AIG Tower with Flag at half-mast and The Royalton

Buffalo Bayou at Shepherd Bridge looking East 

Memorial Drive near Shepherd - AIG Tower - The Royalton 

St. Thomas High School - Memorial Dr at Shepherd

ST. THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL ART DECO BUILDING WITH INSCRIPTION

Memorial Drive at Shepherd 

ST. THOMAS HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDED 1900 - BASILIAN FATHERS 

 4500 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77007 

St. Thomas High School Texas Historical Commission Marker 

Clay-Storey Hall at St. Thomas HS 

Memorial Drive underpass at Shepherd - AIG Tower and The Royalton and Downtown Skyline in the distance 

First bluebonnets spotted in Memorial Park: March 5, 2014 (and other early bloomers)

First Bluebonnet on Memorial Drive, spotted March 5, 2014

Not quite yet -- Bluebonnet Season, but they are on their way. Here is a pic of an early one on the embankment of Memorial Drive near the railroad trestle bridge in Memorial Park, a known bluebonnet habitat. There will be many more on the meadow between Woodway and Memorial where the rusty iron sculpture is most notable landmark, and on the corner of Memorial and Loop Drive / Jogging Trail, which is a designated wildflower area. There is even a sign in place to mark the grassland that has already turned a lush green again and will soon be dotted with blue and red specks to ring in the arrival of Spring with vibrant colors. 

There are other blooms and blossoms to enjoy already, not to mention colorful berries from last fall's crop that have been passed up by the birds, and defied the wintery weather. 

Blooming rosebud twigs over Memorial Drive

Fonde Rec Center Sabine Street

Fonde Recreation Center - City of Houston Facility at Sabine St with Downtown Skyline

Shell Plaza and Wells Fargo Tower with zoom across Fonde Rec Center at Sabine St and Memorial

110 Sabine St  Houston, TX 77007 - Fonde Rec Center with President Bush Mural

Buffalo Bayou at Memorial and Bagby

Horse-drawn carriage at intersection of Memorial Drive and Bagby
at Bayou  Place underpass

Some elements of the cityscape on the bayou are blue, but it's not normally the surface of Buffalo Bayou.

Blue street signs at Memorial Drive at Bagby

Buffalo Bayou at the curve in the Theater District

Buffalo Bayou at dusk with Aquarium entertainment complex in the background

Memorial Drive is not for Pedestrians