2011 Fall Cottonwood Festival

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Attendees rest in the shade near the Cottonwood Boutique and a fountain during the fall Cottonwood Arts Festival in Richardson on Oct. 1, 2011.


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Attendees view, purchase and participate in art during the fall Cottonwood Arts Festival in Richardson.

Easter lunch 2012

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Desert includes petite samples of creme brulee, lemon tarts, fruit tarts and strawberry Napoleons during Easter lunch at our home in Plano on Sunday, April 8, 2012.


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The Hancock family and Michael Ainsworth have Easter lunch at our place in Plano on Sunday, April 8, 2012.

Downtown Fort Worth

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One of the two 48-foot tall angels on the Grand Facade of the Bass Performance Hall appears to blow its horn in Fort Worth on Saturday, July 7, 2010.


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Fayrouz Hancock visits some sites in downtown Fort Worth on Saturday, July 7, 2010.

Catching up in 2012

If y'all haven't guessed, I'm forcing myself to catch up on old files this year. Some of these folders literally contain thousands of images to cull, edit, tone and (sometimes) caption before I make the slideshows.

Additionally, I'm still shooting assignments for newspapers, magazines and businesses while editing and publishing as many as three books each month. I also have two other major projects (unrelated to PJ) in the works.

Once I catch up, I'll start digging through my archive. As noted in December, I got a negative scanner and have several million images on the shelf.

Consequently, I have plenty of images to present in the future. Stay tuned and thanks for your patience.

Enough for now,

Dallas Zoo under new ownership

Boudreaux, a nine-foot-long albino American alligator, comes into the light in the Ghosts from the Bayou exhibit at the Dallas Zoo in Dallas on Sunday, May 30, 2010.


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The Dallas Zoo was recently transferred from city ownership to private ownership in Dallas on Sunday, May 30, 2010.

Named in this slideshow are:   Parrots, black-and-white ruffled lemur, ring-tailed lemur, collared lemur, blue and yellow macaw, great egrets, flamingoes, golden lion tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, spectacled langur monkies, Sumatran tiger, red kangaroo, Harpy eagle, bald eagle, Andean condor, red-crowned crane, tortoise, great anteater, rhino iguana, Oustalet's chamelion, veiled chameleon, Caiman lizard, Perentie monitor lizard, Fayrouz Hancock, albino American alligators, Mexican bearded lizard, Cape cobra, crocodile monitor lizard, Burmese python, collared lizards, timber rattlesnake, Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake, sailfin lizard, Asian yellow-spotted climbing toad, blue poison dart frogs, mandrill, African elephants, warthog, ostriches, giraffes, cheetahs and Boudreaux, a nine-foot-long albino American alligator.

A Co. 6/31st reunion planned

"OPFOR BRIEFING" by Patrick Farrell, Fort Irwin, California 1988

*** Polar Bears, Attention ***

This post is for former soldiers of A Co. 6/31st Infantry and/or A Co. 1/52nd Infantry (32 Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment OPFOR infantry) stationed at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California who served honorably during the 1980s (177th Armored Brigade).

A reunion is planned for late September 2012. We will rally in Las Vegas and travel to Ft. Irwin via vans or bus for a guided tour of the new facilities, tip a drink in Barstow to our fallen brothers and return to Las Vegas that evening.

Even if you can't attend the reunion, we'd like you to join our Facebook group and share your experiences. Please contact either Mark M. Hancock or Geoff Cottrell via Facebook to be added to the group.

If you're opposed to Facebook, there is also a discussion board on the 31st Infantry Association website.

These are some Attack Alpha soldiers we recall (not all listed) that are currently MIA to us. Please let Mark know about any additions or corrections:

Raymond (Buck) Babcock
Jeff Bell
Steve Blanchard
Mark Bourgeois
Dave Bramhall
LT Bryant
Graham Chapman
Dave Christopher
SFC Cooke
Christopher Denning
SGT Dillard
Tom Edwards
LT Nils Erickson
SGT Garza
PFC Garrett
James Goddard
Jim Gray
CPT Paul Hurley
Raymond Isaacs

LT Jenkins 

Donald Jones
Kurt Keating
Melvin King
SSG King
"Kiwi"
Dominic Lanzillo
Perry Lee
PFC Luther
Mallory
Michael (Mike) Martin
SGT Martinez
John Mays
CPL Morales
Jim Nelson
Todd Nelson
David Osadcsuk-Torres
Karl Painter
Mike Parker
Parman
SSG Peterson
Steve Petrosky
Dave Powell
Dan Pucket
Ray Richardson
SGT Ricker
LT Ruddel
LT Seaman
PFC Smith (2nd Plt.)
Richard Stamper
Steen
Bradley Stem
1SG Donald Stroupe
SSG Taylor
Troy Turner
SSG Uzzle
Mike Warren
PFC Watson
SSG Weaver
Keith Williams
PFC Wolf
Tod Young
SFC William Young
SGT Spiker


These are some Polar Bears that will be missed forever.

Phillip Albert
Terry Blanford
Steve Busch
Larry Caudy
Mack Garret
Col. Jerrell E. Hamby
Greg Nicholson
Ron Paiva
Don Worland

Pro Patria! For Country!

Corpus Christi Shoreline Blvd.

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A vendor awaits customer during the Buc Days carnival in Corpus Christi on Sunday, April 25, 2010.


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Activities happen from sunrise past sunset along Shoreline Blvd. in Corpus Christi during the annual Texas International Boat Show and Buc Days Festival.

Texas State Aquarium

An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin swims at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi on Sunday, April 25, 2010.


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"Vida De Parranda" © Tekumbe / tekumbe.com


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Fish swim at the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi.

Featured in this slideshow are:   Fayrouz Hancock, Hans the tiger shark, sea turtles, a flounder, seahorses, a slipper lobster, a toadfish, a striped burrfish, an alligator, roseate spoonbills, egrets, a hawk-headed parrot, a prehinsile-tailed procupine, an arawana fish, prianhas, a French angelfish, a stingray, a great barracuda, an Atlantic sea nettle, a comb jellyfish, a northern sea nettle, moon jellies, Pacific sea nettles, Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and North American river otters.

Scarborough Faire 2010

The Flaming Idiots (Gyro, Pyro and Walter) returned from New York to perform a special anniversary act at Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie on Saturday, April 17, 2010.


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Scarborough Faire villagers participate in actvities during the annual Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie.

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Named in this slideshow are:   The Flaming Idiots, Pyro, Gyro, Walter, Don Juan, Miguel, King Henry VIII, Queen Anne Boleyn, Suellen Moline and Fayrouz Hancock.

Butterfly House

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A tiger butterfly rests at Smith Sammons Butterfly House and Insectarium at Fair Park in Dallas on Sept. 26, 2009.


Butterflies frollic at Smith Sammons Butterfly House and Insectarium at Fair Park in Dallas.

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