Travels with Howie

January 20, 2015  8:30 pm cst  52 degrees

                                                                     blue heron

So I'm sitting in the car eating a Churro outside a convenience store waiting for Neil ......A churro is a fried dough snack with cinnamon sugar ....yum!

When this grackle lands on the mirror and gives me and my snack a serious look.  I was debating  breaking off a piece when he got more demanding and I have to tell you, he was quite intimidating,

About this time, Neil came out of the store and threw him some bread but i wonder what he might have done.  He was pretty bold.

Can you see a cat in this picture?  Answer at the end of this post.

They have been dredging the river..the Arroyo Colorado.... out in front of our RV park .  this is the front of the operation.  I dont  know exactly how this works but

the stuff that is dredged up goes into this extremely long pipeline and is blown into a settling pond where the silt settles out and the water is returned to the river.

Well, it is still rotten weather for southern Texas......the water stands in the fields 

If you are brave enough to go to the beach, it's a good idea to bring an umbrella.

I do like looking at the heavy surf, tho.

Gardens are doing nicely tho but I can't imagine what this gardener was thinking planting petunias and cabbage in the same garden right next to the road.

I saw this man walking downtown and took his picture because I thought he looked silly in a dress and not until I saw the pics on the laptop did I realize he was wearing a hospital gown and hospital socks..no shoes.  Escapee?  Wish I had stopped to see if he was alright.

Did you spot the cat?  The dog on the right and another not in the picture had the cat treed.  Cats are so cool..he just sat on the branch knowing he could outlast the dogs.