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Downtown – Tower of the Americas

The tower is the signature structure of the 1968 World’s Fair, international exposition. The HemisFair exposition was a celebration of civilizations in the Americas. San Antonio takes great pride in being a crossroads of cultures and business for the Americas, North and South. Today HemisFair Park continues to host important cultural facilities such as the Instituto Cultural de Mexico and Institute of Texan Cultures. Construction of HemisFair Park displaced neighborhoods dating back to the eighteenth century. Today the park is being redeveloped to recover some of the heritage lost by the destruction of those neighborhoods. The Tower of the Americas looks down on a vibrant downtown area that is visited by millions of tourists and locals every year.

Autumn Leaves

It doesn’t feel much like autumn here in South Central Texas. At least compared to places in the US above the Mason-Dixon line. A few minutes ago it was ninety-five degrees in my back yard. Well as they say it is Texas weather. Summers are hot and either dry or humid depending where you are in the state but the rest of the year makes up for that. In September the edge comes off summer temperatures and weather slowly cools until late November when daytime temps reach the mid to upper sixties. That is sweater weather in these parts. Northerners scoff at our thin skins but we just smile. If the weather is good we can take a day trip down to the beach in South Padre on the weekend. We like beach balls more than snowballs.

Mirrors

We see the reflection and are tricked into believing it is our real self. We see pictures and struggle to recognize ourselves. The reflection is the illusion we see every day. The photograph is foreign to our self image. We choose the imperfect reflection.