Update on Kids House

Progress is being made on the house. What I am sharing is already two weeks old so more has obviously been done.

This is looking toward the kitchen area standing in front of where the fire place was.

This is looking the same direction but from the area that is the family room. Front door is to the right.

Since they are building back. They have made some changes along the way. Vanessa is getting a laundry room and they are adding another bathroom. This is a view from the back of the house. You can see the kids trampoline in the bottom of the photo.

They have the roof on now. This photo was in process.

I haven't been over to the house. These are pictures Keannon sent me.

The electrician, plumber and a/c people have been there this week so things are progressing.

Riding Dirt Piles 6-21-2020

I fixed lunch on Father's Day for Keannon and Doyle. We had one of their favorites, Chicken Fried Steak with all the fixings.

This picture was taken where the kids go to church.

The kids were invited to go with another couple for a week at Padre Island. The couple had a house on the beach.

While everyone else was packing getting ready to go, Kashton and I rode bikes. We went to the cemetery. It has plenty of places to ride without worrying about traffic.

We came across these dirt piles and Kashton wanted to conquer them!











Click here for another video of Kashton riding on the dirt piles.

By the time we got back to the house my tripometer showed we rode almost 7 miles!

Have a good one!

Everyday Ordinary Life

Not much happening.  Days are longer, warmer... Just enjoying the wildlife I encounter when I feed the horses and watching the sunsets.

June 9

Cloudless sunset yet it made for a beautiful view with the Grand Ole' Lady.























June 10

Western King

June 11

Robin

June 12

Look closely. The black cat is following a roadrunner that is on the top rail of the pipe fence. Of course the cat never got close.

The same Roadrunner made it to a tree.

They are very interesting birds and make a very unique sound.

Remember when rabbits were everywhere? Well, I don't seem them very often now so I get really excited when I do. There is a pair of rabbits that are at the barn almost every evening. They just make me smile.

June 13

Ebony on the hunt again. The Mocking bird escaped 😊.

Dragonfly I spotted on the side of the barn.

Barn Swallows. I don't have any at my barn but I think that's because it's metal. Not sure where these guys are nesting but they did land on the utility lines at the pasture.

June 15

A scissor-tail.

Have a good one!

60th Birthday June 8

I reached another milestone birthday. The big 6-0! Because of Covid I didn't have a big celebration.
Vanessa was very creative and contacted a sign company to decorate our front yard. That was an awesome surprise!

This picture was taken later in the day when there was more light on the sign. I think the details show up better.
Vanessa has friends who have this sign business. Whatever the occasion they set the signs up in the yard for the day then retrieve them at the end of the day. Pretty cool! These signs were really popular in May with all the graduations.

I took off work that morning so I could ride while it was cool. I planned for a week to go ride on my birthday. I was going to ride at the State Park. I have a pass but with the Covid restrictions you have to reserve a day pass online. It took me a week to try to get that done and still didn't get it accomplished! Thankfully I still have a few connections. Pastor Kirk told me I could ride on his place.

It was cool that morning but the humidity was almost the same as the temperature!

Everything was pretty and green. Pastor Kirk's property has lots of up and downs and some places that are really rocky. Fancy got quite a workout.

We rode mostly next to a large creek that provided some good shade.

When I got off to let her get a drink out of the creek I snapped a quick selfie.

Fancy had worked up quite a sweat as you can see.












After the ride, Vanessa got a few of my friends together for lunch. We couldn't all sit together so I tabled hopped to visit with everyone. I somehow managed to not get any pictures! I was so touched that people came even though at the time of my birthday restrictions had been lifted some.

I think the part that moved me the most was this little video Vanessa put together of different ones who sent me video birthday greetings! It made me laugh and cry (happy tears)!




Overall it was a pretty good birthday despite Covid!

Have a good one!