tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32655049962426777292024-03-13T00:12:27.269-05:00La Vida Loca!It seems that often, we live our lives in a moment's notice; never really being able to plan for much. Just living each day as it comes and rolling with it.Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-74941093966452676752012-09-05T16:31:00.001-05:002012-09-05T16:31:25.362-05:00Absence of Posting Apologies<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>My apologies if you have been checking my blog. I have gotten out of the habit of posting for a couple of reasons.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>First and most importantly, sitting and doing anything on the computer for very long doesn't do any kindness to my spinal issues.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Second, the less I do on the computer, the more I get done elsewhere.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>So, thank you for having checked in on me and I promise to get back to posting but a lot more frequently than I have been. Hopefully, I can make a couple of posts a month at the least. </strong></span>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-33675309385401047852011-10-13T10:02:00.003-05:002011-10-13T13:37:51.288-05:00By-the-Way. . .<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Did I mention that I hate cows? All bovidae. . . </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>The only good one is on my plate.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Was just hooked by a cow that wasn't even mine. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">On my own property.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Poor starved down thing.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>She was on the muscle as well as the lam.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>At least she didn't have horns.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Was trying to unload feed into my own barn.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I couldn't get out of the way.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>At least it was a hit and run.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Full on in the chest/abdomen.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Pitched me into the side of the truck.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Maybe being fat is a good thing?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Wonder how sore I am going to be later?</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">My dogs may be worthless but they ran her</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">scrawny behind away, off my place.</span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>About 10:30, after sitting still for a little bit. . . I discovered that it was worse than I thought. The massage and adjustment I'd gotten yesterday was slightly undone. So to Lufkin I did go.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">It is better to laugh than be mad but it makes me think of the Chris Ledoux song, <em>The Bull Rider.</em></span></strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="actorDescription actorName" data-ft="{"type":2}"><span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}"><u><em>The Bull Rider</em></u>I was sittin' in a bar-room one rainy afternoon<br />
<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> Tellin' stories about rodeo and listening to a tune<br />
Rodeo starts tomorrow in this one horse town<br />
So Bill took our names and put our entries down<br />
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I went to the office the next day to see<br />
What bareback horse I had and pay me fees<br />
I looked on the list but my name wasn't found<br />
I thought Bill might have forgot to put me down<br />
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I looked on the board and I happened to find<br />
My name was on another list I was in the bull ridin'<br />
My knees began to knock and my face began to sweat<br />
And I heaved and gagged on the rodeo office steps<br />
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Well I may be a fool but a coward I'm not<br />
So I borrowed a bull rope with a bell in the knot<br />
I walked in the arena with them other bull ridin' fools<br />
And walked down to the chutes and found my bull<br />
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Then I put my rope in the middle of his back<br />
And had some cowboy pull out the slack<br />
And then I wrapped the tail around my hand and back and said<br />
"Boy's open the gate, just a little bitty crack"<br />
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Well the bull hit the gate with his head<br />
And I could see over his hump that his eyes was red<br />
He bailed out of there with a big snort and beller<br />
And something inside of me told me I was yeller<br />
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Well the dust and hairs and flies from off his hump<br />
It whisk to my nose as he made another jump<br />
And the stink of it all was more than I could stand<br />
So I jerked my wrap and opened my hand<br />
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Well he jumped in the air and made one more turn<br />
And as the rope slid through my hand it sure did burn<br />
He flang me down in a great big heap<br />
And right in the middle of me he did leap<br />
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With his feet on my belly standin' in place<br />
That dirty old bull blew snot in my face<br />
So them damned old bulls<br />
You can run 'em in a chute<br />
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And put your ropes on them big galoots<br />
But the closest you're gonna find me<br />
To their stinkin' hair<br />
Is to help some other fool get flung in the air<br />
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Boy, next time I see Bill<br />
I'm gonna break his dang neck<br />
Enter me in the bull ridin'<br />
Shoot I think I'll enter him in the barrel racing<br />
