30"x20" acrylic on canvas.
In downtown Fort Worth, Texas, you'll find the Forth Worth Stockyards, where real cowboys herd cattle down the main thoroughfare twice a day, Originally a place where cattle was bought and sold, the Stockyards are now a tourist destination to immerse yourself in western heritage. Whether you shop for cowboy hats and boots, eat, drink, see live country music, and take in a rodeo. While visiting there, I sat outdoors in November, eating smoky barbecue and saw a man raise a goblet of beer an toast "to the republic of Texas!"