Halloween marked the end of October, and what a gorgeous day it was in Central Texas! (This is why I took full advantage of a dog-bathing op). It wasn’t so hot the local kids were almost fainting inside their costumes (as if sometimes the case), but it certainly wasn’t cold. The next day found us [...]
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Changing Seasons
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Painting the Carport, part 2
Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I began this (and part 1, which has already appeared in the blog) as my newspaper column. It became much too long. I was forced to divide it due to space constraints in the paper. I closed with a joke about an exhibit of bulls —and a husband who landed himself in traction after [...]
Boating On Our “Lake”
Posted in "Growing up", Children, Family, Like the "Olden Days", Outdoors, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns, Uncategorized on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since I was a kid, I begged to take a little boat onto the tank here at the ranch. For all you city or northern folks, a tank in Texas (and probably other places as well) is a pond where animals drink. Sometimes they’re stocked with fish. With our tank as with many other [...]
Bees Arrive!
Posted in Outdoors, Pets/ Animals, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns, Uncategorized on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Story to follow. (Haven’t written it yet).
