Denver, CO - Please welcome my new nephew, Jacob, to this world! Uncle Danny x2.

Austin, TX - Yep . . . sweet new shower head.

Austin, TX - Jason Lively, birthday boy. And wizard.

Austin, TX - The Lonestar State, plus one.

Bergheim, TX - Sunny blue sky Texas Christmas.

Austin, TX - My dad talks Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer into helping him refinish his deck.

Austin, TX - Poor Carrie is under the weather.

Austin, TX - Photo by Sam Baker . . . late night songswap at Sam's.

Austin, TX - Vanessa presents her beauteous painting.

Austin, TX - Vanessa Lively presents her painting at her album fund-raising party.

Austin, TX - The birds of Fiesta Market

Austin, TX - Easy to find, hard to return.

Austin, TX - Kicking back at home . . . a rare treat.

Austin, TX - Same bird feeder, by day.

Austin, TX - Bird house at dusk.

Austin, TX - Heaters on the outdoor patios. Mittens and ice water. Wintertime in Texas.

Austin, TX - Carrie's mom experiences her first breakfast taco.

Austin, TX - Big Hanukah party at my folk's house. Happy Hanukah, y'all!

Austin, TX - Carrie's mom hits town.

Austin, TX - Some holiday cheer and ambience from Vanessa.

Austin, TX - Rugged individual. Self-made man. Dude borrowing a cool chick's bike.

Austin, TX - Jason Lively . . . Pizza Chef extraordinaire.

Austin, TX - My mom and brother-in-law at a family Thanksgiving wrap-up party.

Wimberley, TX - Went out to celebrate the release of this year's spectacular Blue Rock Review. A really impressive literary journal you should check out.

Austin, TX - My 4 yr old niece gets a camera for an early Hanukah present. And immediately proceeds to take far more interesting pictures of parts of people than I do.

Austin, TX - My pregnant sister caught in an awkward candid moment of trashdom.

Austin, TX - I love pumpkin pie season.

Austin, TX - A lil something to be thankful for. Carrie opens the first box of her awesome new album. A big exciting gratifying moment for an artist.

Austin, TX - Got to go to my first UT basketball game of the year. Took a little sting off the football season.

Austin, TX - Carrie tells Lucy the story of Buddy, her childhood dog. You can't see wagging in stills. So imagine.

Austin, TX - A ceramic art piece by my buddy, John Barkley . . . part of the East Austin Studio Tour.

Austin, TX - A shot of Carrie from the stage at the lovely Rock Room Concert series.

Austin, TX - Nothing quite like kicking a man's ass with a dead snake Or ostrich.

Fischer, TX - Carrie doing a lil stompin' at Ricefest.

Fischer, TX - Paul experiences his first longhorn at Rice Fest.

Fischer, TX - Wes hangs out the window at Fischer Hall. Another wonderful Rice Fest weekend has come and gone.

Fischer, TX - John & Jenny at Rice Fest.

Fischer, TX - Peter Rowan & Tony Rice rock the Rice Festival.

Fischer, TX - Peter Rowan leads a rousing rendition of happy birthday to David Amram. 3 days early, according to Wikipedia. Sounded beautiful, though.

Tulsa, OK - Cool after-party bohemian house concert down the street from our house concert.

Oklahoma City, OK - Carrie, from the "stage" at the Feuerborn House Concert.

Dallas, TX - Got a nice little visit in with my brother and sister-in-law. Actual "law" too. Not just common law.

Dallas, TX - Bill Nash puts the finishing touches in preparation for the show tonight.

Austin, TX - Carrie pulls up linoleum with spirit, and safety goggles.

Austin, TX - Now that I'm old, I've been trying out candle bowl bifocals. They help me read the Denny's menu.

Austin, TX - We have new plaything for the week. Kitten-sitting for the neighbor. Figured I'd post it, cause I know how much the internets love cats. Lol. Omg!

Austin, TX - We built ourselves a little patio sitting area. You should come sit with us sometime.

Austin, TX - Avatar came back to the iMax in 3D. Carrie wants to wear her glasses all the time now. Vanessa wants to live in a tree. And Jason is combing Craigslist for blue girls in Austin. Powerful flick.

Austin, TX - Photographer extraordinaire, Rodney Bursiel, caught on the other side of the lens for a change.

Austin, TX - Lucy the Dog tests out our freshly cleared flower bed.