February! The groundhog saw his shadow and....

 

Bob and his brother Jerry watched the JFK Aircraft

Carrier being tugged to the Brownsville port on Feb. 1st

to be demolished.  The orange tug was pulling the ship,

and two smaller white tugs were "steering".

Since our park isn't having Wednesday night entertainment,

we went to Llano Grande in Mercedes on the 5th to see

Lindley Creek, a family that does "bluegrass" music.

Cousin Leon and Lisa arrived on the 5th, so the next

day we took them to the ND/SD reunion lunch 

at Victoria Palms RV Park. Two neighbors of Bob and 

Leon's cousin Fred were there. I didn't know a soul,

but a lady from Lisa's hometown of Cavalier 

recognized her!!

On Friday, we went to the Harlingen History Museum,

to see a Vaquero exhibit and a quilt show.

Then we headed to Dave's BBQ for brisket,

came home in time for a quick Skip Bo game,

with Lisa, Wendy, Jane and me,

and went to the Legion for the fish fry before

the UND hockey game on TV.  Lisa and I went to

play Bingo at the Citrus park instead of watching hockey.

William Florian performed at Kenwood Park in La Feria

on Saturday, the 8th. He told us that The New Christy

Minstrels were planning to do a revival for next year.

Bet you don't see too many signs like this!

We went to South Padre Island on Sunday,

so Bob could ride his bike on the beach.

Came back to the park for a Super Bowl party 

at Jerry and Wendy's--and a Super meal!

2025 A Time for New Adventures

Thanks, Mary Jo and Jane

for the new apron! Bob made me

wear the hat! Happy New Year. :-)

Strong winds blowing up the sand dunes at SPI January 3rd

"Ella" art at the International

Museum of Art and Science

in Mc Allen on the 5th.

Marble and brass sculpture

by artist Nour Kuri from Mexico City

A gallery of Movement and Light using color

and form and

"Reach for the Sky,"

a featured exhibit of the works and collection 

of Uriel Landeros "Conquista" included art 

by Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, 

Pablo Picasso, Julian Schnabel,

Tony Shafrazi, Rupert Smith,

Joseph Beuys, and Bansky.

There was also a juried art exhibit

by local artists that included

all sorts of works.

Jett and his deer friend

Annika plays on the JV team, but las night 

she got to dress for the Varsity game!

She's on the far left!

Beginner's luck--I went to learn how

to play cribbage and I won!  Had some

great teachers, obviously! 

Texas sky in January....before the freeze out on the 20th!

Cribbage 2. We played with partners this week

because there were eight instead of nine people.

We rotate after each round. This week I was third!

The hardest part is figuring out when you get points.

Played Bingo in the West park last night. This was

the first time I did NOT win, but two friends who

have not won before did win last night. Yay!

Bang, bang, bang went the roofers.  My head was pounding,

too.  They stripped off the old shingles, removed the

boards, and put new boards on the roof on Friday.

I wasn't going to go to Bingo at the Citrus Park 

on Friday, but changed my mind and won $2.75. :-)

Old moldy particle boards from our roof!

"Supervisors" Bob and Jerry standing on Jerry's roof

watching the process and progress.

They finished the roof on Saturday!  For these shingles,

you do not need a shot...just a checkbook!

Hey kids, thanks for the puzzle. It kept me busy

on those cool days last week.  Finished it on Sunday. :-)

Cribbage week 3: Diane was second and won $1.00!

Went to the "Great Balls of Fire" concert at Sunshine

RV Park in Harlingen.  They played a variety of music 

from the 60s era. Awesome end to January!