Single: The TubaMeisters

I spent Sunday afternoon up in Hallettsville (about an hour drive north from Victoria) doing a story on The TubaMeisters' show at the Hallettsville Cultural Events Center.

More photos, a video, and a quick article I produced can be seen here.

Tuba player, vocalist and arranger in The TubaMeisters quartet, Ray Grim, of San Antonio, introduces a song before continuing a set of traditional German and Czech music at the Hallettsville Cultural Events Center in Hallettsville, Texas on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Texas Rage in a Cage MMA Fight

Victoria Community Center in Victoria, Texas hosted the Texas Rage in the Cage MMA fights on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Fighters prepare by stretching and taping their hands in a back room at Victoria Community Center before the start of the Texas Rage in a Cage MMA Fights on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013 in Victoria, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Professional UFC Fighter and host of the Texas Rage in a Cage MMA Fight, Diego Sanchez, left, introduces the evening's scheduled bouts at the Victoria Community Center in Victoria, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Evan Ellerbe, left, lands a punch on his opponent Jordan Holy, right, during an MMA fight at Victoria Community Center in Victoria, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Ruben Aguirre, of Victoria, steps into the cage before the start of his bout against Carlo Avendano at the Victoria Community Center in Victoria, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Kody Perez, right, lifts up Jay Martinez, left, during their fight at the Victoria Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013 in Victoria, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Jay Martinez, top, attempts to choke Kody Perez, bottom, during their fight at the Victoria Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013 in Victoria, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Jay Martinez, top, punches Kody Perez, bottom, during their fight at the Victoria Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013 in Victoria, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Defending 125-pound Texas Rage in a Cage champion Jerry Dakota Stewart, of Harlingen, makes his entrance before his fight at the Victoria Community Center on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013 in Victoria, Texas. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Single: Purple Dog

Owner of Positively Stylin Dog Grooming Salon Cristal Parkinson, of Victoria, holds Diamond, who she rescued in August of 2013 and is estimated to be between 9 and 12 years old. "I donated a grooming to the animal shelter and then just fell in love with her," Parkinson said, who has been grooming professionally for 8 years and colored Diamond purple with a semi-permanent dye. "We named her Diamond, for "diamond in the rough", her personality just warms your heart." (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

The Beekeeper

Environmental reporter Sara Sneath and I spent this past Sunday afternoon with local beekeeper Craig Chang as he showed us the 11 hives he cares for on his property in Victoria.

Chang is a general surgeon by trade and started beekeeping as a hobby six years ago.

Check out Sara's article here as well as a few of my photos from the assignment below.

Wearing a veil used for beekeeping Craig Chang, of Victoria, holds a smoker which is used to calm bees when handling their hives on his property in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 29, 2013. "It's like tending to a garden," Chang said, "Except my garden can kill you." (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Craig Chang, of Victoria, holds a section of one of the 11 hives on his property in Victoria, Texas. In 2010, Chang harvested about 1000 pounds of honey off of seven hives that he cared for. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Wearing a veil used for beekeeping, Craig Chang, 46, of Victoria, prepares a smoker which is used to calm bees when handling their hives on his property in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 29, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Hundreds of bees crawl in and around one of Craig Chang's hives on his property in Victoria, Texas on Dec. 29, 2013. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Pictorial History of Victoria County Portrait

Victoria resident Harold Johnston, in tandem with his daughter Elizabeth Winn, recently reissued his grandfather Leopold Morris' "Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County" poster which features 40 notable ranchers from Victoria County from the 19th and 20th centuries. The poster page was taken from a larger body of work completed by Morris to document the areas surrounding Victoria, Texas. His book, "Pictorial History of Victoria County", featured maps, drawings and photographs and was published in 1947.

Here is a portrait along with a few other snaps from a recent visit with Johnston at his home in Victoria.

Harold Johnston, 76, of Victoria, recently began reprinting his grandfather Leopold Morris' historic Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County poster that originally published in 1947. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

The Pictorial History of Victoria County, published in 1953, featured Leopold Morris' historic Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County poster that originally published in 1947. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)

Harold Johnston, 76, of Victoria, flips through the Pictorial History of Victoria County, published in 1953, which featured his grandfather Leopold Morris' historic Pioneer Cattlemen of Victoria County poster that originally published in 1947. (IAN TERRY/ITERRY@VICAD.COM)