PAINTED SHOES by MARY.

My friend Bobbie donated her clogs so I could try out shoe painting...THANKS BOBBIE! Will mail them to you tomorrow.

Bobbie is a quilter so I made her shoes in a "crazy quilt" design.

Who else wants me to paint their shoes? I can make some different custom designs.

CACTUS GARDEN AT LANGTRY MUSEUM.

Blooming cactus are funny looking...to me. Something so beautiful on such an ugly plant.

You can see this one has been blooming like crazy!

I like the patterns that fallen mesquite beans make.

Uh-huh...here comes trouble.

Horse crippler.

I would like see the magenta flowers that these produce in the Spring. I like the way the shadows are falling in this picture...it looks like a moonscape.

Coral fossils...these look exactly like the ironshore rocks on Cozumel. I did not see any fish around this rock.

Do not sit on this tuffet. The cactus garden is very nice and you can tell they work extremely hard on it. My pictures do not do the place justice at all.

LANGTRY MUSEUM/JUDGE ROY BEAN GROUNDS.

I love windmills. Someday I'd like to visit the windmill museum in Lubbock.

Windmills had to be climbed and greased...every few days!

This one's a "beaut"...especially in the setting of the Cactus Garden.

Do not disturb...in case it ever rains...someday.

Funny looking rain gauges.

This ol' wagon wheel has just about had it. Where did it take people...and who were they? Ever since living in Pecos I've wanted to own a wagon wheel...BADLY! Maybe someday I will.

This is the top of a building right next to the museum. It used to be a cafe but is now a private residence. I like the photo alot w/ the big, blue Texas sky as a background.

BORDER PATROL FUN AT EAGLE'S NEST CREEK....

We stopped at Eagle's Nest Creek (it's always dry) right outside of Langtry. You can't see it here but it's over 100 feet to the bottom. Gene was making me nervous.

Then we see this Border Patrol officer across the creek. He's looking at us and we're looking at him. He has binoculars and so do we. He's all decked out in bullet proof vest and water on his back. I watch him climb thru the barbed wire fence in front of him. Then he started walking along the very edge of his high cliff and then he sat for 3 or 4 minutes right across from this giant broken off rock. It was a sorta "where's waldo" moment because he was pretty camouflaged and small. I kept watching to see what the heck he was doing. The guys had lost interest.

All of sudden he jumped up and took off running FAST! Where's Waldo? And what is Waldo chasing? We never found out. He ran up and over the ridge and disappeared.

Mexico...the direction Waldo was running.

LANGTRY....AGAIN.

Gene's teaching pal Rene had never been to Langtry...what? So we took him there. Enjoyed the museum and grounds (as always). I tried to take different pictures this time since I've already blogged Langtry so much. This is the Torres House built before Judge Roy Bean ever arrived.

I have "thing" for adobe...it seems to last for at least 100 years. I just like the texture. Actually, this isn't adobe....see above photo... This is rock. Back breaking work huh?

We saw this poor guy by the tiny, cactus choked Langtry cemetery....gross...but it IS a different sort of picture.

We drove down to a boat ramp on the Pecos River. There is still plenty of water in the river and Amistad Lake.

State Park boat dock. Wish I'd had a canoe. The water looked so calm and inviting.

Look close and you'll see THREE bridges in this picture...and Senor Geno too. On the way home we had an old fashioned picnic lunch high on a bluff above the river. It was in the shade and a good breeze was blowing. It was a fun day and Rene was THRILLED w/ the views. Rene needs to travel more.

NUTHIN' MUCH #2- Random thoughts and places.

This picture is for my brothers- Brook & David. They gave me this rock for my 13th birthday. I love it as much now as I did then.

Toby visiting us at La Quinta in San Marcos last week.

Mark, Geno and Patty beatin' the heat in San Marcos last week.

Every time I miss the Pecos house, I look at pictures like this and immediately stop missing it...beginning of bathroom remodel.

Pictures like this make me miss my old bedroom in Pecos.

Gene went to Pecos the other day to bring home our last few things. He left my bowling balls-he claimed there was no room for them in the truck. Pictures like this make him NOT miss the old house. (He and pals were building the patio cover.) Our closing dates for the sale have been July 12, July 31 and now it's August 31.

I don't know why I included this picture. It's just so funny and I wonder who thought of it and if it's real and how they got this shot.

My 2 plumerias are 7 feet tall and one has had 3 bunches of flowers blooming all summer. The other one has never bloomed.

NUTHIN' MUCH...it's a long, hot summer.

Harold- working out while waiting for his next meal.

Tiny Harper Texas...a nice little cafe where we finally ate lunch..been meaning to stop there for years. Harper is outside of Fredericksburg. So, we avoided the crowds there and ate here. We were the only ones enjoying the food.

I like their sign.

We stopped and bought peaches in Fredericksburg and Stonewall. They are good this year and alot of folks were stopping to buy some.