Dallas highlights

Let's see...  there was the big state fair, with the big-ass ferris wheel...

...and a big butter sculpture...

...and big helpings of fried okra...

...and a big scary talking cowboy statue...

...and big dances.

Then there was the Crow Collection of Asian Art.  Also big.

Big steaks and big plates of barbecue.

Yes, that's more fried okra.  Shut up.

Big jewelry.

Mostly big crosses.

Dealey Plaza, of course.  And the Sixth Floor Museum.

Helpful signage

Big conspiracy theories.

Colleague #2 spent quite a bit of time discussing the LBJ-was-behind-it one
with this guy who's written all about it.

Big buildings and big sky.

There were several big keynote speakers at the conference (I actually did cram in five days of work-related stuff).

That Temple Grandin, she hangs out with some pretty cool people.

I'm just sayin'.

 Oh, and there were some big baseball games going on, too. 

Now I am home, and this is what's happening this late October morning:

And so it begins.

Everything else here in Maine might be on a smaller scale, but we sure do know how to throw a big winter.