The garden...

The garden...tomatoes, green beans, squash, okra, eggplant, jalapenos, cantaloupe, and watermelon! If I can only keep out the squirrels!

The carport...

The carport that one day will become the garage....These boys are working hard.

The workers and a supervisor...

The workers...Ray and Jim....fininshing the roof for the front porch.

Floyd, one of the supervisors...Buff is on the blue golf cart

New Construction...

This is the front porch done except for the roof....Which will come soon.

So this is the front porch being built...or should I say started!

Too much fun...

Some people have too much fun...Les & Al are trying to make us home sick for Oregon. It's working! Love the fishy hats!!

Cruel friends...

We have some very cruel friends...they send us pictures of themselves eating crab and having a great time in Netarts...they know we wish we could be there too! It's only going to be 96 today. Thank goodness for A/C.

Cleaning fish...

Even the unpacking has to wait till the fish are cleaned. 14 nice crappie that were really good! Thanks to Rodger.

House being moved

For those of you fussing about not updating my blog...here you go. This is before we get the house moved in. We had several days of rain. But it is finally in place and we are putting things away!

The Barn

A little barn on the place..to put some of Bubba's toys in. Soon we will have a house! D & B

Dirt work..

The dirt work starts. Five dump trucks later, the retaining walls are filled. With a little help from a tractor. D & B

Retaining wall

So the retaining walls are now built! Here comes the dirt!

Texas Bluebonnets

Some beautiful Texas Bluebonnets from East Texas!

Put to work...

Visit Bubba and he will put you to work. Our friends, Susan & Don are helping build a retaining wall so that we can keep all the dirt we brought in when we poured the concrete. They did do some fishing too! Thanks for the help! D & B

Bubba & large mouth Bass

Bubba & the 3 1/2 pound large mouth bass he caught yesterday! That was one lucky fish...since we had so many crappie, he was released back into the lake to be caught again!

Crappie

Bubba and Dave with a bunch of Crappie....They were sure good eatin'

Bubba & the Girls

Bubba and the girls driving from Rockport to Houston. Some very spoiled dogs...on the road again.

Rock & Roll ice cream

While we were still in Rockport, we did some Rock & Roll ice cream. Everyone had a great time. Our friends, Sonny & Karen are there next to Bubba... eating ice cream too!

Fulton Mansion...

This is Fulton Mansion in .... Built by George Fulton. Built in 1877, and the first home in South Texas to have indoor plumbing, gas lighting and central heat. It is 4 stories tall and has weathered many a hurricane. We are leaving Rockport in the morning...soon to be in Onalaska.

Lunch in Shiner Texas

We took a trip to Shiner Texas to go to the brewery where Shiner Bock is made. Here are some of us at lunch. It was a great trip!

Susan & who?

Here is our friend Susan...and who is that man standing next to her??? It couldn't possably be Don...he ALWAYS wears tee shirts! Who is this guy in the flower power shirt?