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Yep, that’s the new kitty’s name. Mary is reading Charles Dickens‘ “Pickwick Papers” just now and as soon as we got to know for sure that he’s a male she came up with that name, Mr. Pickwick. And, as you … Continue reading
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… – temporarily, that is. Cousin Mark has his cattle on our property again, for about a week. Here they are: The food won’t last very long on this pasture, though, as it’s getting drier by the day: So Mark … Continue reading
This movie, “Bernie“, about an embalmer and assistant director of a funeral home in the town of carthage in East Texas, who first embalms a woman’s husband, then befriends and finally kills her, is what we watched yesterday afternoon at … Continue reading
Victoria Advocate | Karnes rides cycle of boom, bust (Video). The article from which the following excerpt was taken appeared yesterday in our regional paper, The Victoria Advocate, as the seventh instalment in a series about the oil-boom we’re at … Continue reading
Even if it looks like I’ve only been posting about food and restaurants lately, here’s another posting on those two (related) subjects. Last Sunday we [i.e. Mary, cousins Margaret and Gordon and I] were in San Antonio for a Loretta … Continue reading
I did a little more gardening – trimming the grass around flower beds and vines by hand: some hard work Those runners of our Bermuda grass are that tough that they could be used instead of bailing wire! Related articles … Continue reading
… again. Last Friday we invited Mike and Stella, our friends, to the Friesenhaus in New Braunfels for supper, to celebrate Mike’s birthday. We hadn’t been there for quite some time – too long a time, actually, and thus it … Continue reading
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Yesterday, our friend Mike called and asked if we wanted another little kitten. His grandchildren had picked it up somewhere but didn’t want (to keep) it, and Mike and his wife couldn’t as one of their dogs wouldn’t leave the … Continue reading
When I mowed the lawn today I found out – again – that the time is coming when one gets miners’ lung from ust mowing the lawn : the grass in the front yard is drying up again with the … Continue reading
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Our Cenizo is blossoming again, and really gorgeously at that: This plant/bush, scientifically known as Leucophyllum frutescens, goes by many different names, such as Purple Sage, Texas Ranger, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Texas Rain Sage, Ash-Bush, Wild Lilac und … Continue reading
