The charm of Lo de Marcos

Traffic can be interrupted by any number of things.  It might be vehicles.  It might be pedestrians.  It might be horses.  In this instance it was a schoolkid outing.

Helpers with a flag line guiding the way.  Kids quietly cooperating.  Super cute.

Becky and Brian

One last visit with them while they’re still in the Valley.  Between their stay here at Sandpipers and then out on the Island, it has been almost a month.

We walked around the South Padre Island Birding and Nature Center for a while and watched the critters.

We found a sweet one to slow-motion feed.

And one to not feed.

It was a very nice day.

There is order at our house

We do the laundry.  We put the clean clothes on the couch for folding.  Henry puts everything on the floor, except what he want to sleep on.

In this case, dad’s sock.

We get the clothes back on the couch and folded in-between Henry’s naps.

It’s like a zoo

But without the signs to tell you what you’re looking at.

Driving past game ranches in South Texas.  We might spot an Axis Deer, native to India.

Or an Oryx from Southern Africa.

American Bison and Texas Longhorn from the American West.

With some small deer in front of them.

Tiny little antelope

Or this.

It’s not an ostrich.  It’s not a cassowary or an emu.  It could be a Rhea, a South American bird.