Western belt buckles belonging to Will Wright, chief creative officer at the Galveston Historical Foundation, and his family are a testament to his family’s love of riding and Western sports. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Winemakers Gladys and Raymond Haak show off some of the championship belt buckles their winery has won over the years. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Frank Maceo sits on a beach chair in his workshop on Galveston’s East End. Maceo makes colorful, classic beach chairs for anyone who orders from him. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Omar Mancillas, far right, looks up after catching a bull shark while onlookers take photos and admire the catch at Galveston Fishing Pier in Galveston. Once Mancillas realized what he caught, most of the anglers on the pier helped him reel it in. After pictures and admiration, Mancillas released the shark back into the Gulf. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Artist Boat has created a patchwork of connected parcels on the West End of Galveston to create its Coastal Heritage Preserve. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Saltwater-Recon President and CEO Urs Schmid, left, and longtime friend and company Vice President Broc Adams stand above one of their cameras mounted at Float Pool & Patio Bar in Galveston. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Harold Cash, who rode bareback on the rodeo circuit, is considered a rodeo icon and is in the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum’s Hall of Fame. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Eleanor Barton, from left, museum curator at Rosenberg Library, Kevin Kinney and Sean McConnell, both archivists with the library’s Special Collections, handle the rare book “Of Birds and Texas,” which contains detailed paintings of more than 40 Texas birds and landscapes by Fort Worth brothers Stuart and Scott Gentling. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
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Ice sculptors from China are turning 900 tons of ice into sculptures, tunnels and a slide for Moody Gardens Ice Land: Ice Sculptures with SpongeBob SquarePants, which will open to the public Nov. 15. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
On days when they’re carving ice, the 30 Chinese artists who have been working at Moody Gardens since late September crank up the heat — all the way to a balmy 17 degrees.