After delivering Peach Macaroon to the Williams Tower Gallery on Saturday, the 14th, my husband, Tim, and I drove down for the reception again on Wednesday, the 18th.  This time we decided to stay overnight near the gallery. 

As always, I very much enjoyed the reception and the opportunity to meet new people and visit with some I already knew.  It was an excellent show with a lot of strong work.  All the works were juried in by  Jose Esparza Chong Cuy, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the show was curated by Sally Sprout, curator of the Williams Tower Gallery. 

I wondered what the Assistance League of Houston is and I was glad to find out.  They are a volunteer philanthropic organization that seeks to provide educational help and support to the disadvantaged of the Houston area.  Programs include providing school uniforms to Houston students, a volunteer reading program and a scholarship program, among other things. 

The show, Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art is an annual show they put on every year.  It serves as a fund raiser for the Assistance League and also as a support for Texas artists as three cash awards are given out by the juror every year.  All in all, I very much appreciate what the Assistance League of Houston does and I'm proud to have been able to participate in the show this year.  http://www.assistanceleaguehou.org/ps.home.cfm?ID=2466

The next day we traveled back home but since we had all day, we took our time.  We decided to make a stop outside Huntsville at the very large statue of Sam Houston that is visible as you travel I-45. 

After a few minutes at the Visitor's Center, we walked a short, wooded trail to the statue.  Along way we found a small amphitheater for outdoor presentations with Sam Houston's oversized face as a back drop.  After that, we decided to take an unplanned trip in to Huntsville to see Sam Houston's Grave but first we had lunch at Patio on the Square Cafe. 

After that we set out to find Sam Houston's Grave on foot as the distance wasn't long.  We were confident that google maps would get us there.  It did, sort of.  It took us the long way to the wrong end of the cemetery along some of the rougher streets of the downtown area.  Thankfully, we found our way back to our car by a better way!

No road trip would be complete without a good glass of wine so we made one more stop along the way home.

We stopped at Angelita Vineyards and Winery.  We enjoyed tasting their wines and then went home with a bottle of their American Zin.  Of course, by the time I got around to taking a picture of the bottle, it was empty.  We were served by a very nice young lady who works at the winery while also going to college.  She eventually hopes to get a business degree and then open her own coffee roastery.  I hope to hear of her again in North Texas, fulfilling her dreams!