AFTER CHRISTMAS TRAVELS AKA PART 2.

Janet & I like reserved seating at Sam's Burger Joint. But first.... we drove to San Antonio and saw brother Brook. Hadn't seen him in so long and it was very nice to visit. Took no photos. Went to Josephine St. Cafe for dinner with Bruce (who lives in S.A.), George (who was there from Pecos/Pyote), Jamey, Mike & Janet (who were there from Kyle). Took no photos. Sam's Burger Joint is right next door so we walked over there and met Jamey's ol' friends Tod, Natalie and Mary who came down from San Marcos/Austin. We love that Dirty Ol' One Man Band....Scott H. Biram. A good time was had by all. Took no photos...except this one of me and Janet...duh.
Next day drove to Austin where Jamey got her rent car to use this coming week visiting friends in S.M. and Austin area. Went to hospital to visit old friend Larry who had been in ICU w/ pneumonia. He was glad to see us and we were glad to see him off the ventilator. Took no photos.

Drove to Blanco, TX and met Jamey there. We walked around the square and poked around some antique stores. I like the vines on the side of this building.

This is obviously an old movie theater. The square in Blanco is way cool and has many refurbished shops and cafes.

Mary likes anything old...except her reflection in a mirror.

An old welding/blacksmith waiting for me to move in....

I love it when folks are smart enough to document their buildings.

Moss grows well on limestone.

Jamey in the rose garden gazebo at the extremely nice Best Western Hotel where we stayed in Blanco. This place had hundreds of rose bushes and climbers. It is the only really nice hotel in town and is rather new...they've got the market sewed up.

Gene in the smoking area of the hotel which was also awash with rose plants...even covered the trellis above.

This is a bulletin board in the hotel lobby of pictures of the gradens when they are blooming in the Spring/Summer. Can't wait to go back and see that.

FOUR accordians. I found out each one only plays in one key...so there is alot of changing out accordians. I never knew that.

If this music doesn't make you smile and tap your toes...nuthin' will!! The evening was very much worth the drive and we love the town of Blanco!

Very good musicians who have been playing together for a long, long time!

THIS is the reason we went to Blanco. At the Redbud Cafe to hear the band ZYDECO BLANCO. They live there and don't play much anymore. We hadn't seen them in 8 years and Jamey had never seen them. It was the best time EVER!! Good food too. See those boards up on the wall? It's the rainfall charts for Blanco from the early 1900's until 1999...haha...only in Tejas.

Next day we picked up Toby in San Marcos and took him out for a birthday lunch. Jamey feeds a calf at Toby's friend's house. It's name is "Moo-Moo".

These folks also had this darling deer that they rescued after it's Mama got hit by a car. In this picture she is a few months old but they got it when it was about a week old and very, very tiny. Her name is "Baa-Baa". Missed getting a picture of the LARGE dead rattlesnake in the bed of his friend's truck...I was too busy checking out it's scariness to think of taking a photo...grr.

Toby, Gene & Jamey at Palmer's-San Marcos, TX.

CHRISTMAS 2012 Part 1.

Christmas Toys. Christmas nap.

Christmas Jamey...Christmas Cherry.

Christmas wine...Christmas lilly.

Christmas lights at Greenwood Park right down the street from our house.

City workers took at least 10 days to hang all the lights and checked them every night for outages and came back to make repairs as needed.

We're pretty proud of our small town Christmas lights.

Gene teaches Cherry to sit up like a human.

A game of Christmas balls. It's really 'yard golf'...we call it "BALLS"!

And the winner was........JAMEY!! Chico and Pepper watching.

Christmas pie.

Christmas presents.

THANKSGIVING 2013.

This is in Manhattan. Jamey met Diego's Mom and brothers and their families.

Jamey & Diego's Mom. She was visiting from Equador.

My goal was to get all of Woody's pics & papers off my only table in time for Thanksgiving Dinner...yeah, it didn't happen. Box....closet...all is well. Dragged out my Grandmother's china and my aunt Anna's gold flatware. The guys didn't care.

Jamey sent me this poster for my birthday and Gene showed up with the quintessential frame that we could never find here in Del Rio. Isn't it GREAT?!

Darling Comet wishing for some turkey. He is George's dog and we love him. Cherry barked for an hour.

Toby, Comet and George watch football while waiting for dinner.

Gene was not feeling well on Thanksgiving but Willie looks pretty happy. But after Gene did what I told him..and administered 2 kinds of meds...he bounced back. "The wife is ALWAYS right".

Willie was very happy to see Toby...but even more...Willie was happy to see Toby's coat!

I have no idea what is being discussed...probably airplanes. As usual my pictures fail to capture the day. My excuse is that I was in the kitchen alot and nobody else ever thinks of picking up the camera. A good time was had by all.

DUKE ST. BLOCK PARTY.

Miriam & Fernando...our landlords. 

Angela and her son...Dad is in the background wearing blue

I like Bebe's giant mug.

T.J., Gene, Judy & Robert.

Robert welcomes everyone and gives a blessing.

Good Bar-B-Que. There was a ton of food..yummy desserts too!

These 2 Air Force pilots were alot of fun to visit with...the guy in the 87 T-shirt is a new neighbor.

New neighbor Patty is hiding behind one of her 2 dogs. Welcome to Duke St. Patty & husband Terry! There were at least 8 dogs there. Our Willie got tired and finally laid down in the street and took a nap. Cherry was scared...I took her home.

Hi Celina!

Don't take my picture!

The Wobble Dance...little Nevaeh stole the show.

Beautiful Sylvia. As usual I didn't get pictures of everyone. It sure was a good time. THANKS SYLVIA & ROBERT FOR HOSTING!!

DAILY FREE ENTERTAINMENT.

Cherry wants to play ALL day. Willie gets tired.

Willie wins that round.

Point for Cherry.

Another point for Cherry. Although Willie has the advantage of throwing his weight around.

That little IMP! She stole my cowhide caoster off the table and chewed off WEST TEXAS!! I wonder if it tasted good? I got this at the feed store in Pecos and Mama is NOT happy.