not
every day you see a longhorn grazing on the side of the road
Last
Friday was Go Texan Day. That's the day the trail rides come into
Houston and camp out in Memorial Park with a parade on Saturday and
opening night of the Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show. I wrote about
it years ago here and here so I won't go into it again. Or you can read my sister's post here.
that's
me on the right in pants, my sister behind me
Rocky
poked his head in this morning about 8:30, need to run to Lowe's,
will be back in about an hour um huh, it will take you an hour
just to get there and back. Two and a half hours later still no
Rocky but he had a materials list and is going to start removing the
outside siding in preparation for cutting the holes in the wall for
the etched glass when he gets back. The vinyl flooring for the
kitchen gets installed tomorrow yay and finally! so while
Rocky is working on the outside I'll be pulling the refrigerator,
stove, and washer and dryer away from the walls to get the last of
the old green linoleum up from around the baseboards.
I've
been rethinking the tile in the bathroom. Not going to use the pretty
hex tiles for the floor of the shower because it would cost me over
$70 just for that and I will never see them. Instead, I'm
going to do a rectangular inset with them on the floor of the
bathroom. I've been looking at lighting fixtures and pedestal sinks
on-line. I should have just jumped in the truck with Rocky and
browsed while he waited for his estimate.
Was
still cool, wet, and overcast this morning but the sun is coming out
and it's warming up, and while I am so not ready for the unrelenting
heat and dryness of summer, I'm really tired of this wet and
overcast. So many things that can't be done outside as long as the
ground is so wet.
A
few pics around the yard...
this
little corydalis, the only one, a gift from the flood
the
little red lilies coming on
the
one and only daffodil
I
moved the daffodils two summers ago from a spot where they bloomed
but were getting overwhelmed by the mexican petunias. Not a single
bloom last year but I figured it was because we didn't have enough
chill hours but no such excuse for this year so what's the dang
deal daffodils?
How strange about the daffodils. I always thought they were pretty adaptable. Maybe they're still settling in?!
ReplyDeleteThat cow (bull?) has some SERIOUS horns!
I DO love the Longhorn.
ReplyDeleteBathrooms. My sink is hooked up. Time for me to really get to work.
My cousin Ellis, the Texan, says everything is 20 minutes away. "Twenty minutes now. We'll be there in twenty minutes."
ReplyDeleteNever believe a contractor when he says that he will be back in an hour - especially when they go to Lowes/Home Depot.
ReplyDeleteRight?! I've been self employed all my life and I've told those same sort of almost lies. it's not that we're lying, it's just that we're bad at estimating all the delays.
DeleteThat's one big damn steer!
ReplyDeleteHome renovation (or repair) is almost as scary.
You were so cute & serious! We didn't even know we had daffodils - we saw the leaves, but no flowers last year, but they're blooming now. They must have bloomed the couple of weeks before we moved down here.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever seen that corydalis. It's a pretty thing. I'm sure there are oddities popping up all over this year, thanks to plants and seeds being swept hither and yon by the flood waters. I'm pretty tired of wet and foggy myself. A lot of clover's gotten a reprieve this year, since it's so wet people still are reluctant to start mowing.
ReplyDeletethe clover is just about knee high over at the shop which will be a real challenge whenever Marc gets around to mowing over there!
DeleteYou were dressed to the hilt for that celebration.Like to see your blooms, that lily looks similar in bloom shape to a Toad Lily native here.
ReplyDeleteWe had a flood in our house in MN. Contractors lie a lot!! I wish I had one working on this re-do, at least I could have someone who would listen to my complaints!! I noticed some daffodils shooting up yesterday. I am ready to see some color out there. My daffodils are in the garden that people keep driving through. The boulders I have there are bigger than one of those concrete parking lot barriers would be. I am pretty sure it is big semi's turning around when they realize they are going the wrong way. I will be putting another camera up so we can get plate numbers in the future.
ReplyDeleteRocky's a good man, not just a contractor but my neighbor. he showed up soon after, didn't expect there to be three other contractors ahead of him for getting estimates. they are hard at work now.
Deletemaybe you could rig up some sort of automatic fog horn to blast whenever these trucks get too close, like a motion detection light only a loud horn.