Arrived in fine shape,

worked five days then the S##T hit the fan.  I still have my job, as do all the rest of the golf course crew, but who knows what will happen next season.  Will explain more when I calm down. Off to work tomorrow, the season starts November 1.  My barroom is beautiful, clean and ready for the beer drinkers.  Golf course looks great, hole #8 has been a disaster for years. That is where the flood waters  come over the resaca. Due to the drought of last summer, the hole is GREEN........
Carry on........

Look at my page Title

"Rolling down that Blue Highway"
Well, tomorrow is the day and I am ready to get back to some hot weather and my other life
with friends from around the world.  My Iowa neighbors winter in Florida and they feel the
same way. We have two lives with two sets of great friends. Everyday we learn more about
the world from our winter friends.  It will take me two and a half days to get back to my home

in Texas, a wonderful ride and the fall colors should be fantastic.  This is the pool I BOB in every afternoon.  Life is good

Ten days

to get my work done, as in packing to head back to my home in TEXAS.  I am getting anxious to get on that "Blue Highway".  I do not drive the interstate upon entering Texas, way tooooo much traffic for my piece of mind. My rig will be moved the day before I arrive and I will have the week end to get things in order before I start working.  The golf course club house is a fun job after 30 years fighting off dogs, climbing through drifts of snow, hiding in the basement of an apartment building when the tornado sirens start blasting and putting up with rotten supervisors.  Life is Good.
My job consists of selling drinks, pop, beer, water, coffee.  Taking food orders, sandwiches cooked on the grill in the kitchen, making popcorn, taking inventory once in a while, filling the cooler with a good stock of drinks for the next shift and having fun with the golfers.  In February I will host my FIFTH  Komen Rally for the Cure golf event.  Last year we donated $1,200 to the cause and $800 to a local hospital for mamograms for indigent women of the RGV.  I don't think we will go over that amount this year, unless I get another donation of a set of clubs and bag to raffle off. 
I live at Llano Grande Lake  Park, I think the web site is www.llanograndelakepark.com or google/bing Llano Grande RV Park, Mercedes, Texas.  The drive to Mexico is about 10 minutes and it is less than one hour to South Padre Island and the beach. I make that ride at least once a month and I love it.  I lived over there one winter, that was enough, no good shopping and the golf course was too expensive. I love Llano.
I am also starting to think about my 20 year plan (or longer).  I will put this in motion within the next two years, the main obstacle is selling my collections and paying off the car (one year left).  The plan is to purchase a mobile home at Llano, or a park model.  I hope I can stay at Llano, it is an awesome park.
The tree has almost disposed of all her leaves. Mom always said when the Ash Tree starts to drop her leaves, it is time to go south.  Better get packing.........carry on my friends.........

A Month has passed

since my last post. I follow a wonderful web site called DPS, Digital Photography Service, out of Austrailia. Today there was a tutorial to teach how to shoot photos with zoom blur effect. I messed around for a while in the back yard, below are before and after shots. This is a fun thing to do with your camera. With more practice and other subjects I should get some really cool shots to share.

Summer miscellaneous photos, starting with

The new road to nowhere.......actually, it is the new road to the high school. Only about 6 blocks from home, on our usual road to the grocery store, etc. I was expecting them to put in stop lights, surely they will, before I return from the south.

These are my beautiful flowers, before the heat wave hit Iowa. Too many 90 to 100 degree days.

Every parade needs a handsome police officer, kids that entertain, horses and JOHN DEERE TRACTORS...

There have been many photos posted recently on FB with the question, what is this? If you know, share, don't reveal what it is. This is a hint at your age. SO, I decided to add a photo. One new item, one old item. The old item was used by many retirees, before they retired. The new item is made by a retiree, in his/her free time. Guess.

Finally

I am caught up with the summer. Today, in 1977, Elvis died, on the toilet. How ironic is that? I remember those words spoken back then. Today, they would hammer him a lot more, in the press. Today is also the 124th anniversary of my Grandmother's birth, in Red Wing, Minnesota, area. In about two months, I will be packing the car and heading south again for the winter, but still summertime. Does time fly for any of my followers? It seems like I just arrived in Iowa for the summer and it is time to start planning the move again. I have some miscellaneous photos that I will try to post this week, maybe tonight. Happy August 16th, yáll.....carry on.........

Summerfest and Class Reunion

Three days of class events. The first night at the Summerfest Beer Tent, not well attended, but as we all know, we had a lot of fun. Second night at the banquet, don't I set a nice table? Finally, our class party. Also, not well attended, but we had a blast. Everyone took a turn talking about their last 45 years since high school. I had Walgrees make the AHS sign and took a photo with everyone.

Repeat from last post

As I reported, it has been a while since my last post. The Brothers and I went on a road trip UP NORTH, northern Wisconsin, to visit our cousin Mark and his wife Mary. A day trip was to the UP of Michigan, activity from kayaking, roasting marshmellows, and sunset on the lake by their home away from home. Finally, as noted below, the Dutcher/Perry afternoon party at the Clipper......carry on........

Lake Superior activity.

At the beach on Lake Superior.

The path from the Lake to the House. Looking out the backdoor the night it rained, quite humid that night while playing UNO.

My point of view on the kayak

Lily pads that I found while in my kayak.

JEff watching cousin Mark help Greg out of the kayak. Jeff and Mary on the dock watching Greg paddle by.

For nearly 25 years, we four girls have been golfing together in league and out of league days. This year's trip to HOney Creek in Boone, Iowa, wad very memorable. Sharon was on a slight incline, approaching the golf cart and forgot to PRAY...duck your head Sharon. I thought she knocked herself out cold from the sound of the clunk and she went backwards in a sitting position. The bottle of ice did wonders, keeping the swelling down. PMS in red, Joyce in Black and yours truly in blue.

This week was the Dutcher/Perry reunion. Both Suzi and Steve were in Iowa for family reunions. So, I set up a mini party in the afternoon for us the all visit. Top to bottom: Lois and Anne, Lynn-Jo-Cyndy-Suzi and bottom Diane, Jo and Lynn.