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Even an Oil-Well …

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… can look pretty in the glow of an early evening. I took these pictures of the oil-well across the highway from our place late this afternoon: Liquid gold pumped up by golden pumps. But it can look quite different, … Continue reading

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Evening Clouds

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Today we had some really gorgeous evening clouds: As usual, a click on one of the pictures opens the slide show, and within the slide show each of the pictures can be looked at in full [3000×2008] resolution.

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A Weekend in … Rockport/Fulton – Part 3

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It’s been a very long time since I last wrote about that weekend in Rockport/Fulton on the Texas Gulf Coast in October 2012, and ever since I have wanted to continue. Well, here we are! There are so many pictures … Continue reading

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For a Few weeks Now …

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… we’ve had some avian guests on our property: turkey vultures [cathartes aura], aka (turkey) buzzards, if I identify them correctly. They seem to like hanging around on the roof of our house, on the basketball hoop, on our electricity … Continue reading

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When …

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… as just now, at shortly after 1 p.m., temperatures are 92 already [the high humidity taken into account it feels like 106] and it’ll certainly be more later in the afternoon – usually our daily high is between 4 … Continue reading

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Spring-Cleaning in the Garden

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Yesterday it was, because of the great weather, time to trim trees and cut “weeds” with … the chainsaw. A chainsaw for cutting weeds and trimming trees?! Well, with the trees it was some fairly thickish [some of them more … Continue reading

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Foundling

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Very likely our “zoo” has a new member again. When Mary drove to town – or should I rather say “village” – shortly before noon last Thursday, she saw a little doggie on the other side of the highway just … Continue reading

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A Weekend in … Rockport/Fulton – Part 2

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On our second day in Rockport/Fulton we wanted to do some sightseeing and just drive around in the area. Doing that, we soon, after having crossed that big bridge which spans the entrance to Copano Bay, passed the turn-off to … Continue reading

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Christmas …

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… is now past, but even though the “time between the years” is still a thoughtful and comfortable [well, the German “gemuetlich” doesn’t really lend itself to being translated] time. Here there are a few pictures in a Christmasy mood. … Continue reading

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Our Foundling …

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… doesn’t have a name as yet, but at least as of today we know for sure now that it’s a little “girl”. We had taken her for her first examination to our vet, Dr. Patton, and he confirmed what … Continue reading