Our Little Blue Bonnet Patch

We have a few blue bonnets in the front yard. Hopefully they will get thicker every year. 

BIRD Feeder?

The bird seed seems to disappear pretty fast at our house!

And what makes it to the ground, the turkeys get.

The hummingbirds are also back.
(Remember to click on the pics to enlarge them- especially the collages)

Happy Easter

I planned a few special things for Easter this year. Some fun desserts, an egg hunt, an Easter basket wagon. We really miss not getting to spend holidays with all of our children. As a result, Eli and Noah are spoiled- lol. I put a couple of Easter buckets outside and hid lots of eggs, but when the boys got here, they were still sleepy and went inside the house. They perked up pretty well when they found the Easter wagon though. (Only one wagon, but two of everything inside. I knew that Eli would know exactly how to divide it up between him and Noah.) A little later Audrey and Ron took the boys to the river on the mule. Needless to say, one of the eggs hidden on the front tire of the mule got ran over and smashed. Then...it was time for the egg hunt. I forgot to count how many I hid and the wind was blowing enough to "change my hiding spots". After that, we had dinner. Then cookies, cupcakes, and candy eggs for dessert. Eli helped me pass out the desserts and then I gave him a small hammer to use on his "bright yellow" egg. Let the smashing fun begin :) I thought I had taken photos of some of my Easter decor, but I guess not. And now it is too late for those, everything is piled on my dining room table to be packed away tomorrow. Andersons brought me a cute little wooden, stacking egg set!

Around the Block

If I go out the front door, up the drive way and take a left- to the corner of Palomino and Horseshoe Falls, then a right- to the corner of Horseshoe Falls and Buckskin Trail, then another right- to the corner of Buckskin Trail and Palomino Springs, then another right- back to our drive way... it's like going around the block. Only thing is that block is 2.5 miles :) That is my "walk route". I have known for some time that just doing that once a day was probably not enough steps. But twice a day, would be pretty good. (at least according to the fitbit...that I don't have yet- haha). I have in my mind that 10,000 steps per day is a good goal and I think the 5 miles would count as that. The tricky part is fitting in that second walk. The morning one is pretty easy. I just need to be sure that I get out there early enough, before it gets too hot. The evening walk needs to be late enough to be cool, but not so late that it is dark. And I have to work around fixing dinner. Last week I did 2.5 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I did 5 on Tuesday and Thursday. (Sometimes I will be able to get at least one walk in on Saturday. But that didn't happen last Saturday.) Today...I got my 5. I went this morning and then I went about 6:45 and I got to see the sunset and the moon rise. (Last Tuesday when I went at 7:15- it was too dark just before home. The deer and I were scaring each other and I couldn't tell exactly what kind of snake was at the end of the drive way. ha.) Just before the corner of Palomino Springs and Horseshoe Falls, there is hill. It's not a huge hill- but for an old lady, who is out of shape, I am usually "huffing and puffing" to get up that thing. By the time I make it to the top- I am almost exactly half way on my walk. So, even if I wanted to turn around- at that point it would be the same distance, either way. The only other trick is trying to figure out the weather temp and wear the appropriate clothing. Sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold, sometimes just right- lol.

Wild Hog Explosion

"Wild Hog Explosion"... who came up with a crazy name like that?? That is what was happening in Bandera on Saturday. It's an event to raise money for the local library. One of our neighbors is on the board or the committee or something...and was in charge of a food booth. So he asked us to come and volunteer to serve food. We showed up at Mansfield park at 10:30 am- got alittle training and started serving food at 11:00. There were two choices on the food- a large plate for $8 and a small plate for $5. The large plate included, pulled pork, sausage, beans, potato salad, bread, pickles, onions, water or tea. The small plate was a sausage wrapped in a tortilla, a bag of chips, and water or tea. The large plate of food was a really nice, large lunch. The event also had various booths and games. And of course the hog catching contest. There was small arena set up, where teams, of two people tried to see how fast they could catch the hog, put it in a gunny sack, and carry it to a "line". The team with the fastest time wins. All ages- small kids get small hogs, bigger kids bigger hogs. I assume adults get the biggest hog. We didn't stay to see that. The weather was actually pretty cold, with a strong wind blowing. But...hey...we got a free lunch and a free crazy shirt.

Love Those Snap Dragons

Can you tell...I really like the snap dragons? Got to get pics. before the deer eat em.