All Souls' Day - Time to Remember the Ancestors

Historic grave sites in Eldridge / Addicks / Bear Creek Area 

Graves of German settler families in Cullen Park

Beeler Family graves on Enclave Pkwy
in what is now a Harris County pocket park

Beeler Pocket Park with historic grave sites 

Koch-Schmidt Cemetery in Addicks Reservoir
near Groeschke Road

Grave markers at Koch-Schmidt Cemetery
alongside hike-bike trial in Cullen Park 

Addicks Methodist Church cemetery on Highway 6 at
Patterson Road / Bear Creek Pioneers Park 

Old Oaks towering over German grave sites of German settlers
 in Bear Creek Area  

Flooded Bear Creek Park proves popular with ibises

Sections of Bear Creek Pioneers Park are currently closed because of high water. 

The ibises, which unlike the black vultures are not seen as commonly in the reservoir, seem to like it.

American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

Two American white ibises foraging for food, which consists
 of small aquatic prey, such as insects, crayfish, and small fishes.

Colony of ibises foraging for food in flooded meadow

Expansion of bike trail system in West Houston for recreation and even for commuting to work

Northward extension of hike/bike trail from Terry Hershey Park to Addicks Reservoir
Construction under way (Feb 15, 2013 photo)

Turkey Creek - No turkeys, or even turkey vultures

Turkey Creek sign in the Energy Corridor at Memorial Drive

Turkey Creek with reflection of blue sky in water on a nice winter day
cemetery to the right

No turkeys anywhere to be seen around Turkey Creek. Better chance to observe turkeys -- not to mention Turkey Vultures -- at Bear Creek Pioneers Park. The black vultures are more common in the wild and can often be seen aloft (and circling the BP Westlake Building on Memorial Drive where they also like to perch). 

Turkey Vulture at the aviary at Bear Creek Pioneers Park

Wyndham Hotel - Energy Corridor

One of the largest hotels in the area
Changed its name from Crowne Plaza Hotel to Wyndham Hotel earlier in 2012

The Wyndham from across Katy Freeway (Grisby Road near Motel 6)
with a lot of greenery in the foreground

Wyndham Hotel with its neighbors: Cattleguard Restaurant
and Drury Inn and Suites

Looking up at the Wyndham from the sidewalk at Highway 6
Street address: 14703 Park Row - Houston Texas 77079

Wyndham Hotel night view from the East -
Strayer University building in foreground

Addicks Park and Ride Lot - Energy Corridor Metro Connection to Downtown Houston and Medical Center

Addicks Park & Ride - Left Exit sign on Katy Freeway going West | Katy Tollway

Overpass crossing Katy Freeway that provides access to and from Metro's Addicks Park & Ride Lot

North of the Freeway (I-10)