Armed-a-dillo

August 19, 2009

Nobody tells this guy to “stuff it.” Although, he does have a thick skin and can probably take the insults. This poor stuffed armadillo presides over the general store at a small town in the Texas Hill Country. It’s an ignominious end for that little old critter, and I confess that I was a little [...]

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Ain’t Nobody Feelin’ No Pain

August 18, 2009

Have y’all ever spent any time sprawled on the bed while trying to recuperate from a back injury? That’s what I’ve been doing for several days now, and I’m darned sick and tired of reclining. I should be spending my time trying to discern the proper usage of the words “lie” and “lay,” but instead [...]

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Vertigo Hats Gave Me Balance

August 13, 2009

I was in Austin, Texas without a hat! I confess that I felt nekkid — I was out of balance. From the window of our fourth floor (haunted) room at the Driskill, we could see a hat shop called “Vertigo.” We took a break from our ghost hunt and headed over there to shop. We [...]

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Ghost Hunt at The Driskill Hotel. Part 2.

August 12, 2009

We continued traipsing through the halls of the Driskill in our search for some kind of ghostly presence. In the bar, the leering steer hanging on the wall was a bit frightening. I’m not fond of hanging dead critters on the wall, but then I guess the management had to prove that this is Texas [...]

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Ghost Hunt at The Driskill Hotel. Part 1.

August 11, 2009

They told me our room was a “haunted room.” Supposedly the Driskill Hotel has a lot of ghosts walking its hallways. We went to Austin, Texas to try to see one. Actually, we went to see the bat colony take flight from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but staying at the Driskill was an added [...]

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Lampasas, Texas. The Name Stuck With Me.

August 5, 2009

On our recent trip to South Texas, down Highway 281, our route took us through Lampasas, which is the county seat of none other than Lampasas County. If you believe the hype that the local Chamber of Commerce distributes, “there’s always something going on in Lampasas.” We didn’t see a thing happening except down at [...]

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Ominous

July 27, 2009

Changing pictures from color to monochrome seems to change their “tone” entirely. On a bright and beautiful day, my husband and I drove through the South Texas Hill Country near Luckenbach viewing these sights. They seemed cheerful in color. Once I changed the pictures to black and white, they seemed almost ominous to me. What [...]

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Raining Bats At Congress Avenue Bridge

July 25, 2009

Yesterday I showed you a picture of people lining the bridge at Congress Avenue in Austin at sunset. Those folks had gathered there to watch a colony of bats flying out to feed. That’s why we went to Austin, too — we were going batty. I have to tell you that we had a better [...]

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Vacation is Good

July 24, 2009

Ours is just a “mini-vacation” — a trip to the Capitol of the Lone Star State. We dashed down to Austin for an overnight trip to break the monotony of two weeks of working on our house and yard. Everybody needs a break from drudgery now and then so they can maintain an optimistic outlook [...]

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“They” Say “It” Happens in “Threes”

June 3, 2009

I don’t know what “it” is, and I don’t know who “they” are. My Mamaw always said, “Good things happen in threes.” Other folks say, “bad things happen in threes.” Why does “three” seems to be a magical number in these superstitions? Even when storytellers relate a tale, things happen in “threes.” Does that hold [...]

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Butterflies Flutter By In My Neck Of The Woods

May 23, 2009

I almost missed seeing this little fellow as he nestled in the leaves at Wild-Connections Butterfly Farm. This caterpillar, munching away, will shortly turn into an amazing butterfly. But, I don’t know which one he will be! I obviously didn’t take the educational tour when I visited this nature center near Austin last week — [...]

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Gruene With Envy. My Neck Of The Woods.

May 16, 2009

After visiting Gruene, Texas several times over the years I remembered it as a bucolic, sleepy little place just slightly northwest of New Braunfels. If that means nothing to you, think, “thirty minutes north of San Antonio.” If that doesn’t tell you anything, then I need to get you to Texas, child, because your education [...]

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Thursday Thirteen #9—A Ghost Hunt

May 9, 2007

Though I had stayed at Ye Kendall Inn in Boerne last November, I didn’t have the forethought to have my camera with me at the time. I was disappointed not to have been able to capture the beauty of the place. I also didn’t know the history of the hotel; so I didn’t realize that [...]

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