I may talk about the tragedy later. I had a couple of conversations, saw a few things, felt a great deal, but I need to process it. In the meantime, since we went there for something entirely joyful, let me stick with that for now.
Daniel Kost is Donna’s nephew, the youngest of two brothers. He’s an engineer, an artist, a good guy and a fine human. He’s been living in Dallas practically since he got his degree, so we don’t get to see him much. So when it transpired that he was getting married, naturally we had to attend.
The ceremony, though modified because of a sudden rainstorm, was beautiful.
Here they are, Dan and Ana:
Oh, and yes, Dan is tall. Six eleven and a skosh. Which makes Ana…well, taller than me.
The wedding was held in the Texas Discovery Gardens, which boasts a marvelous butterfly house. Of course I had to take a walk through it, and…
No, it’s not the only picture I shot, but give me time. (I have no idea what kind of winged beauty that is, but…)
Earlier in the day, we went to the Dallas Museum of Art, which is in (wait for it!) the Art District. They had an Irving Penn retrospective on. I’d never seen any of Penn’s work “in the flesh” before and it did not disappoint. While going through it, we came on a class. The instructor was giving the kids a primer in photography and she was very good. “When was the last time you took a picture? What did you take it with?” (Unsurprisingly, most of them had taken one with their phones.) She then showed them a range of different cameras.
The day after we arrived in Dallas, which was Thursday evening, we took a trip to Garland and the Stetson outlet store. So I am newly be-hatted as well.
Anyway, to end with where I began, another photograph of the newly-wed couple. Clearly they seem merely tolerant of each other and who knows how long this will last.
