Posted on

Gulf waters lot

 Remember that lot being developed at the end of a little pond?  I sent out some pictures last spring. Well, it’s all done now.  Looking good too.      It has something new too.  Some of the bricks along the edges are transparent with solar powered lights inside. They light up every night to outline the patio! 
Posted on

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

 Morning coffee on the patio, the little frog in the fountain starts talking.  Little buzzes, croaks, and burps.  We’ve seen him there before.  When we take the fountain apart to clean it, he jumps out and startles us.  He lives in the rocks stacked around the base.  Sometimes we see him hopping around in the dark at night. This is the first time we’ve heard him though.  Maybe our little frog is growing up and has just hit puberty.  Anyway, we’re sitting there listening to him muttering and Judy realizes that every time she pours bleach into that fountain (about once a week) to knock down the algae that wants to grow there, she’s also dosing the little frog.  That must be one tough little guy.  
Posted on

Alex update

 There was a gymnastics meet on Saturday.  We weren’t there in Colorado to take any video, but Matt was and he uploaded them to YouTube for us. Ringshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj69XK-dAWg Vaulthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3oDbfzlgrE Pommelhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3oDbfzlgrE Floorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foa2ydyUnvY He scored a perfect 10 on the rings.  He made some mistakes in his routine, but he also performed a bonus move which brought his score back up to 10.  
Posted on

Happy Birthday Judy!

 You know, this is the day Judy gets to do whatever she wants all day.  Morning coffee on the patio,  A drive on the beach.  The ferry to Aransas Pass.  A stop at Conn Brown Harbor to see if there is a Loon there.  Yes!  A couple errands to Walgreen and Lowe’s.  The Concrete yard ornament shop on Highway 35.  Lunch at Mack’s Barbecue in Rockport.  Fulton Beach Road.  Out to the pasture next to the Big Tree to see if the Whooping Cranes would be there.  They were way off in the distance.  Goose Island State Park.  Red-breasted Nuthatch.  Common Goldeneye.  Judy thought maybe if we went back out by the Big Tree, we might catch the cranes flying closer.  We did! Beach, ferry, Goose Island, barbecue, 80 degrees, and a foot rub.  Snapshots of the day.  I drove, she shot.            Happy Birthday Judy!