Riding The Fence

November 1, 2011

Have I ever told y’all that it isn’t a good idea to drive behind me if I have the camera in the car? Folks in Salado, Texas (a tiny town north of Austin) discovered that this Sunday as I drove through that delightful hamlet. I saw the bicycles that were hung on a fence and [...]

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“We Thought You Was A Toad!”

August 21, 2011

I cannot look at a toad now without thinking of the movie O, Brother, Where Art Thou? and the line that Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) whispered to Pete (John Turturro): “We thought you was a toad!” If you haven’t seen the movie, I know you think I’m crazy to think that’s a funny line. However, [...]

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Come Out Of Your Shell

July 30, 2011

Nature isn’t always “pretty.” Last night, I noticed a shadow on the patio post and realized it was a cicada emerging from its shell. I ran to get my camera to show it to you. We had just seen the movie new movie called Cowboys and Aliens that afternoon, and this little guy was déjà [...]

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Whee, Whee, Whee! All The Way Home.

July 16, 2011

While driving along Texas Highway 64, near Ben Wheeler in East Texas, I saw a sight that first made me snort with laughter, then made me shout to my husband, “Stop! It’s a photo-op!” You never know what you will find on those country back roads in my neck of the woods. We were on [...]

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Spooky House Needs Story

October 29, 2010

She is a grand old home in San Antonio that is being restored to her former beauty. I couldn’t pass her by without stopping to wonder, “What story is behind this house?” I’m certain there are many, but I will never know. I stood in front of her listening, but didn’t hear her tell her [...]

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Penn Farm In Black And White

October 21, 2010

As I wandered around Penn Farm last weekend with my camera in hand, I tried to imagine life there in the 1800s, but that wasn’t easy with blue striped tents and families wandering everywhere. As I looked at the pictures I took, I decided to try a different point of view: black and white. I [...]

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Miss Muffet Would Have Lost Her Mind

October 18, 2010

I’m not “Little Miss Muffet” from the nursery rhyme and it’s a darned good thing! You might recall that Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating a disgusting meal, and got frightened away by an arachnid. Miss Muffet was a scaredy-cat. If I were afraid of spiders, I’d never be able to tell stories at [...]

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A Harvest Of Fun At Penn Farm Festival

October 17, 2010

Penn Farm Agricultural History Center, at Cedar Hill State Park, is a delightful glimpse of the past. It’s a farmstead that was first settled in 1854 that has been preserved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. I didn’t get enough of it this weekend as I wandered around the place during the Harvest Heritage [...]

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Paragliders Hanging By Threads

September 5, 2010

We saw them floating through the sky from Interstate 35 near Lewisville, Texas. I gasped because they seemed perilously close to the power lines. “They look like they are closer than they are,” my husband assured me. They were powered paragliders. In a field, I could see where they had launched. It looked like another [...]

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Two Shall Be As One

August 9, 2010

It was a wedding out of a fairy tale! Our prince married his princess bride overlooking the coastline in Mendocino in a ceremony that was enchanting. Indeed, I put down the camera for the duration of the ceremony, so I won’t have pictures of it until the photographer delivers his work (I’ll bore you with [...]

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Fort Bragg Boasts Interesting Sight Seeing

August 6, 2010

I had no idea that Fort Bragg had a shopping district about which to boast. Although we have driven through the town many times, we rarely get off of Shoreline Highway to explore. I have told y’all time and again that you have to leave the beaten path to find the treasures of a town, [...]

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Fruitless: The Philosphy Of The Peach Tree

July 18, 2010

One peach, kissed by the sun. One measly peach is ALL I got from my fruit tree this year. I stood, hands on hips, in disbelief as I stared up at the single peach. Then I shook my fist at the heavens asking, “Who did this to me?” A very suspicious looking squirrel sat in [...]

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We Call Him Fenster

July 11, 2010

Actually, we call all of the geckos at our house “Fenster,” because we can’t tell them apart. My husband tells me that it is the German word for “window,” and he is always right (Sshh! Stop giggling! I’m trying to get him to help me steam vacuum the floors today.). They acquired their nickname because [...]

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Calaboose

July 7, 2010

If you don’t know what a “calaboose” is, then you are lucky! It’s also known as “The Slammer,” “The Brig,” “The Coop,” “The Jug,” “The Pokey,” “The Clink,” “The Joint,” “The Big House.” It’s a jail! This building is in Kemp, Texas … so you might want to mind your manners when you pass through [...]

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That I Love Lucy Lady

July 4, 2010

This Lucille Ball doll almost begged to have her picture snapped. We found her on our jaunt into east Texas yesterday, where she resides in a delightful antique store in what was once the old bank building. The place is crammed full of marvelous whimsy. Robin, at Around The Island, hosts a meme inviting us [...]

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Bridge To Nowhere

July 3, 2010

No, it doesn’t have anything to do with Gravina Island in Alaska. It’s a decrepit old bridge that the highway department “parked” in a meadow near Kemp, Texas. It called my inner child to come and play. If you click it, you can see a larger version. My inner child squealed, “Let’s play!” while my [...]

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Cobbler For Two Posed A Berry Difficult Dilemma

June 26, 2010

Where is my grandmother when I need her? My Mamaw could adapt any recipe in a snap. If you walked into the kitchen and asked for a biscuit, she could make one in a heartbeat. I’m talking one biscuit. She didn’t need a recipe, she just grabbed a handful of flour, a pinch of baking [...]

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Assorted Photos

June 16, 2010

I’m just going to share some pictures with you today. It’s a disjointed collection from our trip last week. I always have the camera with me, and we snap pictures of odd things that catch our eyes. Most of them are ones that I will never use for a post, but I like them. Instead [...]

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That’s Not Enough

June 15, 2010

When I am turned loose in the zoo that is his adopted city, my son thinks that I am the one who needs a keeper. Possibly he is right. I adore San Francisco. I can’t get enough of it, but my “country” ways don’t necessarily fit with life in The City. My learning curve, when [...]

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Percussion Things

June 4, 2010

Are you familiar with the Todd Rundgren song “Bang On The Drum All Day?” Oh, go give it a listen and you will be dancing in your seat. The lyrics include the line: “I don’t want to work, I want to bang on the drum all day.” For my friend Len Barnett that is his [...]

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