Month: December 2011

Mocking Bird

I was driving past the south pond this morning and something caught my eye on the far bank. I pulled into the clubhouse parking lot, grabbed the camera (which, for once, actually had a charged battery) and set out across the grounds to get a closer look. Turned out to be this guy: It’s a… Continue reading Mocking Bird

There’s interesting. And there’s REALLY interesting.

They started building a new house across the street from us today. This is a momentous occasion, as it’s the last vacant lot on our cul-de-sac…well, on our entire street, for that matter, although our street is only two blocks long.  We have mixed emotions about it. On the one hand, it will be nice… Continue reading There’s interesting. And there’s REALLY interesting.

Snow Report

We got 3-4″ of heavy, wet snow last night and today. It’s not that unusual to have snow in West Texas, but we usually get the dry variety that stays on the trees and shrubs only as long as it takes for the first gust of wind to blow through. But this was snow of… Continue reading Snow Report

My Excellent Christmas Lights Adventure

First, the lessons. (A) Just because something is labeled doesn’t mean that it’s labeled correctly. And (2) The solution to the problem is probably more simple than you think, if you haven’t pushed all the buttons. I spent three hours yesterday afternoon putting up our Christmas lights. This included twelve strings of lights around the… Continue reading My Excellent Christmas Lights Adventure

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