texas: My Day, My Say 3/6/2009
- 03/06/09 01:04 PM
Nothing much to say except that we need to enjoy each and every day as it comes. I took the boys to the park last week, we walked, we sniffed, we got chased by the geese. It was a good day.
I highly reccommend that if you can, take a walk in your park. Wherever it takes you, it's the getting there that's important. … (2 comments)
texas: My Day, My Say 2/22/09
- 02/22/09 08:17 AM
I read a report today from Richard Fillip, RE/MAX of Texas. In it, he stated that 50% of all new jobs created in America in 2008 were in Texas. Think some of those jobs could be in places like this? As REALTORS we are at the center of a new energy revolution. There is nothing like being at the right place at the right time! Now, get to work.
Driving around this afternoon doing some real estate duties....I spied this huge water tower in Cibolo. A rapidly growing community NE of San Antonio. One of the things I love about doing errands is the unexpected. Less than a mile away, on the same side of the street, is this: Immediately followed by a huge new elementary school....
In the center of what is rapidly becoming a city, a real symbol of our closely held rural roots. Followed by the hope of everyone's future - our children. Somehow, it all still works in Texas. … (3 comments)
texas: Child Safety???
- 02/15/08 10:03 AM
Here's another blast from the past. While wondering around in Guadalupe county, I found an abandoned building, I spied this inside a broken window. Does anyone remember this type of child "Safety Seat"? It is a real improvement from the one I was plunked down in, but mine did have a canvas seat and a bright blue steering wheel with a red horn in the center. For some reason the red horn didn't work too long. Do you think it might have been disabled by one of the grownups in the car? Anyway, this appears to be from the late 60's maybe? … (0 comments)
texas: Winter in Texas
- 01/07/08 12:04 PM
The weather outside is delightful, a fire would be so frightful....Yep, it's winter in Texas again. The temperature was almost 80 today. The sky, while not quite a bluebird day, was at least partly cloudy. My husband and I are sitting here with the big sliding back door wide open at almost 8 PM, enjoying the fresh air and the light breeze. What is happening? Is this Global Warming or just winter in South Texas? I have no idea; but since I have lived in this contrary state my entire life, I can say that within my adult life, on Christmas Day, I … (4 comments)
texas: Punkin Pie
- 11/16/07 02:26 PM
I am female. I was born more than 50 years ago, so I was raised in a traditional home where the daddy gets up in the morning, goes to work, comes home to the little wife, the kids and a hot dinner on the table. Needless to say, that's not me, BUT I do have the skilz! Since the biggest cooking day of the year is upon us next week, I want to share a story of my first pumpkin pie. I was dating my husband, he had volunteered my 21 year old baking skills to his family... guess who was making the pies? I was in … (2 comments)
texas: Free Christmas Celebration in New Braunfels, TX
- 11/15/07 02:48 AM
I checked the December Calendar for the New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, there sure is a lot of stuff to do if you have the time and the money. This weekend the Cowboy Kringle comes to Gruene with the Craft Fair, the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony is tomorrow downtown. There are various dances & symphonies, both a Gala and a Ball, Weihnachtsmarkt, art shows, a family camp out at Cypress Bend Park, a Pony Express Run...There is something for everyone that wants to participate in something. If, like me, you want something low key, friendly, fun and free, for everyone from toddlers & teen agers to … (1 comments)
texas: Historic Gruene Bridge Bites the Dust
- 11/11/07 03:17 PM
Granted, the Guadalupe River low water bridge at Gruene it isn't THAT beautiful. It was built as a utilitarian way to cross an impetuous river. Two narrow lanes more sized for Model T's than SUV's. I'm sure no great architects were ever involved in it's construction. It wasn't a graceful arch or an example of Victorian iron lacework, it was just solid concrete with some exposed re-bar here and there, barely wide enough for two pick-ups to pass slowly while the drivers gawked at the slightly tipsy bikini clad toobers try to exit the river gracefully. A couple of years ago, a large section washed down stream … (1 comments)
texas: Why I moved to the Hill Country of Texas
- 11/11/07 02:32 PM
We wanted quiet. This is sooooo quiet, that I can actually hear the deer munching on the grass outside my bedroom window at night. I can also smell the skunks, hear the hawks and watch the clouds. I've seen ringtailed cats walking across the pasture & red fox & wild turkey - the kind you eat NOT the kind you drink :) Occasionally, feral hogs rip up what passes for flower beds in my yard. We can hear peacocks yell, roosters crow and donkeys bray. In the spring, the does hesitantly bring out their fawns, occasionally leaving 4 or 5 in … (0 comments)
texas: Turn around ~ Don't Drown
- 07/26/07 06:05 AM
It seems to have become a mantra around the Texas Hill Country lately. For the past few months we have received more rain than ever before in history. I'm a native Texan, born in Houston, lived there for the first 30 something years. Hated the heat and humidity, loved the fall, winter and spring's. I lived the next 17 years in Bellville TX. Almost the same as Houston, maybe a degree or two less in humidity, still unbearable in the summer. Seven years ago we moved up to Comal County. It's still hot but the humidity was bearable in the summer. … (3 comments)
Nothing much to say except that we need to enjoy each and every day as it comes. I took the boys to the park last week, we walked, we sniffed, we got chased by the geese. It was a good day.;)
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