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| Bennie has a new coat. He does not like it. |
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| Bennie has a new sweater. He does not like that either. |
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| A box I got at the thrift store and painted for Mary. |
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| She owns a hair salon in San Marcos called "Out of the Blue". |
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| Gourd #2 is finally done. |
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| This gourd's name is Eunice. |
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| My flowering kale looks good. |
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| That's alot of snow! |
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| This is the path next to the creek that we wandered down last June. |
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| Malta & Michael trudge down the driveway. |
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| Bentley likes it! |
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| The creek. It's beautiful. |
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| They are so lucky to have a seasonal creek. |
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| Jamey's friend Diego sent us these flowers and a box of chocolates. |
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| Jamey and dog pal in front of our tree. She's holding gourd #2 that needs painting. |
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| George (who lives in Pyote and taught at the prison w/ Gene) drove in from Driftwood on his way back to Pyote. He & his trusty dog Comet spent Christmas day with us. He looks tired. |
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| But...hey...he perked up after we fed him. Note to Dave: Dave's mix #3 is playing as shown on the TV. |
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| They left no room for poor Willie. Merry Christmas everybody! |
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| I've been to Ft. Clark many times but there was still parts of it I had not seen. The spring fed pool is beautiful. They empty it and clean every Thursday. It's not as lovely or large as the Balmorhea spring fed pool near Pecos. |
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| Toby checking out the icky non-pool side. |
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| Jamey walking between the 2 water areas. |
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| Pool on the right....non-pool on the left. |
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| The non-swim side. |
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| Fall/Winter is great time to visit...nobody there...except these goofy guys. Now I notice some slides in the background...I didn't see them that day & didn't go over there...so I guess I STILL haven't seen all the pool area. |
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| Nice reflection. |
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| I like these trees. Quite the "hairy" palm. The pools empty into this small creek. I can just see the troops watering the animals there 100 years ago...or more. |
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| I didn't even know there WAS an outdoor theatre. |
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| Basic...but pretty cool. |
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| In front of the museum. Toby declined to get in with her. |
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| Museum. A rough ride I'm sure. |
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| You KNOW any wagon wheel is my favorite. I feel very drawn to them. |
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| A relic looking odd with modern stuff behind it. That's all bloggers. Thanks for reading. And thanks to Toby and Jamey for visiting!!!!!! |
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| We did a whole lot of nuthin' on Thursday and Friday. Toby checks out something on TV while Bennie does a whole lot of nothing. |
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| Toby reads the boys a bed time story. It's a hunting magazine I think. |
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| Mr. Sweet Tooth was happy with the homemade flan and chocolate mousse. No pie! Aren't we rebels? We had turkey on Thursday and ham on Friday. There was only the 4 of us so I didn't get out the big folding table. We have no dining area here at all. We ate on TV tables. I did not take pictures of the food and did not use Gran's special china. |
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| Jamey checkin' in at work probably. |
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| Oh...somebody finally did something. Gene rode with her one day and I rode with her one day. Then we played some yard golf...or whatever...we just call that game "BALLS"! It was a nice Thanksgiving. |
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| Why yes...we DO own the road. Settin' up on a windy Friday afternoon. We live on a dead end street. This was the 2nd year for the dinner. Our first since we weren't living here last year. |
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| The wind died down around dusk. Robert (our neighbor to the east) getting ready. He and his wife (Sylvia) are WONDERFUL! They help us with plants & pets when we are out of town. She is a teacher and he is the computer wizard at the high school. Robert supplied the music, tiki torches, table, chairs etc. etc. |
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| Yeah man....Ray's Bar-B-Q out by the lake can make some damn great brisket!!!! We also had sausage, beans, corn, potato salad, dips-n-chips, bread, cole slaw, cookies, cake etc. etc. |
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| It was fun to meet our neighbors. That's our landlords Miriam (on the R. w/ the pole coming out of her head) and Fernando (in the green shirt)...they teach at the local Jr. College. They live next door to us on the west side. |
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| I forgot what this called but isn't it pretty? It's shredded jicama & cucumber w/ pineapple on top. Then you drizzle on some tajin type sauce and add some "kibbles and bits"...which I think was dates and something crunchy. |
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| After we got done eating lots of the folks went home and got their dogs. Well, 4 of us did...it was our 2, Robert's 2 dachshunds, another dachshund & a chihuahua. I should've gotten a neighborhood pet picture. My pictures aren't very good...but we had a very nice time! |
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| I found 2 big gourds at a junk shop in Castroville a couple of months ago. Finally painted one of them. |
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| Harold in his basket with freakish eyes. He turned 13 on Thanksgiving. |
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| They do not like cold weather. |
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| Willie would have a fit if we ever get rid of this divan/couch. It fits his body perfectly, no? Gene calls it a $500. dog bed. Look at Bennie's stump...... |
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| Waitin' for Dad to come home from work. |
