[our_patch] RE: [our_patch] Re: another nice one
- From: hc@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: our_patch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 23:29:26 -0600 (CST)
Hi gang,
I agree with Sandy, Don & Lisa are indeed amassing I don't see how you get it
all done, a busy day for me is feeding me & my four critters plus a bit of yard
work 7 taking care of my shack, I had to give up on the garden due to the
drought & almost ran out of water since I do not have a well I depend on my
rain catchment I got down to 30gal of water when we finally were blessed with
some rain.
I just went to town for Doc apt & shopping this past Wed & it was heart
breaking to see all the dead trees & brown brush. I heard this past yr was the
driest on record & that Texas lost millions of trees from the drought I think
we will be ok this year since we are getting good rains this winter. that was
the main problem last winter we got very little rains so when the summer began
all the tanks & farm ponds were 1/2 empty.. We didn't have a spring just went
from winter to summer & it lasted on into fall.
Now all the fields are lush & green but we are having a warm winter . I saw all
the fruit trees are blooming already, we are getting days in the high 80's,
that means the bugs are gonna be bad & if we get a late frost or freeze now it
will devastate the crop. I live a bit S E of D&L , 90mi N of Houston near a
tiny town, Bedias is a farm & ranching community. When I retired from being a
traveling Artist, painting & sculpture, I bought 11 acres it is an old cotton
town named Cotton & if you google it my land is right where Cotton is printed
on the map. I actually own 1/4 of the old townsite & the old dirt water tank is
just across cty rd #132 & 136 where the 2 roads join to cross the creek that
runs right through my land my entrance is on 136 after the two separate on #136
that continues N & #132 turns W to dead end in TX hwy 90 going on to
Madisonville. Rd 136 deadends a few miles N of me & was named Cotton to
Madisonville rd back then, It was never named a ghost town since there has
always been at least one person living here. Funny though since there is still
the old school house standing. It cannot fall down cause there is a big tree
growing right up through the roof but most of my neighbors are Cows.
I love living here it is still so quiet & peaceful but that is changing fast as
most of the old ranches have been split up into 5-20 acre ranchettes & houses
are being built all around. I moved here in 1996. At that time I hardly ever
heard a car going past but now it is quite often, sigh.
Hope that fills you in on our Texas drought Sandy,
hh
On Friday, March 2, 2012 21:52, "L.S. Miller" <lsmiller221@xxxxxxxxx> said:
Well, once again I'm drowsing at the computer, but a promise is a promise.
This was my big week of the month, working half days all week except for one
which was a full day. In housekeeping that's a pretty tough week, although if
I had to I could do more. Tomorrow's my day off, so I'll just sleep until I
wake up. Wait...laundry, dishes, housecleaning, ukulele practice...where will
I find the time? ;-D
I've been trying to collect more links the past few weeks. Lately I've come
close to being short. We're always running around like chickens, but managing
to have fun, too.
Don is doing his respite care thing tomorrow and his client also needed him
Sunday, but he's got a gig on Sunday. He suggested I take the gig so I did.
We get to help her out and that will make it a profitable weekend for us.
I'm so glad you're continuing to work on the quilt. It'll be exciting to see
how it turns out and selling it will be nice too.
Thank you so much for keeping us up-to-date on your doings, we'll try to do the
same.
Lisa
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Sandy Martin <[mailto:smarte34@xxxxxxx]
smarte34@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Don, Lisa and whoever is still haging around reading this,
Thanks for another nice newsletter and all the links. I always admire you both
for finding all those sites, along with any helpers you have. Nice to see that
your little apartment is coming along. Do you think you will be in it by
summer? If so, will you have air conditioning in it? I have been wondering if
Texas has seen much rain this winter? I doubt you get snow, do you? Just
wondering if the drought there shows any signs of easing up?
My life is always busy. Sure a good thing I don't work because I would not
have time for it. My life will never be boring. Aside from normal stuff, I
signed up to do indexing for the 1940 census. It is fun to do. Right now I have
been practicing on WWI draft cards. It is fun to see what people's occupations
were way back then.
I am still quilting on your quilt top, Lisa. I think I may be done with the
quilting part in a couple more months. I don't work on it every night. Only
about every third night for 90 min. or so. I am looking forward to getting that
done so I can put on the binding. Still amazes me to look at your tiny little
stitches and I admire them greatly.
Have had some family crisis (plural)- nothing really bad...just family members
losing jobs because of economy (sad) and my 96 year old mom isn't doing well,
(more sad).
But on another note...it is March now and that means it is that much closer to
spring...well here it should arrive in a couple more months. :-) Hope
everyone is doing well. Congrats on losing weight you two. That is hubby's and
my plan come spring when we can get back to walking outside.
Take care all! ~Sandy
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