Travels with Howie

Friday March 9 2012  11pm and a chilly 49 degree

Great Egret

 Neil and I think this man in the plaid shirt who sings and plays on entertainment nights, looks a lot like Neil's brother Terry . Lest you think these three men are all the entertainment we have on Saturday nights, ( which they are most of the time),  last week we had a visit from Elvis

  He smoozed the ladies

 and his wife smoozed the men.  She didn't do impersonations but she sang real good.

Just like Vegas down here.

Here is something you might only see in Texas

One whole lane of the  busy downtown Harlingen traffic is closed off so these Trail Riders can travel from Harlingen to Mercedes for the Rio Grande Livestock Show.

They were all real friendly and waved and smiled for the camera.  Today was the first of the three day trip and it was rainy but  it looks like they were in good spirits

No one here complains about the rain we have been having because it was so dry last year.  Hay that normally sold for $3.50 a bale sold for $9 this year.  We saw many places with a horse grazing along the side of the road or a cow tethered in the front yard.  Wherever grass would grow, you were likely to see an animal grazing there.  Sometimes it was sad to see like this horse who we saw tethered every day at a vacant lot covered in trash, broken bottles and lots of plastic

But this year - lots of rain ...

Yucca blossoms

 I have never  before seen these seed pods that develop after the yucca blossoms

The prickly pear cactus grows new little  "ears" and the purple things you can see are edible fruit.  The spanish word for them is Tunas.

A table at the Weslaco flea market 

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