MARY & JAMEY STROLL THE RIVER AND GO TO THE LAKE AMISTAD.

A cliff at the lake...one of a thousand.

Do not jump off the cliffs.

A very calm water day.

Clear water runnin' over some pretty weeds on the river bottom.

Cool, shady lovely river. The water sounds, plus bird sounds is very pretty to our ears.

Huge Bar B Q pits that you can use...run by the city of Del Rio. We actually had our lunch from these today. It was a FANTASTIC chicken dinner with trimmings...to benefit a student of Gene's who is going to University of Texas next year. The student's granpa made the food. He got there at 2 am to start the fires.

THE POOLES GO TO DEL RIO HIGH SCHOOL. May 2011.

We aren't teachers OR students...but peeked inside anyways.

Whoa..."Lendell"? Shhhh. DON'T ever call him that!

Icky critters in Mr. Poole's class.

Behave and all is well...cross this man and you'll pay the price...even if he DOES wear tropical shirts.

Who wants to collect bugs and make a display box?

More icky displays...I like the skeleton on the top shelf on the left.

He has alot of nice and helpful things in his class...things he NEVER had at TYC kid prison.

Jamey, Gene and his safety glasses...snorkeling anyone?

This guy needs a name.

Microscopes...waiting for knuckleheads.

MEET ALLIE STEVENS. We met him at Cinco De Mayo Celebration.

Got the article back asswards...don't care. Click on the article page below and blow it up and then magnify to read all about Allie-the-rickshaw-man.

Dig the hat!
If you go to his website which is shown on the autographed flyer above...there are great, easy to read articles all about his trials and tribulations and joy of meeting people. He said 99% of folks are very kind and interesting.

MAY 5, 2011. CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION.

Aguas Frescas anyone?

This lady is making my chicken gordita. It's a pita thing with meat, cabbage (or lettuce) and tomato. As we walked down the street to the party the smell of lots of frying grease was in the air.

This lady is eating a mango with chile powder and a lime to squeeze on it.

A coupla cuties.

Fryin' up gordita bread. Are they greasy? SI! Are they yummy? SI!

These little girls introduced themselves to me after I asked if I could take their picture.

We asked this guy: "whaddya cookin'?" And he said: "whatever you can grill, I've got it going." I was surprised to see a health inspector walking through the food booths with his clipboard.

The flags were being presented but you can't see them. Then they crowned about 5 or 6 queens of various ages.

The gazebo at Old Brown Plaza. I guess the music started much later after we left. I was disappointed. It was VERY crowded on Thursday night....there was even a traffic jam for parking! Friday night a storm blew in and we didn't go. Last night it was pretty quiet and not crowded.

This little girl has an excellent costume!

This familiar looking man has a good costume too...but only on his head. Gene sees alot of his students wherever we go.

There was all kinds of food.

May 5, 2011. CASA DE CULTURA-DEL RIO.

Casa De Cultura is on Brown Plaza in old Del Rio. This month they had graffiti artists paint the walls inside. I love the bright colors.

Casa De Cultura was started in 1980 to offer young people cultural arts and educational activities. They have art and literacy classes. They also are one of the galleries that participates in the monthly art walk. I attended a health fair there too. So it's quite a varied place.

A piece indoors that I think is permanent. I want hair like this.

I bet the youngsters really enjoyed created these paintings.

This one is pretty much the hit of the show.

But I really like this "shrimp " shaped thing.

This is a permanent outdoor piece.

I think this one on the right is my favorite.

MAY 5, 2011. WOODY'S SCRAPBOOK.

These are the pictures and papers of my grandfather...Woody AKA Gen. Roscoe B. Woodruff. So far I've done scrapbooks for my Mother, Father, Grandmother and Great Grandfather. These 4 books for Woody will finish it up. Well, I might be doing one for my aunt Anna....I hate to have all these things in boxes where nobody can see them or enjoy them. It's alot to sort but I like it. Harold, the cat is helping...not.

SAN ANTONIO- APRIL 26, 2011. MISC. DOWNTOWN & SAMA.

I love the all the eclectic stuff I see.

I walked all the way down to Augusta St. This mosaic "couch" is on the river behind the Southwest Arts & Crafts complex.

I was sitting outside the hotel waiting for my ride and enjoyed watching a guy unload his Tequila truck...nice graphics.

Bruce and I went to the San Antonio Museum of Art housed in the old Lone Star Brewery. It was built in 1884 and was abandoned and in disrepair in the 1970's. It opened as the SAMA in 1981. It was my first visit and I LOVED it. It has 4 floors and we only saw the bottom floor. It's a huge place.

We saw a traveling exhibit of the Dalia Lama and Egyptian art from Boston. "Funerary" is our new favorite word. There was also Roman, Greek and Pre Columbian art. Our favorite was the ancient glass room.

The museum has a cafe and an excellent gift shop. I could spend at least a week in S.A. doing nothing but going to museums and eating good food.