koch-Schmidt Cemetery South of Groeschke Rd is framed by large trees
and almost invisible from the park road to the pavilions, playground, and recreational spaces

Bear Creek / Addicks cemetery on SH-6 at Houston Farm & Ranch Club ground
with historical marker. Unlike two other nearby cemeteries inside the Addicks Reservoir,
this one is still in use.

Enclosed grave site at Beeler Family Memorial Park on Enclave

Beeler Family traces around Addicks and Barker, TX (Energy Corridor)

Beeler Rd - Street sign in George Bush Park at Equestrian Area Parking Lot

Amanda Beeler's leaning grave stone

Beeler Family Cemetery on Enclave Parkway

Pocket Park on Enclave Pkwy with site of old graves