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Chris Ledoux<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I needed to see that this morning.</strong></span>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-39924752611347750492011-09-12T16:10:00.004-05:002011-09-12T16:42:01.739-05:00Of Mice & Men & the Lowly Ant<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A WOMAN.</em></span></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, I have started Project Property Cleanse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am feeling tons better and am ready to get on with life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cooler temperatures we’ve had lately didn’t help me either in wanting to get out and get started on the land My Better Half inherited. His grandparents have resided here for over sixty years operating a side business of hay baling and tree planting in the process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing against them, but if we are going to live here the rest of our lives, lets make it how we (I) want/prefer while we can, right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is lots of work and fence building/repair to do.</span></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I actually started working when the days were pretty hot but would work early in the mornings and only until I couldn't stand it anymore, then I found an inside project.</span></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Here is some of what I am dealing with:</strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Defunct cow pens.</strong></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVyVBnZCS-JtmKNQQGrL9j-3MIkZ-Ki0o32BTuUPs2rp0TCFTCtteq10BD0KMg0gKpPlHLDLUzNzMgoG1QDe8eTLssYtiS7pUqileHPecBk6qYg8saK91dERKiGC5doDTKeD4vz9un2s/s1600/DSC00416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVyVBnZCS-JtmKNQQGrL9j-3MIkZ-Ki0o32BTuUPs2rp0TCFTCtteq10BD0KMg0gKpPlHLDLUzNzMgoG1QDe8eTLssYtiS7pUqileHPecBk6qYg8saK91dERKiGC5doDTKeD4vz9un2s/s400/DSC00416.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Part of old hog pens that is adjacent to the cattle pens.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiROJ6GcTLJW4uRSby9BIZa5MHECi4yZl55pxKg1JuQOyNF3-uQsKV6KXH4T0_BVEpLLWcjZULdj5IGhbJhmiS0ynLyyWl_KMkPwYT87qD7Mo4ITLEXNHOSFczvOcwFnLGCke4xcVqCM/s1600/DSC00421.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiROJ6GcTLJW4uRSby9BIZa5MHECi4yZl55pxKg1JuQOyNF3-uQsKV6KXH4T0_BVEpLLWcjZULdj5IGhbJhmiS0ynLyyWl_KMkPwYT87qD7Mo4ITLEXNHOSFczvOcwFnLGCke4xcVqCM/s400/DSC00421.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Some hog pen wire that My Better Half pushed up with dozer when requested to do so. They were rather large pens.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7NxNJq0ucVhdhDAi2LfqIJHQnjw5LSUnjYiF3th4L_r3Tb8JkKWAlDgHM4u_4SWR_OOGgHSv6ti6XgNbpBz1xXDjsZBzjSIaTiaMgbXDrArLfnMaOTx_5_XbfgUpzUQaJu_H005pCcI/s1600/DSC00422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7NxNJq0ucVhdhDAi2LfqIJHQnjw5LSUnjYiF3th4L_r3Tb8JkKWAlDgHM4u_4SWR_OOGgHSv6ti6XgNbpBz1xXDjsZBzjSIaTiaMgbXDrArLfnMaOTx_5_XbfgUpzUQaJu_H005pCcI/s400/DSC00422.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>What is left of the old hog pens.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrxyowSBeERgNdBkjxWFJ__LXUCndXY1mxb0WZbI7P4helLQfvGc9S_1pHDrEaZDG50Ts6zg_UI79H_f3fHsjsALAeFTZs58yPXUTKeee6dRCvW7haJ9U3HW5dn9FKvys6rzII8fUebA/s1600/DSC00423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKrxyowSBeERgNdBkjxWFJ__LXUCndXY1mxb0WZbI7P4helLQfvGc9S_1pHDrEaZDG50Ts6zg_UI79H_f3fHsjsALAeFTZs58yPXUTKeee6dRCvW7haJ9U3HW5dn9FKvys6rzII8fUebA/s400/DSC00423.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>These pens have not been in long term use in quite some time. The last time the cattle pens were used, portable panels had to be brought in to reinforce the fences as a certain few decided to jump through the northern side of the fence.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Clutter around the place.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first stack of stuff I have come up with. Lots more to go.</span></strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeGkgkxjdiEEQbCNjmLnah38vwbSTIZJa5y9QuHp8bZrWdNaytHXL3sFb4o43MUgCiv6nfiqFVHkhIe0EIhxdRzAst5IRewyNSIDdPsv5oiatYECTd_2yjgfPTLJzgKoMWZFL6Fz-Bak/s1600/DSC00415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeGkgkxjdiEEQbCNjmLnah38vwbSTIZJa5y9QuHp8bZrWdNaytHXL3sFb4o43MUgCiv6nfiqFVHkhIe0EIhxdRzAst5IRewyNSIDdPsv5oiatYECTd_2yjgfPTLJzgKoMWZFL6Fz-Bak/s400/DSC00415.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>The second stack I started up.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMcCyzqSMJxYGzxrnIRr27dNuu1hgngmnntkNP1g5UsgmCUTwyAYR_vHeC8c4aZRs20zJAKSCjqSOrTRB1aUQCltotpHjpIHPuZBsZA_B8Oy8mfesNP7O0ANQKN8Lyp1-MvQ-Nds7C-s/s1600/DSC00426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMcCyzqSMJxYGzxrnIRr27dNuu1hgngmnntkNP1g5UsgmCUTwyAYR_vHeC8c4aZRs20zJAKSCjqSOrTRB1aUQCltotpHjpIHPuZBsZA_B8Oy8mfesNP7O0ANQKN8Lyp1-MvQ-Nds7C-s/s400/DSC00426.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Watch it grow!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive5fg47MItGM57Nn4gmMy93oeKseir8V7e3UiuLoSEgARIUbXHkQaImdFjzWmsuhp06gXFlJwfHbCytAjEYvOYFbeVG221ZVhTVXTIIlN7e-ioStekJAPmaVR1cVhFJ6uaX6o7g3XpGI/s1600/DSC00429.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEive5fg47MItGM57Nn4gmMy93oeKseir8V7e3UiuLoSEgARIUbXHkQaImdFjzWmsuhp06gXFlJwfHbCytAjEYvOYFbeVG221ZVhTVXTIIlN7e-ioStekJAPmaVR1cVhFJ6uaX6o7g3XpGI/s400/DSC00429.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>My Better Half asked me how I was going to haul it. I told him in the cow trailer, just give me some time, a few kind words, and watch me. He had decided that we wouldn't be able to haul any of this stuff off until we repaired our flatbed trailer as we would need a trailer with sides. That wasn't going to work as I was on a roll. </strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>We've all heard the story of the Little Engine That Could and the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper preparing for winter. </strong></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Anyway, I took the load to be recycled this morning. It weighed more than I thought I would. It was a little less than 4,000 pounds and 96 of that was copper I was paid for. However, lesson learned. . . A new state rule; any communications wire must be accompanied by a letter stating as to where the wire came from. Huh? So the communications wire I had (a bunch of) went back on the truck as did about a half dozen old tires still on old rims. . . They don't want the rubber, just the metal. Gotta fix that. Pretty lucrative day for a housewife.