Neighbors can count themselves fortunate that this roadrunner isn't a rooster that crows in the mornings.

Living the art - this is an artist's residence and studio in the creatively fertile neighborhood north of the Montrose, south of the Heights.

This is a folk art factory, Art Images By Delacroix, at 3302 Beauchamp. That's a few blocks south of Interstate 10, the Katy Freeway, south of the Heights area of Houston.

The luxurious vehicle above must be the Command Car. That's quite a space-age flying bridge topside.

This is the Beer Can House at 222 Malone Street, a few blocks north of Memorial Drive, and inside the Loop (of course.) Click the thumbnail picture above to see larger versions, or click here to learn the story behind the house. Beer - it's truly not just for breakfast anymore.

This ferocious praying mantis is one of several critters at Art Images by Delacroix.

Although Delacroix probably has a name for this vehicle when he drives it in parades, I I dubbed it the Silver Car.