TEXAS...BIG, BOLD, AND BEAUTIFUL

By

Minuet in G

(an Argosy made by Airstream getting used to cowboys, cattle, Czech Stops, 

caves, cacti, creeks, and a bunch of other crazy stuff)

"Un huh", I've been "fixin' to" (Texas State Verb) write my blog

for a month.  "This is not my first rodeo", but just "ain't" had time.

Vannie and Dave's been  busy eatin' "wangs" and "Whataburgers"

 until the cows come home.

So now it is time to "git-r-done".

Just had to "git" out my cowboy hat for our stay at the Lone Star RV Resort.

It's our favorite place to stay in Austin...and my first time.

GR (Gypsy Rhapsody) had told me all about it.

TEXAS IS DEFINITELY BIG, BOLD, AND BEAUTIFUL.

 V and D love Texas for a variety of reasons...some of which are:

...those gorgeous bluebonnets...

and they are all over the place right now...

along highways, in neighborhoods, in fields,

in cracks, in ditches, everywhere you look...a sea of blue.

Texas State Flower

...that hunk of power - the Texas Longhorn...

and they are all over the place, too...

if not the real thing, statues, billboards, hats, t-shirts...strong and mighty.

The longhorn became the large mammal symbol of Texas

in 1995.  Other mammal state symbols include the

armadillo (1927) and the Mexican free-tailed bat (1995).

...and, yes, they still have oil wells...

maybe not as many working as usual,

but they are there.

...barbecue...yum, yum...

Texans love their barbecue...

and everyone has a special recipe.

And they all taste good to V and D.

Bring on the ribs.!!!

...Willie Nelson...

can't be talkin' bout Texas without mentioning Willie.

He was born in Abbott, TX in 1933.

V and D's faves...

"On the Road Again"

"Always on My Mind"

Sing it, Willie...

There is so much more good stuff about Texas

that we love...but the VERY VERY BEST is FAMILY.

Yep...

Maddie pretending to cook...

New friends coming for a visit...


And old ones, too..
(Emilie's friend, Melissa, from Lafayette)

Watching Vincent run in a race at school...


Maddie acting like her great grandmother, Madge Burns...


Tea Parties...


Maddie sleeping over by herself...


V and D taking Vincent to see Batman, the Lego Movie...
and getting in on the SXSW excitement...


Vincent and Maddie sleepovers...


Boggy Creek Farm visits...


Putt-Putt Golf...


Dancing With the Stars on Monday nights...


Meeting lots of cousins in Dallas...
Brandon and Julie Honeycutt, Hailey and Spencer
Janet Lovelady


Fort Worth Zoo...


First Grade Field Trip to the Austin Rodeo...
That's Vincent in the middle...V and D were chaperones.


Watching a homemade volcano explode...


Vincent so excited over a pokemon card...


Vincent getting to sleep over all alone...


Meeting the neighbors new baby...


Soccer Games...


Art Projects...


Carnivals...


Letting Roy and Emilie have a much needed date night...

Lots of good stuff here...
Texas is just so much fun...

Vannie and Dave have a Texas address.
They own a lot in Hillsboro, TX.
They vote in Texas.
They have family in Dallas and Austin.
They have friends in Houston, Plano, Austin, Hillsboro, Odessa, and beyond.

But...you know...
I noticed when someone asks Vannie and Dave where they are from...
they always say LOUISIANA.

Go Figure...