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">(I only got one pile and part of the other before going to town. I felt it was already a big enough load to ask somebody to pull out of my trailer. Lots more stuff to go. . . )</span></strong></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-12334734702326694062011-08-18T15:24:00.000-05:002011-08-18T15:24:55.772-05:00Life is a Drag. . . . For now.<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Its the same old ho-hum. . . . </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I will be lost.</strong></span>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-16137166379706583052011-08-06T05:33:00.001-05:002011-08-06T06:07:48.766-05:00Trouble Makers<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Remember the mountain lion story that turned out to be a bird? I could not for the life of me figure out what this bird was so I took pictures and sent them in to the Cornell school of Orinthology. I was pleasantly surprised that they got back to me and were able to answer as to what bird it was. It is called a green heron and they are very common. </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>That is funny because I don't recollect ever seeing or hearing one. But they are pretty cool looking. The pictures I was able to get were of hatchlings that were emerging from the nest. They were very skittish so I wasn't able to get close enough to get just really good pictures with my old rinky-dink camera. Though they were enough to help identify the birds, I found a better picture of an adult to share with you.</strong></span></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-71800169330892703142011-08-06T05:11:00.000-05:002011-08-06T05:11:55.362-05:00Latest Creation From LEGO Land<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>This long hot summer is just dragging on and on. They say there is no end in sight of the dry weather and extremely high temperatures. We have seen some amazing things as a result. Brother, on the other hand, cannot and won't be deterred from his creativity and engineering activities. </strong></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>After growing bored with his log truck/trailer, he built a complete dumptruck but his mother was a bit absent minded at the time and failed to get pictures of it. The dumptruck went the way of the junkyard as all vehicles eventually go. From the wreckage a new rig has emerged. . . a pipeliner's mechanic rig, complete with crane.</strong></span></div><br />
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</tbody></table>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-71445738575447383632011-07-26T13:13:00.001-05:002011-07-26T13:30:41.907-05:00Summertime Fun<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>For a while, I was the victim. . . then, poor Miss Johnnie had to put up with them.</strong></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>She was a pretty good sport even though the look on her face said differently at times. Putting up with house monkeys endears her to me all the more.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6mzKauREnCS668sXza9jeOurY42OQL9x0qPBl6J1H6dN0Wq4W0RU0axENP9bT7BaGWe62NiuC3r62jNiuD9wRw0ZJBRHOyYfScVcthdInVh8gNIRS6TRlNIiD58V_cSVMbvmbahgrXM/s1600/DSC00257+%25281%2529+Blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6mzKauREnCS668sXza9jeOurY42OQL9x0qPBl6J1H6dN0Wq4W0RU0axENP9bT7BaGWe62NiuC3r62jNiuD9wRw0ZJBRHOyYfScVcthdInVh8gNIRS6TRlNIiD58V_cSVMbvmbahgrXM/s400/DSC00257+%25281%2529+Blog.JPG" t$="true" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>Oh, the things she puts up with. Thing 1 and Thing 2. Pretending to be Native American or Hippies?</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO63nvOdaPiEGph68-80aR555qpqhgnnbZHly3adAwIIExKdjJc8Oxlq4tu_gaLRvELnXc1dUsUGu4Bvy76hs0uAo5Z6wJj6xCrgxlGp8Y0Q8cYPd0sa1mdSRWo_HmAzvqbtBpFPDlydM/s1600/DSC00252+%25281%2529++Blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO63nvOdaPiEGph68-80aR555qpqhgnnbZHly3adAwIIExKdjJc8Oxlq4tu_gaLRvELnXc1dUsUGu4Bvy76hs0uAo5Z6wJj6xCrgxlGp8Y0Q8cYPd0sa1mdSRWo_HmAzvqbtBpFPDlydM/s400/DSC00252+%25281%2529++Blog.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>I have yet to figure out what this face is.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv87p1iRTZv9iuIB3MLggEueLZo87MmylBjTTntm42yYj9l8EhzGFdQ3MYc_2iamYzZSN_dYmVa2hO1poVTsJwaUA4Nj9HEh48wfZww3E2plp-CcCZd_HBZk5UWCdTwdcm12B9zS2Q5Q/s1600/DSC00258+%25281%2529+Blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv87p1iRTZv9iuIB3MLggEueLZo87MmylBjTTntm42yYj9l8EhzGFdQ3MYc_2iamYzZSN_dYmVa2hO1poVTsJwaUA4Nj9HEh48wfZww3E2plp-CcCZd_HBZk5UWCdTwdcm12B9zS2Q5Q/s400/DSC00258+%25281%2529+Blog.JPG" t$="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>Packing the crazy ones around.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcAFucnRx7GtGJ4_qA0GV9TtRjok1kZY0orPBA82_PBf2wIazTYR2yfoS3A2LOZlcs7Qtf9eFtP2AmhjQQFEtaAY_u6rIt4kbY5qDckgRXo9JP1onZICSigiU-BsWJ5bGKSF-_HZGZA8/s1600/DSC00261+%25281%2529+Blog.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcAFucnRx7GtGJ4_qA0GV9TtRjok1kZY0orPBA82_PBf2wIazTYR2yfoS3A2LOZlcs7Qtf9eFtP2AmhjQQFEtaAY_u6rIt4kbY5qDckgRXo9JP1onZICSigiU-BsWJ5bGKSF-_HZGZA8/s400/DSC00261+%25281%2529+Blog.JPG" t$="true" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>Hey, have you happened to see the most beautiful girl?</strong></span><br />
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</div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-21542332664954608242011-07-18T19:07:00.002-05:002011-07-18T20:32:56.927-05:00What Could Be My New Ride<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>While in the city, today, I saw the truck I want next. It might get better fuel mileage than my 2011?</strong></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>But you can bet that I get this 2011 paid off, I won't be getting anything else for a while.</strong></span></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-90587737351476236602011-07-18T19:02:00.000-05:002011-07-18T19:02:44.590-05:00What is This?<strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Can you see it? Gliding through the air? Slipping, sliding. Falling down?</span></strong> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>If you could combine the three of these you could see what Brother I were privy to see. A complete rainbow. I couldn't get far enough away from it. And, amazingly, there were four rainbows altogether. You can't see them in the pictures but they were there. There was a faint one closer to us but there were two more stacked just underneath the prettiest one.</strong></span></div><br />
