Our adventures today started by taking a drive-by picture of the one of the nation’s largest public art murals in Shreveport, LA. It covers 25,000 square feet on the AT&T building. Visible from I-20, the mural is a unique and monumental time capsule capturing the people of Shreveport, their treasures, tragedies, and triumphs. It is entitled the Once in a Millennium Moon.

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In Carthage, TX we found a fourteen foot tall ‘Carry Me Jesus’ by sculptor Bob Harness Shawnee. He was inspired in 2008 when he read a poem entitled “Footprints in the Sand.” The story was written in the 1930’s. Interestingly enough, the man being carried is Willie George who gave Shawnee $25,000 to kickstart the project.

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On a lighter subject, we drove around town in Jacksonville, TX to take some pictures of concrete tomatoes. The town claims to be the Tomato Capital of the world. They want to place one on every corner.

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As always, we have an eye out for odd art. Check that cougar. He looks ready to pounce! Then there is the yellow man on a yellow bicycle. Today, he was sporting an American flag and the wind was blowing the in correct direction. He is located in Calvert, TX.

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Then we got serious again by going to a World War II POW camp and museum in Hearne, TX. Erwin Rommel was their commander who did not surrender. His Africa Korp did and were sent to this prison. Commissioned in 1942, it also housed prisoners from all three Axis powers. Today there stands a single replica of a barracks on the site of the former camp, which contains a museum. With lots of time on their hands many prisoners turned to art and music. One wood working project was supposedly etched wbyith using a magnifying glass to burn i. Wow!

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We finally made it to Danny and Beverly Custer’s home. Jorge calls it the Taj. It is beautifully built and sits atop a hill overlooking Belton Lake. In the evening one can see the distant city lights of Temple, TX.