November 5, 2011, 9 am cdt 43 degres

Meet my newest best friend, Molly.

We are in Weatherford Texas at a RV park with the unlikely name of Hoofs and Wheels.  People who travel with their horses (!) can corral them here and park their RV  too. We don't need the horse factor but they have Direct TV and internet....once again, very spotty but  do-able.

Matt and Lori took us out to lunch and at place we have been to before and loved...Joe T.Garcia's.   It is a most beautiful garden patio restaurant with Tex Mex food.

 Now to the Molly part.

Lorelei works at the fort Worth city office where they have a pin, the Molly, that they gift  to those who they wish to just offer a special welcome.  As I understand it  they are a  sort of inside  thing and Lori gave one to me.

 It is said to impart the spirit and heritage of Fort Worth.   

Here is the history of Molly as I understand it:

There is a longhorn head sculpture on the outside of the  Livestock Exchange in Ft.  Worth  named Molly.  All the wheeling and dealing done outside where a rumor was passed on but no source wanted to be named,  they might say they got the info from Molly....sort of like "A little bird told me." 

I  am so honored to have that pin.

This is the street that Matt and Lori  live on in their new (to them) house.  The houses are newer bult it reminds me of the street I grew up on with trees lining both sides.  Pretty.

Matt and Lori also have two new dogs, Fippy, a catahoula and Oso a aptly named bearlike dog who is part  mastiff and part Labrador.  He is a huge friendly puppy who can land both paws on your lap and sink you down into the chair about two inches.  He and I became friends instantly, maybe because we both are big and clumsy and basically harmless.

Ever seen an Osage Orange?   Not a variety of orange one would eat, but a fairly common tree here that produces a fruit about the size of an orange, has skin like an unripe orange with acne, and is not edible.  The fruit will make you sick(not kill you) but  the seeds are edible.  The tree, like most everything that grows in Texas, has nice big thorns.

On our way to the Navy Air base in Ft. Worth  but will next post on our trip to one of those zoos where you stay in the car and animals come to see you.  It was fun!