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</div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-70636670303304136282011-07-18T18:49:00.000-05:002011-07-18T18:49:19.904-05:00State Visitors<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Of late, due to the drought, we have been seeing more and more birds coming up to scratch through horse manure and steal chicken feed. So we have taken to feeding the dear little souls. You can't help but feel for them, so we were feeding them.</span></strong></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(07/12/2011)</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>Some weren't too happy with the woman at the window.</strong></span> </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>See?</strong></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>These lovely visitors have graced us with their beauty as well.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZ3ynnovGyWpa44QmIBVKNUHnbisb411hMSZtDSNZyFTm1aCLUR_IYN4az-F_ufFMj9DsSJNckb32S2yRc9QUIeJjl9uDwGkv8FdHlqrjIALh9j6ec993osPZNhYaluGbwStVxN7Z8rY/s1600/Morning+Doves.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZ3ynnovGyWpa44QmIBVKNUHnbisb411hMSZtDSNZyFTm1aCLUR_IYN4az-F_ufFMj9DsSJNckb32S2yRc9QUIeJjl9uDwGkv8FdHlqrjIALh9j6ec993osPZNhYaluGbwStVxN7Z8rY/s400/Morning+Doves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(07/14/2011)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>Evenutally, another visitor started coming around. He is called Sneaky Squirrel.</strong></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(07/15/2011)</td></tr>
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</div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-84913445804752269902011-07-18T18:15:00.000-05:002011-07-18T18:15:30.944-05:00Courage is Fear in Work Clothes<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>A few morning last week, I received phone call, waking me up. It was Brother everytime. He beat me up every morning and never bothered to wake me up. He was so excited to be able to call me to come outside and look at what he was doing. They don't stay little long, do they?</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">You can sure bet this mama's heart was swelling.</span></strong></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-17727541700140239212011-07-18T17:34:00.001-05:002011-07-18T17:49:06.133-05:00We've Been Working in The Coal Mine<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>One has to be really careful when ferrets are on the lam and running through your house. Never thought about my bag of charcoal. </strong></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">These guys were funny bouncing around through the styrofoam peanuts. I think Metric actually enjoyed it more than Pinky. They played for the longest.</span></strong></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-38150582671855491812011-07-18T16:10:00.001-05:002011-07-18T16:13:43.922-05:00There Ain't No Cure For the Summer Time Blues<div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Kiddos seem to be able to find things to entertain themselves with. I was about to start lunch one day when the kiddos decided they wanted pizza. They were quickly informed that we weren't going to town but they were welcome to make one if they could figure out how to make one from scratch and clean up their mess. Little turkeys did a good job. We didn't have any pizza or spaghetti sauce but they did good with cooking tomato sauce down and adding spices. Sister made the dough while Brother made the sauce. Then they used deli sliced sandwich meat and a shredded four cheese blend I had in the icebox. Turned out pretty good, too.</span></strong></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Brother likes watching things such as <em>Swamp People, Swamp Loggers, </em>and other such shows. While he's watching these shows, he plays with his <em>LEGO's</em>, a lot. At the end of Summer 2010, I'd gotten him the construction set for having been really good to help me on a project. With that set, in addition to several others he has, he is always making all sorts of things, usually trucks of varying degree. He'd said he wished that they had a log truck set and I told him that I bet with the <em>LEGO</em> he has, he could make one. And he did. Here is a series of shots of his next to last build. </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxTSrrfnV3VF3v7O5uxNhndCnHRQRQ_QOlUJRY5_U2xhE4c8DceOrS7J8goVziYvV-2LDz_RUbtLCiJd4GS-1vf0jmndQVTYQPS3AXsq_iYlo49gd4dMVfoCBNsSpmZT5aKspztulaeo/s1600/DSC00112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxTSrrfnV3VF3v7O5uxNhndCnHRQRQ_QOlUJRY5_U2xhE4c8DceOrS7J8goVziYvV-2LDz_RUbtLCiJd4GS-1vf0jmndQVTYQPS3AXsq_iYlo49gd4dMVfoCBNsSpmZT5aKspztulaeo/s400/DSC00112.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(07/12/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;"><strong>I'm Thinking Sissy Was a Little Aggravated with Dally for Playing in the Water.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnUW8Go1RScOZju9HTLTbiLRv9Zufj3PXibxs-_OfKytCrxN-nTiLzZFkqvv6q8EPX9GMHLkyWQjB_LzmfCdRCHTZTLEa9COZnqRS5TPDeK2AyMkDA04V0H1WRLkPWPPN-RQhRZs7rHM/s1600/DSC00090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnUW8Go1RScOZju9HTLTbiLRv9Zufj3PXibxs-_OfKytCrxN-nTiLzZFkqvv6q8EPX9GMHLkyWQjB_LzmfCdRCHTZTLEa9COZnqRS5TPDeK2AyMkDA04V0H1WRLkPWPPN-RQhRZs7rHM/s400/DSC00090.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(07/05/2011)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-15609867114727929242011-07-12T16:35:00.000-05:002011-07-12T16:35:30.604-05:00Bummer of a Summer<div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">It seems my house is invaded by do nothing bums. . . </span></strong></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Here I sit on the computer. . .working on my blog.</span></strong></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Every dog that belongs to my family are sacked out on the floor, snoozing away. </span></strong></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The cat is curled on the floor in the middle of the five dog pack. What is up with that? She hates dogs.</strong></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Brother is playing with his LEGO, watching television, and occassionally laying down. I think he has the right idea. TWC says it is 99 and feels like 101 out. My gauge outside on the house and in the shade says 102 with 42% humidity. Whatever the case, after last night. . . taking a nap sure sounds good. Just what the doctor ordered.</strong></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sister is in Lubbock I bet sweating her hinney off. But I imagine she is having a blast all the while. </strong></span></div><div align="justify"><br />
