Cherubs in the Kitchen

Participants in the 2009 Nacogdoches Tour of Homes discuss the art and decorations in the kitchen of the home of Linda Sisk on Deerfield Drive Saturday afternoon. A French frieze of cherubs sits above the kitchen range.

Smiles

Residents of the GODTEL homeless shelter in downtown Nacogdoches, Christy Cromwell, right, Korey Landry, center, and Elijah Balmore, 2, joke around with each other after a meal Tuesday afternoon in 2009.

Relax

Tamara Stovall, massage therapist for Nirvaana Medispa, gives a massage at the Nacogdoches Junior Forum annual Holiday in the Pines Christmas shopping extravaganza Thursday evening at the Hotel Fredonia in 2009.

That Time of Year - Shopping

Shoppers enter and exit the Nacogdoches Wal-Mart Saturday afternoon in winter of 2009.

Rick Perry at Hotel Fredonia

Texas Governor Rick Perry pokes his head out from behind a curtain on stage after giving a speech about the positive economic outlook for Texas at the 2009 East Texas Economic Development Summit in the ballroom of the Hotel Fredonia in downtown Nacogdoches Thursday morning.

***I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from my time at The Daily Sentinel before I go on my trip. I'm trying to get used to posting to this blog everyday. Here, Rick Perry jokes around after giving a speech.

***I'm not sure how many other photographers from The Daily Texan or UT still look at this blog but if you do and are not listed on the right then send me your blog address and I'll update the list with your name.

International Fashion Show

Anh Nguyen, right, an international student from Vietnam studying accounting at Stephen F. Austin State University, gets a last minute touch up before going on stage.

***I've had a great experience but now I am moving on. In my transition period I will be posting a few pictures from my past year at the The Daily Sentinel newspaper.