We got leaked on.

Some delivery person or other left huge oil stains in front of our gate. 

Ugh.

Now that Thanksgiving's over...

It's time to put The Tree up!

Happy Thanksgiving, Y'all.

The Zen-ness of the Countryside.

 

It is particularly Zen when you have neighbors who have horses :)

A Frosty Morning.

Even shorts left out to dry are totally stiff.

A Walk with the Boy

 

When you live in a place that is predisposed to drought conditions,

seeing smoke in the distance usually makes you quite nervous.

A Taste of Nostalgia

One of the "go-to" cookies/cakes that my mom used to make when we were kids, was Rock Buns.

I hadn't had any since I was probably a teenager (?) and had a hankering for some. 

So what can I do but make some on my own?

They turned out wonderfully, and tasted so much like Childhood :)

It's Time...

... for the Christmas Feels to begin.

Yes, it was time to change the poor wreath that had been up all year.

The Sandhill Cranes are Flying South!

 

After the Rain

It May be November

...but this is Texas climate, after all, and the Texas Lilac is still blooming and pretty.

A New Mailbox Just Appeared!

Remember the last post where the mailbox was somehow injured?

Well, today we found an entirely NEW mailbox in its place, with a METAL POLE etc.

Like, eh??

Let's take a closer look at it in all its grandeur.

It turns out that, the guys who were doing the regular "road grading" accidentally maimed our mailbox. And they were so appalled that they decided to put in an entire new mailbox in the ground for us.

 Wow.

Thanks, guys.

And since I had some leftover Mailbox Lettering, but not the correct ones, I had to do some McGyvering.

Do you see what I did there? :P

Our Messed Up Mailbox

Somehow our mailbox, one day, got traumatized.  We aren't exactly sure what happened, but it is now like some tooth that is in some "receding gums" situation, with its root all showing.

We will try to deal with this and add to its supports so that it can continue to do its job. 

Happy Halloween, Y'all!

 

Electricity Outage

What do you do in a blackout situation?

Sit in a candle-lit room and ponder.