</div><div align="justify"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I have more random pics I will have to post later. . . but I need to go look at the back of my eyelids!</strong></span></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-35359757669486993022011-07-12T15:58:00.001-05:002011-07-12T16:17:26.637-05:00Time Heals all Wounds. . . Still the Beginning<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The fires of June were terrifying to say the least. There are still many hotspots and as a result, any given day of the week, I can turn the water on and will temporarily be out of water or it will hiss and spit at me until the air has cleared the lines. The Forest Service personnel are still hanging out in the area and I sure don't mind sharing my water with them. . . as crazy at it makes the water in the lines. It is never boring. Course, Granny isn't happy about the water acting crazy. . . it knocked a glass out of her hands. She fussed about it some. </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Thankfully, only two residences were destroyed as well as a barn and many deer hunter travel trailers that they leave on their leases. The majority of what was destroyed was pine plantations. When fires destroy these trees, there is a limited time window in which they can be salvaged and some value gained from them. Otherwise, they are a complete loss. </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Multiple logging crews have descended upon the area and are working hard to removed the trees they can so that the land can be prepared for planting around the months of January to March. It is the hope of many people, not just for the timber companies but for farms and ranches, that we start getting healing rains to make the forests rebound.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Much of the land surrounding my house and property, if it isn't privately owned farm or ranch land, it is privately owned timber plantations or <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Davy</placename> <placename w:st="on">Crockett</placename> <placetype w:st="on">National Forest</placetype></place>. There is a major difference between all three in how they are maintained.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>There are a lot of people who may look at the drought and subsequent fires as total devastation. I try to look at it a little differently. </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;">Certainly, it is hard on all as many people's income depend on the land around here and then the results are just plain ugly. But nature has a way of taking care of its own. Yeah, they say we are in global warming conditions but Mother Nature still takes care of her body. I can remember reading about the Storm King fires that happened when I was a kid and hearing about all the wildfires on the west coast over the years. Then reading books like the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Little House on the Prairie</i> series talked about prairie fires that would happen while they were in <place w:st="on">Indian Territory</place>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I don’t think Mrs. Wilder would have lied about those fires just to fluff her stories.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Truth is wildfires happen and they have happened since the beginning of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is what happens when underbrush isn’t taken care of or severe droughts happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, when there is a high volume of human activity the odds of having a wildfire are increased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Our activities increase the chances of wildfire higher than the chances of them being started by lightening, at least in our area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As horrible as they may seem and the damages that are caused, these fires do have benefits to local ecosystems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spots that may burn, if left alone will create temporary clearings in which wildlife will eventually find food and forage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The burned underbrush and trees create potash which is one of the three major nutrients to plants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plants that comeback will then grow stronger and abundantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without fire, these forests wouldn’t get potash to help them be stronger.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Area that had been young pines with significant growth on them. You can see the trees behind that were fortunate to have not suffered from the fire.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrKGsrjiA14BzvJEJg0BZFnvEkFpdiH7eG8S4_lnAdYhmmFpamYdt7ev4cmmpDlOb8LrP2d5gIPprtRPwDKVh94jWocQyk6sbitnBHTflcpfm_XhcPgsF85XXR6nkSs0hoZ6m0AUICLQ/s1600/A+DSC00100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrKGsrjiA14BzvJEJg0BZFnvEkFpdiH7eG8S4_lnAdYhmmFpamYdt7ev4cmmpDlOb8LrP2d5gIPprtRPwDKVh94jWocQyk6sbitnBHTflcpfm_XhcPgsF85XXR6nkSs0hoZ6m0AUICLQ/s400/A+DSC00100.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(07/11/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A loader setting idle at the end of the day.