Can you guess what Hotrod is trying to do????

 Catch ladybugs....they were every where....

 

it was a ladybug convention.....

ladybugs make me smile...

every time I see one...

I see my Nana's face...

hear her voice...smell her smell...

I feel like she is right there with us...
sending prayers to the people of West Texas...
a terrible explosion last night...
one of our customers is from their...
he is headed to see if he can find his family...

Blue bonnets and weekend plans...

most everyone knows...

that the Texas state flower is the blue bonnet...

Texans are not very quiet about our state...

we like to tell everyone that will (or maybe not) listen...

all about Texas....

one of the first thing a baby Texan learns...

is about blue bonnets...

second is the Texas flag...

Texans like to brag about our heat....

our crazy changing weather....

how long it takes to drive across our state....

I don't know if you will find another state...

where the people are so passionate about their state...

 I'm very excited....

we have our cabin booked....our house sitter booked....

Hubby Rooster and I are headed to the lake for the weekend...

just the three of us...our fishing poles and boat in tow...

 

Turkey buzzard....Texas Eagle....

Do you see anything in the distance???

 

 we walked up on a couple of Turkey Buzzards....

at the same barn we had seen one before...

 

I didn't have my long zoom lens on....

I was a little nervous to get too close...

after the whole goose episode....

I'm a little more cautious ...

Hubby walked up a little closer...

took a few photos for me...

Hotrod and I stayed back....

True love....

 

they didn't seem to mind us at all....

my thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Boston....

 My son and DIL put in a offer on their first home...

sending prayers their way....

(It's in our town.....just a few minutes away)



 I know living on a farm is hard work...

long hours....

but.....

 sometimes I dream....

day dream....fantasize...

about living in the country...

on a farm....

 without all the distractions of city life....

no phones...no TV......no traffic....



a hard days work....

grow my own food....

have farm animals....

big fields of veggies and fruits...

a pond for fishing and swimming....

a house with a porch all the way around it....

a porch swing...rocking chairs....

dogs...cats....

family close by....

picnics on a wooden picnic table....

iced tea in mason jars....

a simpler life....a harder life....

I'm a country girl at heart.....

 

 



 

We took Hotrod fishing today....

Pawpaw caught all the fish....

Hotrod got to throw them back in.....

 but first he had to hold them....

talk to them.....

let them flop around a bit....

Pawpaw caught 2 back to back...

Hotrod had to compare their size....

yep same size he said.....

he mainly played with the worms...

and fish ....he wasn't really interested in fishing on his own...

Oma got a few bites and almost catches...

but I spent most of my time...

keeping Hotrod contained....

 

 

we took him to the Penn farm...

he was wanting to see animals...

but settled for tractors....

 

he loves anything with wheels or steering wheels...

it was a nice day....

Hotrod and Ginger have gone home...

Hatari spent the afternoon at my Mom's house...

so it's just Hubby and I and our two boys...

the boys seem a little lost without the girls here...

we are enjoying a little kick back time...

before the week revs up again....

 

when I woke up this morning...

I was thinking about the past week...

it seemed like a really fast week...

it was really busy....

 our weather bounced up and down....

back and forth...

I think we had all 4 seasons this week....

 

 we were busy with work....

we went to opening night of the horse track...

Hotrod and Ginger have spent the weekend with us...

 

Hotrod is getting closer to the 3 year old mark...

every day is new adventure....

some days he seems so grown up....

then that 2 year old pops up...

(and anyone that has ever had a 2 year old...knows what I mean)

Oma and Pawpaw are ready for a little weekend getaway...

just the two of us....

I think I hear the lake calling us....

 

Where oh where did the ladybug from Texas go now????

 I bet you know now....

Thursday night was opening night....

of Lone Star Park...

horse racing....

 Elvis was there performing....

 there were swooning women every where....

mostly in the 50 plus crowd...

but when they looked at him...

you could see the 16 year old girls in their faces...

they were dancing...clapping...whooping and hollering...

I don't know which I enjoyed more...

seeing him perform...or seeing the women watch him perform...

I recognized some of the ladies from the last time I saw him there...

I'm thinking he might have a pack of groupies....

 In between watching the Elvis show...

I got to see some good horse racing...

I'm not a gambler...I love to watch them run...

hubby enjoys placing bets...

he also bets on other tracks too...

he asked me what horse I liked in the 6th race on another track...

I told him #3...he decided to go with another horse...

guess who's horse won????

yep #3...his didn't even place...

 the next race hubby decided to go with my pick...

guess who won....yep my #3 pick....

the next race on a different track...

I picked #3....guess who won....yep...my horse...

the next race was a Lone Star Park race...

I went to the paddock...looked at the horses...

their was a pretty spirited gray horse....#7...

I told hubby that is the one....

he didn't think so...but guess who won....

yep.....my #7....

I picked 4 out of 6 races....

LUCK...just plain LUCK...

we ended the evening watching Elvis' last set....

the weather was nice...

everyone was excited to see live racing again...

it was a fun night...

Friday morning I was dragging...

but it was well worth it...

 one good thing about the wind...

is flying a kite...

the one bad thing about flying a kite...

the trees....that like to catch them....

 or sometimes that just hit the ground....

 Hotrod decided he would take over...

to help out....

We've been reading a Winnie the Pooh book...

about a windy...windy day...

perfect for flying kites...



Little Boys

 

Little boys are made of...

snips and snails...

and puppy dog tails...

That's what little boys are made of...

a poem from the 19th century...

still true today....

I think little boys are made of...

hugs... kisses...

questions...endless energy...

puppy smells....

muddy shoes...

sandy hands...

eyes that melt your heart...

worms in their pockets...

frogs in their hands...

a milk mustache...

and a heart as big as the world...

 

 

of course being a Oma to a little boy...

is the most special thing in the world...

 

they view the world in a completely different way....

remind you of the importance of the simple things of life...

 

one of the best things....

is to see them bonding...

with the men in their life...

Quotes and a Recipe

 

Every time you smile at someone,

it is an action of love,

a gift to that person,

a beautiful thing...

Mother Teresa

 

 

Don't believe every thing you hear.

There are always three sides to a story,

Yours, Theirs, and The Truth....

 



 

 

Why is it that the one who snores always goes to sleep first?

 



 

The best gift you could ever give someone is your time...

because you're giving them something that you'll

never get back...

 

 

Baked Cabbage....

1 tsp olive oil

2 Tbl. bacon bits

2 Tbl. lemon juice

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp pepper

1 cabbage quartered

individually wrap in foil

Bake at 425 degrees for 20-30 minutes

Parga's junkyard

 

It is raining here in Texas today...

we were 80 degrees yesterday...

dropped to the 30's this morning...

I still haven't planted my veggie garden...

I've been waiting for all the freeze warnings

to end...I'm hoping to plant this weekend...

we will have Hotrod for the weekend...

hoping to take him fishing...

we are suppose to be in the 70's again...