Hotrod has been in the mood to paint this week....

he's painted a dozen master pieces this week....

 Today the sun was out...

the winds are still blowing....

Hotrod wanted to hang up a tent....

he spent half the day running through the "tent"

as it was blowing in the wind....

 the more the wind blew....

the more he liked it...

the more he laughed....

 

 he put down sand on the patio...

and started sliding down into his straddle....

he realized the sand helped him slide better....

 

a little more art work...

by the time he finished...

I don't know who or what had more paint on it....

but it washes out....he's happy....

Oma's happy....

he gave one of his master pieces to Nanny today....

he was so proud of himself....



 This green roof always catches my eye...

 

 Texas proud...this is a lake house...

 

 Isn't this a fun patio...

Filler up???

 

 I love how all the lake houses have their own personality...

I don't like cookie cutter developments...

 

 More Texas pride....

 

with the size of these lake homes...

I wonder what their day to day homes are like...

Happy Wednesday....

 



 I love living in Texas...

we have so many different landscapes...

we have flat grounds...we have rolling hills...

we have rocks...we have black dirt...red dirt...sand...

the ocean...lakes...and even snow in the Panhandle...

they are having a snow storm their now...

 

 you can pretty much find it all...

there are a lot of photo ops...

if you take the time to see them...

 while on our road trip...

I told Hubby...we are fortunate to live where we do...

we are with in miles of so many interesting places..

we can take a road trip every week...

and not go to the same place twice...

we never take vacations...

but day road trips are easy for us to plan...

so my goal is to start doing some road trips...

and explore this great state we live in...

I've been here for almost 51 years...

time to do some exploring....

do you like long vacations?

do you like day road trips?

is there some where local you've been meaning to visit?

but just never get around too...

what's holding you back???

Just Do it....

 

Sunday Hubby...Rooster and I took a road trip...

I love small town life....

It was a beautiful day...

it was a work/ pleasure trip...

I love the Possum Kingdom Lake area...

Hubby took me there when we were dating...

we went on our first camping trip together there...

we took our son on his first fishing trip there..

he was about 3 years old...

we sat on the boat docks...

he caught sun perch...he was so excited...

pulling them up on his Snoopy rod and reel...

slapping me in the face with a couple of them...

this is where he got his love of fishing...

 

this is the view from our customers place...

isn't it beautiful...

we did learn a valuable lesson on our road trip...

you can't always believe Maps on the internet...

especially in small towns...

we spent about 2 hours wondering around....

of course we did see some great sights...

so it was not a loss...

but the road we were looking for....

didn't even go out to the FM road like it looked in the map...

finally talked Hubby into stopping to ask...

we pulled in a parking lot of a store...

a volunteer fire dept group pulled in...

Hubby asked them...

guess what...the road was right there next to the store...

the same store we passed three times...

no name of the road...road not on map...

guess we should have asked the customer for directions...

 

 

hey lady...

would you please do something about those dogs..

 

they don't seem to get the picture...

this is my tree....

every last inch of it...

Are you hearing me.....

 

this is Shirley's Tree....

 

 



 care to dance anyone????

 this bull bailed out by himself...

looks like a ghost bull...

 cowboys are just hanging out...

some waiting their turn to ride....

they look awful calm to me...

 

I have to say...

Rodeo people are a friendly group...

it amazes me the difference...

getting in and out of the parking...

everyone let someone out in front of them...

the traffic went so smooth...

no honking...no cutting off...

no getting yelled at...

only a few folks on duty to help out...

Country folk...have a whole different outlook...

too bad it can't be passed on to everyone...

wouldn't life be so much easier...

if everyone used their polite manners...

we were taught growing up...

hold doors open...

let someone walk a head of you...

say please and thank you...

give up your seat for elders...or ladies..

take off your hat for national anthem...

put your hand on your heart for the pledge...

give that young couple with the screaming child...

a smile and a nod...

instead of dirty look and a mean comment...

bow your head for a prayer...

just saying...



 Do you ever have one of those days...

that you feel like the world around you...

is out of kilter...or maybe the people in your

world are out of kilter?

 I had one of those days today....

it started at 1:30 in the morning...

for some reason I  was on the edge of the bed...

with Nolan (schnauzer) on top of me...

I didn't realize it until I pulled the blanket..

and he went flying across the bed...

Hubby in the middle of the bed...

watching TV....

 

 when I questioned him about it...

he acted like I had lost my mind...

told me I had plenty of room...

(play the twight light zone music)

 

Hotrod was not himself today...

Hubby was irritable all day...

seemed like everything I did today...

caused it to get worse...

nothing I said was right...

nothing I did was right...

has the moon changed???

when everyone went home for the day...

I put on my head phones...

turned on the music...

got some paperwork done in the office...

now I'm going to pop me some popcorn...

pour me a glass a wine...

and hope tomorrow is a better day...

if not...

you might see one of those signs on the

highway...that says...

short... Texas grandma...

in big Ford truck...

wearing flannel pj's with ducks and bubbles..

with a camera in her hand...

missing...

approach with caution...

 



Thursday quotes and sayings...

 a baby boy has a way...

of making a man out of his father...

and a little boy out of his grandfather...

a very true statement...

 I've lost my mind...

and I'm pretty sure the kids took it...

 

 Be grateful for small things,

big things, and everything in between...

count your blessings...not your problems....

(Mandy Hale)

The madder I am...

the thicker my accent gets...

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I'm saying this is the SOUTH...

and we are proud of our crazy people..

we don't hide them in the attic...

we bring them right down to the living room...

and show them off...No one in the south

ever asks if you have crazy people in your family...

they just ask what side they're on...

Julia Sugarbaker - Designing Women...



Hubby surprised me with roses...

we had a nice anniversary...

thank you for all the best wishes...

we went out to dinner at Olive Garden...

danced off part of our dinner...

then shared a piece of Blackberry cheesecake...

while watching a movie at home...

my kind of celebration....

 I decided to have a little photo shoot...

with my roses from my daughter...

 

 roses are so pretty...

wilted or fresh....

 

 

the last photo is on Hatari's rain coat...

I love polka dots...

especially red and white...

Mother Nature is playing with my emotions..

warm spring like weather...

then boom it's freezing cold...

the rain is something we need...

but the cold...not so much...

in the 70's one day...

the low 40's the next...

well it gives ups something to talk about...