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTd1d3uIv2xR65N6XrZFPyjF-FdaDq7rs4nZXBygrBj69how5XdlnOlc4gheU6o-yJ9VdaW7Rt7FmBFaogM_5g6YU6B4yTUJnZYtAaz8B0or8aiBmxF-KdHYGNwkkS-lXq8YPBSWTbEes/s1600/A+DSC00103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTd1d3uIv2xR65N6XrZFPyjF-FdaDq7rs4nZXBygrBj69how5XdlnOlc4gheU6o-yJ9VdaW7Rt7FmBFaogM_5g6YU6B4yTUJnZYtAaz8B0or8aiBmxF-KdHYGNwkkS-lXq8YPBSWTbEes/s400/A+DSC00103.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(07/11/2011)</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>What is called a shearer in these parts.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPjlE6RqhI_25D-9O_OtdCrNkpuKptF5u_pWsJTTuylqEyPqQjxD5ZcYXGTelw1DMN3G1pXW1RssiBC2hIgGZzty4ugaMh2bq5TqOoj6NVI9R9ASzOUTnJox8puxbvxtmC_4qdfiCQPM/s1600/A+DSC00105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPjlE6RqhI_25D-9O_OtdCrNkpuKptF5u_pWsJTTuylqEyPqQjxD5ZcYXGTelw1DMN3G1pXW1RssiBC2hIgGZzty4ugaMh2bq5TqOoj6NVI9R9ASzOUTnJox8puxbvxtmC_4qdfiCQPM/s400/A+DSC00105.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(07/11/2011)</span></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-91373927172906333862011-07-12T15:56:00.000-05:002011-07-12T15:56:05.274-05:00Promise of Better Days. . . The Beginning<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04;">Post fire, the tensions and stress of dealing with not knowing whether to evacuate or not began to subside due to emergency personnel getting a handle on the fire and with some welcomed and much needed rain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Though it wasn’t much, the approximate 1.5 inches we received through the 21<sup>st</sup> and 22<sup>nd</sup> of June kind of breathed life back into much of the flora and fauna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the first of July, we received a bit more of the liquid blessing, though it wasn’t even a half inch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Yesterday, while much of the fires in my immediate area have been contained, the kids and I went driving. . . not just to look but to see if those we knew of in the bottom were okay and how they fared. I think those we talked to were grateful for just the drive by and checking up on them. To an outsider just driving through, they'd never believe a community was back there until they got there. I think I live in a remote area. . . not hardly.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>While we didn't take shots of all we saw, we did shoot what we could. Kind of hard to get stopped, even at 20 mph for the wildlife we saw. It is heart breaking to see the cardinals and other birds sitting on branches and limbs where there once had been foliage. In normal circumstances, a rabbit on the side of a county road will run. . . . Poor things didn't know where to run and so were just sitting on the dirt as the rest of their world was blackened. Glad to see that these small creatures survived.</strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">Like Scarecrows Waiting for Rain</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8cbxqFsZJxduHNfUrzFUnAXbeslL2PuyIJhxNp2VyInRieKbinJ5IdfMhnNbD1_nfnzpQOmv-QK7vcX71SmYnIT_rz_YB2a8xiZi9OpeXK6pLwC1nPgWvQtpuPXQtOgliVsxk9ZwiI4/s1600/Like+Scarecrows+waiting+for+rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx8cbxqFsZJxduHNfUrzFUnAXbeslL2PuyIJhxNp2VyInRieKbinJ5IdfMhnNbD1_nfnzpQOmv-QK7vcX71SmYnIT_rz_YB2a8xiZi9OpeXK6pLwC1nPgWvQtpuPXQtOgliVsxk9ZwiI4/s400/Like+Scarecrows+waiting+for+rain.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">(06/21/2011)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong> Its a Long Time Till Spring</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhGqBdULFhyphenhyphen5fBBU7gEQ3B5-EulobYmticbb1Ph5zxriYTosVefqKrct7hLcTpORABf7x7bdqeF3jEo3-G3mEkjw2P3JxLZtYu7eD7-wv6zsL4cr7dOg6eJYEZ1KW9ux67GpFIf-TreE/s1600/Long+time+till+tomorrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhGqBdULFhyphenhyphen5fBBU7gEQ3B5-EulobYmticbb1Ph5zxriYTosVefqKrct7hLcTpORABf7x7bdqeF3jEo3-G3mEkjw2P3JxLZtYu7eD7-wv6zsL4cr7dOg6eJYEZ1KW9ux67GpFIf-TreE/s400/Long+time+till+tomorrow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/21/2011)</span></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>One of the Many Melted Phone Boxes</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_Tdqy6LfLGLATXgz4iJbeJVwOBFvhNuQlPCtshVpNizgb_pAqwsqTnF5bFmcGB7f57-XEM8PLTlZeLM9kkUizeTzCRCvbpK58iTdv-TB82zO19KpaxDhtic9hfPwFAIo46gW87_TnBs/s1600/Melted+Phone+Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_Tdqy6LfLGLATXgz4iJbeJVwOBFvhNuQlPCtshVpNizgb_pAqwsqTnF5bFmcGB7f57-XEM8PLTlZeLM9kkUizeTzCRCvbpK58iTdv-TB82zO19KpaxDhtic9hfPwFAIo46gW87_TnBs/s400/Melted+Phone+Box.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">(06/21/2011)</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Not Much Green Left</strong></span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnht2sbNGHPeLsX_HEHve9cmiQRTKcnDdiCN6hnwi_RJjlQQJP5ZWaJeUIHj8QVmM1auBedcbbAPDY_igmhId9bfIZ_879VM0av1cnhKmqC7Jm5IfG6UNgggaFrMYHvd1GdPDsWXPeM1w/s1600/Not+much+green+left.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnht2sbNGHPeLsX_HEHve9cmiQRTKcnDdiCN6hnwi_RJjlQQJP5ZWaJeUIHj8QVmM1auBedcbbAPDY_igmhId9bfIZ_879VM0av1cnhKmqC7Jm5IfG6UNgggaFrMYHvd1GdPDsWXPeM1w/s400/Not+much+green+left.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">(06/21/2011)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Starting the Cleanup Process</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxdunCHrbJFX7NuEii2_NBYgFC3EQfcyGATOPqrwA1fxISGopTONs9k9HVTmG6i1npJjlo6U_prvOcoRE1PhVhVWFt2RDa2r6FIc4aetlUMerFS8onFba-DXW3DLqasGa51yjhTkyv8k/s1600/Starting+Cleanup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxdunCHrbJFX7NuEii2_NBYgFC3EQfcyGATOPqrwA1fxISGopTONs9k9HVTmG6i1npJjlo6U_prvOcoRE1PhVhVWFt2RDa2r6FIc4aetlUMerFS8onFba-DXW3DLqasGa51yjhTkyv8k/s400/Starting+Cleanup.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">(06/21/2011)</span></div><br />
