Another good use for a banana
I was feeling sorry for myself because they had closed the Medina River crossings in the county during these days of COVID restrictions. They are pleasant places to hang out…
Read moreMagic Dairy Queens
My father made Dairy Queens pop up all across Texas. We’d be rolling down U.S. 75 with the windows of our ’55 Buick down and a block of dry ice…
Read moreSoftail Rolls Into Our Colony
Softail (AKA Softy) was dropped off in the yard the day after his mother, Harley, first wandered onto Dry Creek Hill. Harley eventually brought 5 kittens to our clearing and…
Read moreKurt Vonnegut Would Be Proud
After gassing up the car and grabbing some water for the drive home I took a look at the back of the bottle label. I was amused to see where…
Read moreBitsy
We first saw tiny Bitsy when we observed her mother, Sheridan, climbing into the hollow trunk of a lightning-struck oak tree. We peeked in and saw her caring for a…
Read moreUncle Ernie
Ernie was one of the first feral cats we saw on our property, but for the first several months we only saw him in passing. He patrolled the grounds at…
Read moreIt’s A Hummingbird Birthday
I give my wife hummingbirds for her birthday. I hang the feeders a week or so before Loretta’s birthday and the hummers arrive in time for the party. They get…
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