Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts

01/02/2021

NASA INSIGNIA - Dallas, Texas


Johnson Space Center - is NASA's center for human spaceflight, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. It consists of a complex of 100 buildings constructed on 1,620 acres (660 hectares) in the Clear Lake Area of ​​Houston, which acquired the official nickname "Space City" in 1967. 
It is popularly known by its radio call signs "Mission Control" and "Houston".


 

14/10/2020

Greetings from Galveston Island - Garland, Texas


The residents of the island (the nontourists) classify themselves in two ways: born on the island (BOI) and islander by choice (IBC). “BOI” is cited in print from at least 1956 and “IBC” is cited in print from 1975.
Historians believe the island is where Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his small party made a brief stopover in November 1528, during his lengthy and notable survival odyssey.


 

09/09/2020

Alek Wek Sudanese model - Houston, Texas


Alek Wek is a South Sudanese-British model and designer who began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995. She has been hailed for her influence on the perception of beauty in the fashion industry. In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.  


31/08/2020

Large Letter Reprint - Houston, Texas


Nickname: The Lone Star State
Motto: Friendship

At the international airport. Rick Husband's Amarillo has the longest runway in the United States. The 4115-meter long runway was built to take off strategic bombers from there. The only city called Earth lies in the northwest of the state.


21/06/2020

#18 FOTW - Dallas, Texas, USA


The American Highway 550 in Colorado has become known as the Million Dollar Highway because its ground has been paved with a low sample of gold. 
Although the grizzly is an official animal of California, none of them has been seen there since 1922.
Snake Alley, the most curved street in the world, is located in Burlington, Iowa.
In Montana, there are 3 times more cows than people.


30/04/2020

Lantern Press 85233 - San Antonio, Texas


Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) in San Antonio is celebrated in La Villita Historic Arts Village. 
A Calavera is a representation of a human skull. The term is most often applied to edible or decorative skulls made from either sugar (called Alfeñiques) or clay.
Traditional methods for producing Calaveras have been in use since the 1630s.

In 2008, the tradition was inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.