Christmas Day at Kenwood

La Feria, TX 53º

       Yesterday was good weather at the park.  Rec Hall Christmas Dinner was at 12:30 pm.

Somewhere around 150 people attended.

Many brought their place settings in the morning and personalized areas.  This is Earl at place where six of us gathered for dinner.

                    People gathering and visiting.

            Harold waiting for the line to start.

Bill Winslow was at his first outing since having knee replaced only 8 days before.

Though this is a centerpiece of friends next to us, the snowman is laying back like he had a full stomach like we did after the ham/turkey with mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing was served along with all the pot luck dishes and deserts.

As we walked back to our house after dinner I took this photo of the flowers in front of our unit.  It was about 78 degrees.  The cold front came in through the night and this morning it was 40 degrees with a stiff wind.

Till next time, Lynn

Merry Christmas

La Feria, TX  High 82º - low 70º

      Not much to report for the last week.  Been going to morning exercise, riding the recumbent trikes, eating out with friends, playing dominoes or pegs & jokers in the evenings, working on various projects

around the house.       .

 A short Christmas Eve program at the Rec Hall tonight and a Christmas Dinner at the Rec Hall tomorrow at 12:30 pm.














Hope everyone enjoys their time off work.

Lynn


  

Another week in the Rio Grande Valley

La Feria, TX 85 degrees, bright sunshine

Old screen door before I started working on it.

Inside door and screen door before I started working on it.

                             Main door, partly installed.

               Main door partly installed.

Main door, finally installed and trimmed.  Photo taken today.

New storm door, photo taken today.  Because of these two doors being for a regular house, had to add an inch under the trim on the inside and a full 2" on the outside.  Door is 4" wider and 4" taller than old door.

    Accumulation of leaves and seeds on carport roof.

Some seeds even started growing.  With ladder up against end of carport and a hand garden weeder stuck in the end of a 10' long piece of conduit pipe I was able to pull the trash down to the edge and put it in buckets and haul it back to the newly planted bushes in the back yard.

Put the trash around the plants.

Since then we have put layer of cloth and rocks on top of the leaves, etc.

This does show the curved pavers we put around the plants.

When we arrived in the Valley in late October gas was about $3.699 and diesel was $3.899.


Photo at right was taken a couple days ago a few miles from our house.  What is wrong with this picture??????   Our truck takes diesel!  We have seen a few stations that lowered the diesel all the way to $3.799; how generous.

Spent a little while on Tuesday listening to the Bluegrass Jam at the Rec Hall here in Kenwood.

On Wednesday we went with Ardel and Marion Finken (at right) over to South Padre Island and looked around a bit, then ate at Pelican Station at  Port Isabel.

     At right is Phyllis and Darlene  and Bill Winslow at Pelican Station.  Bill is going into hospital in Harlingen on Monday for knee replacement and was making one last look at the island and getting some oysters before he will be laid up for a while.

Thursday evening bean bag baseball.

Mardi & Carl are staying at another (cheaper) park, but did join us for this activity.

Terri just got here this week from Illinois and joined us.

Have to show you these little imps that watch me when I am at the bathroom sink.  Don't know what they are thinking, but I am sure they are up to no good.

Yesterday (Saturday) we were heading to DonWes to pick up some new screening for the deck and went to  MiPueblo Bakery in Weslaco.

 There are no prices marked on the rolls or donuts and found that it is all sold by the pound.

None of the drinks or milk was marked for price either.  Got a half gallon of milk to have with our breakfast and discovered it cost $3.29 for the half-gallon.  Gallon of milk usually sells for $3.49 a gallon.  A good bakery and tasted good,.

This photo was taken from our parking spot at the bakery while we were munching breakfast in the truck.  It is in full telephoto and shows the door -- the only sign on the entire building.  Guess you have to know where you are going (or be told, like we were, of this place).

    Saturday afternoon we rode a little over 8 miles; went south of La Feria and back.  Stiff wind out of the south made a little work going south, but was cool with the breeze in our face.  Coming back was easier, but warm as we were moving about the same speed as the wind!

   Saturday evening we had Bill and Darlene, and Bob & Bobbi over for pegs and jokers and then some ice cream on apple pie.

At left is Phyllis, Bob and Darlene.

At left is Bobbi, Bill, Phyllis & Bob.
Bill goes into the hospital at 8 in the morning for knee surgery.

    Not a big turn out at church (or for the choir for that matter) this morning.  Rev. Baker got to the park from Oklahoma this week and delivered the sermon.

Phyllis is working on another quilt as I write this.  I think I startled her as I walked by on the way to get the up-to-date photos of the new front door.








We take Bob & Bobbi to the Harlingen Airport at 5:30 pm tonight for their flight to Minneapolis to spend the next couple weeks with both of their families.

  I have the boards to build the shelves for the 14" space by the show I installed a few weeks ago, so will be putting them together and painting them.  Also got some lumber to put up frame for another 6' of roof beyond the carport so it will reach over the storage shed, and also give shade to the kitchen window.

See what happens this next week and will write.  Till later, Lynn