Henley Heaven (2009- June 2010)

[Tessa]

Gaaah, what would I give for a bigger version of that. ♥

[Troubadour]

Mmm, thanks for the additions, Soda. I can't believe I left out the '70s porch one. That was my first avatar on The Border, and it's one of my favourites.

The long day was a killer, but these Don photos certainly helped me through. I promise I don't have some weird foliage fetish! I just think Don looks so at home and sexy when he's all rugged, surrounded by nature

Although, he looks pretty good on stage with a guitar, too.

[Glennsallnighter]

He certainly looks great both when rugged relaxed and surrounded by nature, and also when on stage in command of his guitar! But Lou, I'd say he'd look great to you even if he was in sack cloth and ashes, eh?

[DonFan]

I'm king of the world!

[DonFan]

Thanks for posting so many great Don pics, everyone. I agree with all of you about that wonderful interview! Most of you know I am a freelance writer (well, I was until most of the publications I wrote for ceased production in this down economy) and my greatest wish has always been to interview Don. That interviewer is the luckiest woman on the planet. *sigh*

I especially love this picture. It was for a magazine called Texas Monthly and Don was featured in an article called "The Texas Twenty--the most impressive, intriguing, and influential Texans on 1995." They included a little backstory about how that picture came about--the editor actually had one of those "Hey, has anyone ever shot a picture of one of the Eagles with an actual eagle?" moments, and he made it happen. Sequoia, the bald eagle in the shot, appeared courtesy of the Avian Conservation Center at the San Francisco Zoo, and they bragged on Don for being so sure and steady while holding the eagle as he rapidly flapped his wings.

In one of the quotes in the article Don says, "What I want to do is focus people's attention on the rapidly declining state of the world's ecosystem. Unfortunately that requires bait, and the bait is me."

He caught ME all right--hook, line and sinker!!

[AzEaglesFan]

WOW what great pictures. I wonder if the picture of Don and the cattle was taken on his land in Texas?

[Troubadour]

Aw, thanks for that, DF. Lovely read.

[Peekaboo]

Doesn't he? I can't help thinking that the tambourine is rather strategically placed in the first picture...

OMG!!! I never noticed that before. THANK YOU for pointing that out.

[Peekaboo]

Bringing it forward just to have another look.

Time to revisit my first Don experience in Oklahoma... Triple sigh...

[Peekaboo]

Some caps from a 1991 Caddo Lake interview... God, I love this clip!

















Lastly, she has a lot more self control than I do!

Those are soooo freaking hot!! Thanks so much for posting these, Lou.