A very productive day

The phone rang at 8:00 a.m. it was a computer generated call from FedEx letting us know they had a delivery that required a signature.  Even though I had only slept for three hours decided to get up in anticipation of said delivery.

The FedEx guy is a friendly and personable guy not to mention he is also easy on the eyes. Why is it that a women looks old with gray hair but a man looks distinguished by comparison?

Finally got mother to fill out her ballot (she votes by mail) and drove to the post office. When was the last time I was there?  Our P.O. Box was overflowing. The County Courthouse is close by so went to exercise the most important right in our democracy and did early voting.

Headed to the Recycling Center to get rid of my plastic, steel cans, cardboard, and junk mail.  The railroad tracks are behind the center and there was a train that was going nowhere so decided to go pay my dad a long overdue visit.

Have been thinking a lot about him especially during the funeral and tributes to the late Senator John McCain. I can not believe he has been gone for 18 years and I still miss him terribly.  Dad always included me in his plans so I was a  little dismayed when I found out he had bought two gravesites but failed to buy one for me.

When he passed away I decided to purchase my own gravesite.  However, all the ones in the proximity to my parents had been sold years before. Well, at least I will be in the same cemetery.

I was getting hungry so headed back into town. While I am a full grown woman responsible for my own decisions, I am placing all the blame on Barney of Old Fat Man fame for my choice of eating establishment.  He recently wrote about his visit to Whataburger and I have been thinking about doing the same since then.  It was delicious!!!

Headed to the mall to walk off some calories and stopped at Ross and Marshalls...the best part...I did not purchase a single thing!

Then headed to Long John Silver's to pick up some dinner for Mom.  All in all, I got a lot done today.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

The Sage is Blooming

There is nothing more beautiful here in the desert of West Texas than when the sage blooms.  It is a glorious spectacle.

I was awaken to the sound of thunder along with a show of lighting around 2:11 a.m. The first thought that came to mind was the memorial weekend crowd camping at Lake Amistad.

Around noon I convinced my mother to go driving around with me to the different campgrounds with the excuse that I wanted to take pictures of the sage.

I was so surprised that there was absolutely NOBODY at the Spur 277 North or at San Pedro Campground, and only one RV at the secluded campground on highway 90 West which exact name eludes me at the moment. The only campground that had people was my favorite Governors Landing.

Made me wonder if last night storms drove them to hotels or if they even came at all.  Yesterday I treated mom to a strawberry sundae at Dairy Queen and there were a lot of tourists so hopefully they are still around.

When we got home Walter was waiting for us!  Gave him some water, which he promptly drank.  After we finished our Long John Silver’s special meal of two for $10.00 which I must way was quite tasty we went outside to take some pictures.  Walter had never seen my Mom before so I think he got spooked and quickly retreated to his corral even though I kept on calling him back.

Hopefully he grazed on plenty of grass before we got home and had a full tummy.

Billy Bob had to include a picture of your tree, look how much it has grown
since your last visit!



May you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.