Texas Court Houses

McCullouch County Courthouse -- Brady, Texas

Lee County Courthouse, Giddings, Texas

Crockett County, Ozona, Texas

I've started a collection of pictures of Texas Court Houses -- I've posted three -- two I took last week on our trip -- the one from Lee County was taken in January.

No, it isn't spring in Texas yet but I wanted to revisit last spring so I decided to share the bluebonnets with all of you!

Valentine's Day

Well, it came and went -- how did you spend your Valentine's Day?

Happy Valentine Day, blogfriends! Hope you all have a great day!

I awoke to the sounds of birds singing -- it was foggy but so much warmer than we have had. I'm enjoying the sunlight again -- it was gone for a while and the cold and dark, gloomy days were hard. Now the sunlight is back and my mood is much better!

Temp 29 deg (F) and dropping -- lots of wind. Going to be a "hard freeze" for 20+ hours.
Remember, I live in what is supposed to be a "semi-tropical" area. Fortunately we got a good rain this morning -- things do better with wet roots. This wonderful weather is supposed to last about 5 days with possibility of snow later in the week.

UPDATE: Temp was 19 when we woke up -- bird bath is frozen BUT... at least it isn't covered in snow. Gracie slept late -- she wasn't interested in getting up. I have the fireplace going -- will worry about the gas bills later! Sr. Adult luncheon at church and then work this afternoon.

Update2: Balmy -- only 25 this morning. Water running (not dripping) from a drain we share with neighbor. Not us! Praise God. Unfortunately, they have something broken -- probably their sprinkler system. Snow in forcast today. We'll see. State is having rolling blackouts to conserve elect.

Daughter in Abq writes that NM is running out of natural gas for heating -- several places are now without gas. The National Guard is setting up shelters where people can go to stay warm.
Interesting times.

Update3: Well, our big snow event didn't happen. No snow. Ice was very bad on all the major roadways, because they are elevated, but snow stayed away. Since most everyone drives their kids to school, or they go in buses, and the roads were dangerous the school officials say they made the right decision to close the schools. Three day weekend but was/is too cold to do much.
Interesting information coming out of this...
City of Chicago has 750 trucks to clear streets with. Dallas, Tx. is 50% larger than Chicago and only has 60 trucks to clear snow from streets. Houston has NO trucks to clear streets. That is why we shut down -- no way to get rid of the ice until the sun came out. The streets were treated with de-icer but it wasn't too successful. 27 deg now. We've had an enjoyable day.

Last update: Temp 69 degrees!! Church was great this morning -- Tailgate party/chili cook-off after church -- fund raiser for youth activities. Lots of fun -- great fellowship. Several people joined church -- lots of visitors. Lovely sunshine -- Gracie loves it!
To those of you who are still buried in snow/ice -- we are sorry for your condition. Keep the faith! Spring will come.

Christmas gift...

This is the lovely throw my oldest daughter made me for Christmas! I love it -- it is soft and warm and looks great on the upstairs love seat where I sit and read sometimes.

Thanks, Robin, you do such good work!!

Too busy?

I laid out the quilt squares that I am working on. I think it is too busy. There doesn't seem to be a place to rest my eyes. What do you think?

A long week . .

The mirror...

It has been a looong, mostly unpleasant, week at my house. I fought an unhappy stomach all week -- really miserable. Every time I thought I was well it came back again.

Praise God, however, I am doing very well today. Looking at a very busy week so I simply could not continue to be sick!!

Company coming Friday night -- a couple we do not know. Our Christian motorcycle ministry will be having "Seasons of Refreshing" and we are housing a couple from the band.

Sweetie and I just finished hanging a large mirror -- it has been boxed since our move 15 years ago, and we decided that if we were going to keep it, we needed to use it. Otherwise, it could go to a consignment shop.

When we uncrated it I fell in love with it all over again -- so we hung it in our guest bedroom. It will catch the light from the window and reflect it back into the room. It looks great now that it is up on the wall.

The original plan was to hang it over a piece of furniture or a sofa but with our open design house we were lacking an appropriate place to hang it. I am glad to see it out again!

A rainy Sunday! We had rain all morning so the greeters at church (that's my job) were busy handing out umbrella bags for wet umbrellas and also paper towels for wet faces/glasses/etc. Still, people came, including several visiting families, so we were pleased with our attendance.

After a lovely lunch with friends I have spent much of the afternoon cleaning off my desk and computer table. Time to shred and file, etc. Gosh, I'm a paper hoarder! I am always sure I will need that piece of paper someday -- and, sometimes, I do need them. Of course, by then I cannot always find them!!

I've been doing laundry, also, and frankly, I'm tired of working so I think I'll go downstairs, eat a bite of supper, and sit and read for a while. Not much on TV, unless you like sports, and I don't, so reading is just the ticket.

What are all of you doing this afternoon?