<div align="center"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>A Few of Our Local Heroes: Kenny, Jordan, and Tim</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOObs7rNaIOedJR9srREcj47laDE1LRBUEDTSdIiIaaLS_FKpSXX8LbnSoTzT555mFW0d0ZvFd6JgLGwmtufkK_VP7PBfJMLnnU3V3zDq7quZtq7t3ZaMGxmfS4ufM_roZuHDbZzAbCpk/s1600/Three+of+Local+VFD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOObs7rNaIOedJR9srREcj47laDE1LRBUEDTSdIiIaaLS_FKpSXX8LbnSoTzT555mFW0d0ZvFd6JgLGwmtufkK_VP7PBfJMLnnU3V3zDq7quZtq7t3ZaMGxmfS4ufM_roZuHDbZzAbCpk/s320/Three+of+Local+VFD.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">(06/21/2011)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without these guys, we'd be up a creek.</span></strong></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-19189875107959244812011-06-20T14:58:00.000-05:002011-06-20T14:58:15.666-05:00Fresh From the Oven<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>So many question the validity of what law enforcement and emergency response teams tell them. They get antsy and impatient wanting to go back in after evacuation before being told its time or just wanting a look see and ride around in these areas. These wildfires can be extremely dangerous especially in the conditions Texas and much of the southern tier of states have been experiencing lately. Wildfires are environments and weather conditions within and environment and weather pattern. They seem to have minds of their own. They are difficult and dangerous enough to contain these fires so they tells us to stay away for a reason; our own personal safety as well as their own. There are too many dangers to name, I am sure other than just the flames themselves.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here are some pictures I found of our fire and they show just how dangerous these fires can be. The one with the truck in it show a draft of fire flaming out from the top of a tree. That can happen in less than a split second.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I cannot thank our volunteer firefighter and Foresst Service personnel for the hard work and dedication they exhibit to keep the rest of us safe.</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-85348015428061981302011-06-19T11:23:00.004-05:002011-06-19T11:57:23.271-05:00Welcome to Hell & Good Morning Sunshine! Updated pics<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Friday a little after lunch, a fire was started by a trailer blowout/wheel bearing just east of the Trinity line over in Polk County. This thing has mushroomed like no tomorrow. Over 14,000 acres have lit the skies. We have had a lot of great help with this immense fire that refuses to die. Even an Army Ranger just passing through on his way from his home in Port Arthur to Palestine to visit family on leave stopped to see if he could help. He leaves for Afghanistan in a month. Thanks Michael for all you do. </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>There has of course been many rubberneckers who need to just stay home for their own and the safety of emergency personnel. But even greater than the issue of gawkers, there have been many who have rolled up their sleeves and gotten down and dirty in doing what they could. Our official and unofficial volunteers rock! Without them, we'd be up a creek with no paddle. </strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial;">There were reports yesterday afternoon/evening that this fire was burning yesterday at a rate of 200 acres per hour. I'd believe it with the winds the way they were and are again, today.</span></strong></div><br />
<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here are pictures that I could get:</strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Friday Evening trying to find the blooming thing as we had absolutely no knowledge but knew it was close. These pics are around, behind the fire. In the first one, you can see the hood of the truck and headlights. That wasn't even fifty feet from the front of the truck. </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8sc-xLxF1M-G23bt82fAxCQEcgPQRMRY5tCMGA7bDDADqSt0XimjUpxxiuxnO96mP0YpehsCYUUw1Com8-cVR5wPMd6eIg7tp3c_P_yxo67Qg6h7gEyvFGOsnjdV1lhNVjPijVrG2O8/s1600/.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib8sc-xLxF1M-G23bt82fAxCQEcgPQRMRY5tCMGA7bDDADqSt0XimjUpxxiuxnO96mP0YpehsCYUUw1Com8-cVR5wPMd6eIg7tp3c_P_yxo67Qg6h7gEyvFGOsnjdV1lhNVjPijVrG2O8/s400/.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/17/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Damages less than 6 miles from the house as the crow flies. The trees on the plantations look like poor scarecrows standing there.</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZc6UJn6OfQAiITe63aTop12MmcjibnnhB0EuSjfZo7l7-ztwWRXhHon1ItTRKL-GcKshxGtsDzg_0eSAuINLhrhTbqJENkO9bgchZgeStB3CnImazFTLTWmUcIZYqlTYyCzJJa6xRHM/s1600/IMG_0020+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZc6UJn6OfQAiITe63aTop12MmcjibnnhB0EuSjfZo7l7-ztwWRXhHon1ItTRKL-GcKshxGtsDzg_0eSAuINLhrhTbqJENkO9bgchZgeStB3CnImazFTLTWmUcIZYqlTYyCzJJa6xRHM/s400/IMG_0020+a.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/18/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Pics through Saturday, June 18th, 2011. It has been pretty nerve wracking through the day. At times, we were like, "should we bolt and run" and then later it would be "think we'll stay and wait it out longer." The winds are in our favor for the most part. It is a very unfortunate thing for anyone, human or otherwise to be in the path of this storm. </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>These pictures are from my front porch or back yard:</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tmngl7w5ZlNx2b9TzKppUZMGD5biTSgUhCPn2lQUJFA7RkIOk4NhDvVWRPqgQQelbmrBVp0yExjPzKUUog2jhvZXuvTmMUdBpKE8JFSGx6pYNGQu87XATNzDUnB1bO5Fq90Xkibv5zI/s1600/IMG_2669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tmngl7w5ZlNx2b9TzKppUZMGD5biTSgUhCPn2lQUJFA7RkIOk4NhDvVWRPqgQQelbmrBVp0yExjPzKUUog2jhvZXuvTmMUdBpKE8JFSGx6pYNGQu87XATNzDUnB1bO5Fq90Xkibv5zI/s400/IMG_2669.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/18/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>These pictures were taken last evening before dark. It was really crazy. This whole weekend, I haven't wanted to leave as badly as I did last night. After darkeness came, you could see the glow of the flames, really strongly against the clouds. I just wish my camera hadn't broken so that I could of been able to take pictures of the flame clouds. They were very pretty but terrifying all at the same time. We rode it out, anyway with folks on standby if I needed them to help me haul animals out.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>These are some of the smoke clouds that the flames reflected from. Please mind that the lens on my cell phone is cracked and so presents a haze in photos.