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Beau Wann, Jr.
Hey Scotty, amen. Gonna miss not seeing you at all the get togethers, but you are always in our thoughts and hearts. Pat, "Little Miss" is just such a lover, she just hugs my neck and grooms my beard and purrs to high heaven. Of course, that makes me purr. I think my beloved calls it snoring, but I call it purring.
Hot and dry on the hill, duh, it is summer after all ! We've had about 4 and a half inches of rain this June, but sure cant tell it by the dusty cracked ground. Takes Diane and I about an hour or so to water all the plants and trees up here. We generally water by the 2 and a half gallon bucket full from our rain barrels and save the well water, not that we're running low or anything, just like to use what nature and God gave us.
Our tomato plants have gone NUTS, especially the cherry tomatos. We cant eat them fast enough. I mean, there IS a limit to things you can make with fresh tomatos. Lost our corn to the drought, squash went squash, onions not doing so good, only got two out of that bunch. Peas and beans burnt up no matter how much water we poured on them. Got 4 potatos, two the size of pregnant golf balls, and two the size of ping pong balls. Not what you'ld call a meal, but maybe a medium size potato sandwich, if there is such a critter. Pepper plants flourising, but no peppers. I'd say our foray into farmership not going so well.
Bought one of those driveway sensors that lets you know someone is coming up he driveway. Well, duh, what else would it do, right? Anyway, the gate is almost a quarter mile from the house, so we put it down by the gate. IT WORKS ! ! ! However, and aint there always a however, the deer and hogs and other critters set it off at night, so we have to turn it off after dark when the gate is shut. An aside, the sensor is about 5 ft off the ground, so we must have some very big hogs and deer or, they are walking on their hind legs. I knwo, maybe it's ol sasquatch hisownself, bigfoot come a calling, yeah, that's the ticket..
First time I heard it go off at night after the gate was locked, I was locked and loaded. Just knew "RED DAWN" was upon us. So, went Marching about with my M1, AR15, and AK47 and assorted amo, a bazooka, flamethrower, and a partridge in a pear tree. And I wonder why I have back problems marching about under all that weight! Well, one cant be too careful and vigilant now can one! ! !
Dont know if we will make it to the 4th of July parade this year due to the heat. Well, you see one parade, youve seen them all, eh what! Diane will be gone this Sunday and Monday, so be bachin it again. Then again to the national Beta Eta or Delta Kappa Gama conference in Austin in a couple of weeks for about a week. Pretty good group those ladies. They provide scholarship money to students, plus other assistance to folks. Diane is now "MADAM PRESIDENT" of her chapter. She said I didnt have to bow or curtsy, just salute maybe.
Been trying to get stuff done on Coopers memorial ice house, but it's just too hot to linger about in there for any length of time, and I've got four industrial fans in there. Mostly they just blow hot air. I guess you could call the fans "politicians" eh! Toying with the idear of one of those aircondition fans that you see on the sidelines of football games. Well, we will see what wwe will see!
the nights up here are just beautiful. Saw the moon and Saturn together. I knew what the moon looked like, but only knew it was saturn because the weather folks told me it was Saturn. I have seen Saturn through a telescope, and it of course looks like the pictures we saw in school. Sort of surreal or unreal, which basically means the same thing, bizarre!
Ok, I'm ramblin, so I'll deplane here boss...
Keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride...with the AC on MAX...
your frien and nutter butter whacko...BeauCephus
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Will someone tell me how to flip these photos again? Thank you.
