Shot Batteries / Mare Update

I was getting ready to drive into town got in the Toyota and it was dead...darn it all I just drove it Thursday!  This is the only "reliable" newer car we have!  Our cars are pretty old, I am talking 20 to 30 plus years old.  I have the habit of parking them with the motor facing the street in case I need to jump start them.  As luck would have it I did not do this on Thursday night nor did I do it for my mother's mini van that has been sitting there for two months with another dead battery.

This has been a very reliable battery probably has lasted 8 to 10 years
too bad they do not carry them in Del Rio.

Went to practically all of the Auto Parts stores in town and boy...batteries sure have gotten expensive!  A comparable battery is going to run me $152.37...I am sorry but that is ridiculous!

Headed to my local mechanic's shop and that poor man is having more issues.  This time he is the one with the health problems and was on his way to the doctor so I will come by another day.  Dad's old car better hold out...that's all I have to say :-(

Mare Update

The poor thing is still there but they have moved her dirty ice chest to another location.  They moved her rope so she can reach other areas she can graze on but it bears mentioning that there is not much left to do that.

She came up to me and I showed her I had brought her horse pellets in Walter's pink container (sorry Walter) but she didn't seem to know what they were.  After some encouragement she began to eat them but she kept on looking at me with distrust.  She ate everything though.

It became clear why there were two five gallon buckets by her dirty ice chest.  She is located by the Duck Pond the closest thing Del Rio has to a zoo and people come to  feed the ducks.  Then there is a little dam and this water flows down to the Rio Grande which is not too far away.  Her owners are apparently too lazy to bring city water so they get the water from here.

This is where they moved her ice chest to.

However the ice chest and water are still filthy!

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

One Heck of a Headache

I have suffered from headaches practically all my life.  It is just something I learned to live with.  After I retired for the most part they went away and I began to think that they were a thing of the past.  Since Wednesday they once again reared their ugly head.

If that was not enough my blood pressure has been through the roof since that "incident" with that inquiring officer....coincidence?

I have not left the house since we went to HEB on Thursday.  Friday was another record setting day...reaching 104 degrees.  By comparison today was a mild one only getting to 94 with a heat index of 100.

I have mentioned this many times in this blog in the past and I appeal to all of you out there in the blog sphere...if you go visit a person specially an elderly one...please have the courtesy to call before you come over.  Elderly people take naps and people that care for the elderly use this time to do things they can not do when they are awake...like take a bath.

I know a lot of people have pets, I myself have had pets in the past.   I no longer do because my mother suffers from severe allergies.  She is HIGHLY allergic to hair and pet dander.  I know a lot of people love their dogs as if it was their child...I totally understand...I felt the same about mine when I had them but...PLEASE ask before you visit if you can bring them along.

I apologize if I have stepped on anyone's toes.  I am tired and my head hurts!

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Record setting 106 degree day

It was a hot and miserable day...it set a new record high for this date of 106 degrees.  Went to hang some clothes outside and even though I had long sleeves and my straw hat I could feel the heat penetrating my body.  We were going to go to HEB but decided to postpone our trip until this evening when it would be cooler.

The mare I wrote about yesterday is still there but they moved her rope to get to the area where my car was parked.  Her ice chest was moved as well and hopefully they cleaned it.  I could not stop to check  as we were in a hurry...mother was expecting an important phone call this evening.  However, I will go check on her tomorrow.  I just knew nothing was going to be done about her...it just pisses me off!

Gas has gone down in price and I might just break down and buy their store card to get an additional .12 cents off the price per gallon.

My San Antonio Spurs played Game 6 tonight against the Golden State Warriors. There was less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter when I finally looked out the window to see why the darn neighbors dog had been barking non-stop for the past five minutes.

That is when I saw a horse by the front gate.  Of course the first thing that came to mind was Walter had gotten out of his corral...little Walter couldn't you have waited a little longer...say till the game was over?  Went outside and it wasn't Walter!  It was two horses that were grazing along the side of the road at midnight.  Sorry for the poor quality but as you all know my camera is a POS.

By now even Walter was making his horse noise from his corral and Pacquiao would not shut up either.  It spooked the horses and they moved on.  Just another example of people letting their horses out to graze on other people's land and then claiming that they got out on their own.........grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Where do you live? Where do you work? WTH?

I think most of the people that read my blog are aware I have a soft spot in my heart for cats, dogs and my little Walter (he is a horse).   I can't stand to see an animal suffer needlessly at the hands of owners that couldn't give a darn if their animals have water, food or a shelter from the brutal West Texas sun.

Today I am not going to talk about Walter as most of you are aware of his situation and I have a separate blog for him...click on my header picture and it will take you there.

There is a horse that has been grazing in one spot for more than a month now.  Her owners leave her there day and night and only bring her water once in a while.  She is in plain view of everyone, Border Patrol agents pass through here 24/7 as they patrol along the Rio Grande and there is only one way in and out of this heavily patrolled area called Vega Verde in south Val Verde County likewise for sheriff's deputies.

I have stopped on another occasion and seen an old ice chest with the top removed almost empty but I did not have my camera and she was grazing on the opposite side.  This afternoon I stopped and she walked right up to me as if hoping I was bringing her something.  She has grazed on all there is to graze yet she remains here.

I took some pictures and was walking back to dad's car when a constable in a big white pick up stopped and asked me if I had seen a guy go by in a blue motorcycle...yeah right, I said to myself!  Told him I had not.

Noting that he was a constable from another precinct I said to him that perhaps there was nothing he could do for this horse since it was not his jurisdiction to which he quickly added...all of the departments work together.  Yeah, I see how together they work...having gone to the Sheriff's Department in person on three occasions and I am still waiting for them to do something about Walter!

Her rope does not reach to where the car is or she would
have already grazed on that portion too.

I asked him if there was anything that could be done about this horse that was hungry and had filthy water.  He told me that he did not know as he was not up to date on Texas laws governing horses but that he could find out.  Told him I would appreciate it, that I would show him pictures of the filthy water but was not familiar with the features on my camera.

He immediately said he could probably see them as my camera was similar to his...yeah bet you have a cheap camera like mine...handed it to him but I have no idea if he was able to see it or not as he asked me "where do you live?"  I told him...followed by where do you work?  WTH does that have to do with this horse?  He irritated me...I said to him "don't you think that is a lot of questions?"  He apologized and said he was only trying to be friendly...I told him I had nothing to hide...I was retired....grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

I don't know about you but if you are trying to be friendly you ask about the weather, what you think of the San Antonio Spurs, the lake levels, mundane everyday things like that...not trying to get personal information about a person that 1) you did not pull over  2)  a person that was already on her way when you stopped to ask about a "biker"  3) someone that is not under any obligation to answer your questions because I have not committed any infraction or crime.

At least she has shade :-(

Got in my car and left.  He made a U-turn, stopped and got on his phone.  Hope someone can help this poor horse...but I am not holding my breath on it happening either.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.