heroes and ribs

I apologize for not writing more often but I cannot express to you, my lovely audience, how dadgum hot it is down here. By the end of the day we stumble back to the hotel, take cold showers and fall asleep. I would love to write little bits about funny things that happen, funny things that people say, funny things that people wear, but my brain has been seared by the unrelenting Texas sun.

But tonight I will tell you a story (or two).

Last night we ate dinner with Sharon and John at the lovely sack lunch airstream. They grilled up some delicious p.i.g. and chicken. With fresh vegetables and salad, and artichoke dip and cowboy candy dip. It was so much fun. We ate good food and sat around and told stories and laughed.

Tonight we were lucky enough to get some of Shorty's ribs before they sold out. He cooks them up out behind the office, only on Fridays and when they're gone, they're gone. He doesn't charge anything for the food but takes donations. We're going to pig out (pun totally intended) and watch the first season of heros.

Every night on the drive home we count the frogs and toads that jump out in front of the truck and last night we made it to five when we got bonus points for seeing a momma raccoon and her 4 babies. The frog record is fifteen.

We have a huge spider that lives at the top of our porch, I think her name is Charlotte and every morning and every night we have to disturb her web to put up the rain guards (tarps) and I think she's starting to get mad. We don't know what kind of spider she is but she huge and very brightly colored. Some people call her a banana spider.


We have a new colony of fire ants that just sprung up in the lawn out front of our porch. They are evil.

I met a lovely pair of gentlemen (not like that) this afternoon. I bought a bunch of old pictures from them and while I sat there and sorted through all of the tubs they tried to guess my name. They still haven't figured it out.

I've bought all sorts of wonderful things to sell on etsy and make jewelry with. I came down here with my resin pendants and some old opticians lens pendants and my usual recycled vintage stuff and I've almost sold out!! Thank you Texas!



xo