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Emilio conquers Duolingo's Spanish Skill Tree the night before he starts 5th grade.
Estoy orgulloso de él.

Hot Shot!

Not afraid to shoot.
Fast to the break.
Emi has a sweet handle. Natural point guard. Look at that smile. Winning the Hot Shot championship in my age group at Midwestern University Basketball Camp the summer before my ninth grade year with a shot from the top of the key as time ran out was one of the highlights of my basketball career. This year's Hot Shot championship at East Central University: Emilio.

At the Dallas Museum of Art

We took the Trinity Railway Express to Dallas and then walked to the Museum.

Jan Vermeer's "Young Woman Seated at a Virginal"(1670–72) was the featured painting in the "Vermeer Suite: Music in 17th-Century Dutch Painting" exhibit.

"Under the Pandanus I (I Raro te Oviri)" (1891) by Paul Gaugin.

"The Icebergs" (1861) by Frederick Edwin Church.

"Pueblo Woman" (1832) by Emil J. Bisttram.

"Watch" (1925) by Gerald Murphy.
"Prodigal Son" (1939-1941) by Thomas Hart Benton.

The Modern and a Swim

"Wheelabout" (1985) by Nancy Graves.

"Wave" by Banksy.
"Diagonal of May 25, 1963" (1963) by Dan Flavin and "Untitled, Sculptural Study, Two-Part Standing Construction" (1978/2007) by Fred Sandback.
"Madame Psychosis Holds a Seance" (2015) by Rosson Crowe. Rosson Crow.
"Damascus Gate (Stretch Variation III)" (1970) by Frank Stella. >
"Jill" (1959) by Frank Stella.

Portrait of Emi's Hands at the Kimbell

"Portrait of Jacob Obrecht" (1496). Artist: Unknown.

The Carter and a Swim

I gave Emi a numbered Art Safari search list at the Amon Carter. The photos below show some of the results.

#10 = The Biggest. "Pasture Cows Crossing Indian Creek, Comanche, Texas, Looking for the old Civilian Fort of 1851, North of Gustine and a mile west of Baggett Creek Church" by Esther Pearl Watson (2014).
#7 = The Most Unusual. "Fantasy" by Reginald Lewis (1936).
#9 = The Most Complex. "New England Landscape, II" by George Morrison (1967).
#5 = The Newest. (Artist?)
We capped the day with a pool party at Ranch Bluff Court.

¡Visca Barça!

After a HOT week of practices with Emi, coach Adrian Ables told me he believes Emilio's vision ideally suits him to play the midfield. Adrian, a recent graduate of DePauw University, recently signed a professional contract to play midfield for NASL's Rayo OKC.