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOmMzCwfLHZ4-WOhmjKiUc40WcLAUlE5Kt4rVXmTHE_wtRD2X2CrW3EXwG6Pdo53td-Tfn0nZ171L1hrVOANDDA1BdRqd5pfbrCFCdA60X2A8kXdlTSCAHT25W5Q8o5KPfngGwV1agdY/s1600/Photo088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOmMzCwfLHZ4-WOhmjKiUc40WcLAUlE5Kt4rVXmTHE_wtRD2X2CrW3EXwG6Pdo53td-Tfn0nZ171L1hrVOANDDA1BdRqd5pfbrCFCdA60X2A8kXdlTSCAHT25W5Q8o5KPfngGwV1agdY/s400/Photo088.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(06/18/2011)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Okay, Sister did manage to get a pic of the glow last night, though the pic was dark. I did what I could to make it more visible. These are some EXTREMELY hot fires. This pic was taken right behind my house.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlTExGXruLCEFO5jwn3UUP3p85JY_bQaa-IKl74iKgUzSH1A8pxmUhlbYIq-cc7ZsfLAKhwjzW7ZQUk1wooUUD05MljeAlx1-x69XViQGOLh_8wqhwSTZ_FOabaWgjpG1_XianenWNXU/s1600/IMG_9763+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlTExGXruLCEFO5jwn3UUP3p85JY_bQaa-IKl74iKgUzSH1A8pxmUhlbYIq-cc7ZsfLAKhwjzW7ZQUk1wooUUD05MljeAlx1-x69XViQGOLh_8wqhwSTZ_FOabaWgjpG1_XianenWNXU/s400/IMG_9763+a.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/18/2011)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>This morning, the sun rose with the promise of another extremely hot day. I fear for our firefighters who are already exhausted. </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The view el Sol gave me this morning was promising to say the least. The fire in the sky was a heavenly fire that gave hope that the earthly fire was gone.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cQ8u0HDZx__WDRR0wb79h3l9OAKvqvhLhNu-hNAmjsdJxVzBHUok0pkd1pZc3IvXNn7CQ4a-UBZalQNnOvTTeM8O6wtjXCMWs_jboqLzO2GAG8lwcvHnVL8RA367vdUM4JXyybmhY-c/s1600/Photo092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cQ8u0HDZx__WDRR0wb79h3l9OAKvqvhLhNu-hNAmjsdJxVzBHUok0pkd1pZc3IvXNn7CQ4a-UBZalQNnOvTTeM8O6wtjXCMWs_jboqLzO2GAG8lwcvHnVL8RA367vdUM4JXyybmhY-c/s400/Photo092.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/19/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>As I write, the northern end of the county is still on fire. Some roads are closed. So, if you are reading this, please keep these folks in your thoughts. Hopefully, the personnel gets this stopped before it jumps anymore county lines.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here is a link to one of the volunteer firefighter's personal videos. He has some others that are mind numbing but I don't know where to access those. </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-33437613269706379982011-06-14T12:38:00.087-05:002011-06-14T13:31:40.782-05:00Ramblings of a HOT Summer Day<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The last week or so, has been busy. . . I think. . . Seems at least three days was spent entertaining cousins from down the road. . . That's okay. . . what else better is there to do in the summer? There have been many activities going on from work to play.</strong></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here, Brother had decided the best way to unroll a spool of wire in our process to rewire our hotwire fence.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pkU6fqsUcTStfr9NsT7Kk8S555G9mHqZ35g6m2HcTu4UFtJfGjmNJmS-q3A7eYSQBsoiDDq9bxFZZYZ5ngsoWFg1u8zWZySorKhgm5gKYdbflmEly9tNHGXG9NG4Mv0ALNp6_I1lbkc/s1600/Jakes+great+idea+for+stringing+wire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pkU6fqsUcTStfr9NsT7Kk8S555G9mHqZ35g6m2HcTu4UFtJfGjmNJmS-q3A7eYSQBsoiDDq9bxFZZYZ5ngsoWFg1u8zWZySorKhgm5gKYdbflmEly9tNHGXG9NG4Mv0ALNp6_I1lbkc/s400/Jakes+great+idea+for+stringing+wire.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/08/2011)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sissy Dog playing dress up and undercover for the CIA. Oh the antics of a little boy!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYu4qGiratkLV7WcSQo7nM1Yd1JWi_17wm2j2VLLIZLPZnm7rMA7HwAqjLApuwhjIreL3ueC8MS3PQpkfME3OrNd8M9UqHL_1msKxG_fLwQ3Bv_pZBLjjKRfARa6Hgt8jXmFP2TuPUb8s/s1600/Sissy+still+undercover+for+cia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYu4qGiratkLV7WcSQo7nM1Yd1JWi_17wm2j2VLLIZLPZnm7rMA7HwAqjLApuwhjIreL3ueC8MS3PQpkfME3OrNd8M9UqHL_1msKxG_fLwQ3Bv_pZBLjjKRfARa6Hgt8jXmFP2TuPUb8s/s400/Sissy+still+undercover+for+cia.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(06/08/2011)</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The HOT summer time is the perfect time to grill outdoors. . . It helps keep the house cooler and provides great nutrition. And I found a new way to clean the grill rack. . . Good thing I fire it before actually using it.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Where we live. . . you can never be certain what is lurking in the woods. Thank goodness for the brave wamoose hunters that help protect us from really large beasts that could devour us.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As hard as it was, little boys managed to find some patience to wait until it was a bit cooler (less than 100 degrees) to do their fishing. . .But it was still pretty durned hot!</span></strong> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sister learned she would be getting her commercial steers for the 2012 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo this week during her trip to San Saba, Texas. This means building another pen for them since they cannot be penned with her 2012 County market steer. Thankfully, part of the work was done for her but the existing pen needed expanding. Cousin from Down the Road said he'd help her of which I am thankful, as well. What a back saver! We made sure to feed him good. They were funny to watch, giving each other a hard time as they went.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Two Magnolias & Barbed Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511556676734957981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3265504996242677729.post-87148973286900094692011-06-07T22:42:00.000-05:002011-06-07T22:42:57.118-05:00Channel Surfing Cat<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Our boss, or so she thinks. Light refused to relinquish remote control. . . </strong></span><br />
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