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January 7, 2014 9 pm cst 48 very chilly degrees

The fish must have been plentiful  when we were watching these pelicans.  They would circle for a bit and then head straight down head first into the water to catch fish. Of these three I caught on camera, only one came  up with  a fish.

Thought this was an unusual way for a tree to grow......Sort of like a turnip with a big round root branching up to the greenery on top

For some reason the owner of this cactus has bound it all the way up this palm tree and looped it around a few times. Maybe decorative, but I just don't get it.

These are vegetable pears.  The lady tells me you cook them just like potatoes and they have a mild cucumber taste.  I bought a few but haven't cooked them yet.  Those spines are very sharp....everything that grows in Texas has spines.....I don't know just how to peel them without injury.

probably not an unusual sight but where else but Texas will you find a place to get your ten gallon hat refitted?

And where else would you see this monumental sized gorilla statue ?

We went to a place where you can pick your own grapefruit...$4 a 5gal. bucket. Look at all the fruit  on the lower branches but we pick the ones that are hardest to reach..
  These kids in a really nice neighborhood are carrying high powered air rifles.  Hey, you kids got parents??!!

This kid comes down from Wisconsin to visit his great Aunt here during Christmas vacation and has taken a liking to Neil.....or maybe it is the Ipad that he is so fond of, but he spends most of his day with Neil and I ...He is 13 years old and talks  a mile a minute and laughs at our inability to play Angry Birds and  Angry Granny.

Thought it funny that this house is on Rockefeller Street

oops, someone needs parking lessons.