Random skies...

Good morning fellow bloggers and friends... Hope all is well with you.  Things are clicking along here in East Texas perty good I suppose.  We had some really nice mild temps the last few days, but today it's a balmy hazy foggy morning and we're supposed to get rain again today.  Texas and other parts had some flooding last week, then it cleared, and I think we're in for some more showers/storms during this week.

I took a couple of photos lookin off to the north amidst the fog and dampness that had settled on the farm during the night. Everything was wet. Not from rain, just SO bloomin humid.

We've had some wierd weather lately. Today, it's s'pose to get back up into the mid to upper 80's, then tomorrow cool again, then back up higher.  Enough to make everyone sick. Speakin of which - I need to go find a place that's giving flu shots.  I went twice yesterday to the chain pharmacies here and they were either already out or did not get any flu vaccine.  I need to let my fingers do the walking today.

After our last big rains we had a couple of weeks ago, we had a double rainbow in the skies. It took me 2 photos to get it all. Out at Sand Flat Farm with the open pastures, you could see the beginnings on either end of it. Look closely and see if you can see both of the rainbows...

Ok, here's the right side -

It WAS beautiful in person. You can barely make out in the photo the double rainbow especially on the left side.  Ok, here's a Halloween photo for you...

This was the last full moon we had - sorta creepy huh? I love it.  I love to be out at the farm on moonlit nights. The landscape and pasture are all lit up, you don't need any flashlights to take a stroll around the farm after your eyes get used to the dark. Very romantic, too, for my sweetie and me. We like to stroll and visit and talk and go over our day and the kids and the parents, etc., and sometimes we like to just be quiet and soak up the moonlight. It's almost like I can't open my eyes wide enough to take it all in!

Here's an interesting shot - or it was to me - I thought I was very lucky to have my camera in hand at the time.  The sun had gone down behind the trees in the west, all was in shadow, but there was a single ray of sunshine that was bouncing off this pumpjack. Now that old pumpjack across the road from us is almost black - really dark old green color.  But just look how that sunray makes it look like pure GOLD.  It made me think about how our lives can be stained black with sin but when the grace and love and forgiveness of God & His SON shines down upon us, we are cleansed and become purer than GOLD!

I pulled over to the side of the road in town a few nights ago after heavy rains. I had to get this shot off, even with the ugly traffic.  It's unexplainable to me how bright the light of our Lord is.  I can only compare it to the light of the sun.  You can't tell from the photo, but just this little bit of sun peeking through the clouds was so bright I couldn't look right at it. I just turned my camera that way and shot the picture. There were colors in the sky that no artist's brush could match.  Sometimes when I see something like this, it makes me want to just cry with its beauty.

Here's another shot a few minutes later. I was transfixed for about 10 minutes there, taking pictures out my car window and traffic zooming by. Don't care if anyone watched or not - had to get these shots to share with all of you my dear friends!  Have a wonderful blessed day!

LUNCH! TAMALES!!!

Look what I had today for lunch!  My friend, Lourdes Espinoza, came by with a dozen of these yummy tamales for me today. She is such a sweetheart. She has 6 kids, and still finds time to make tamales. You know they are very time consuming to make. I've made them a couple of times, and decided I wouldn't make them again until and unless I'm not working anymore.  I'm sure Lourdes has it down to a science.

They were great - just right - still hot - not too bland nor too spicy - Boy she does a great job on tamales!!!

It's usually Thanksgiving or Christmas when she has them but she suprised me today!  Can you smell 'em??

Boy howdy, they sure are good!

Twitter

Here's y'all a twitter that's not a twitter...

My husband came out of the bathroom last night and handed me a bottle of shampoo.
"Here, go put this up somewhere that I can't use it," he said.
"Why?" said I looking puzzled.
"Cuz I just washed my hair in it," said he.
I looked at the bottle, good sized clear bottle with bright orange lid, says 'Hartz" on the label - "flea & tick".

Oops - Hayley must've left it on the tub the last time she bathed Bella.

"Well, at least you won't have fleas!" I busted out laughing!

He was not amused.

EPHEMERA

I know there are alot of you "paper artists" and ephemera collectors out there that might appreciate my post tonight.  While going through some of my in-laws' things I ran across a few dozen postcards, etc., some of which I thought I'd show you all. We're trying to gradually get things cleaned out and organized for an estate sale, since my sweet MIL won't be going back home to live.  We need to either sell the house or rent it out.
I don't know about the Bible cards, but the Postcards date back to the '40's.  Most of them were from family members to Tony's folks.

I found two little sweet Bible story cards. There's a short story about the picture on the back of the card  and a memory verse. The cards are all numbered so I assume there was a whole bunch of em at one time. This first one is Timothy. The second is Jesus. I've never seen these cards before...

Now these next few are just some funny postcards, and then a couple of really vintage-looking cards - pretty cards.

These were cute! That momma pig has got some sharp teeth!

Look at little boy winking!

And how's this for some Texas cow-punchin'????

This 'un's just downright purty.

So is this one! Hope these gals don't slip and fall and get their dresses all wet! 

This final photo has a story behind it.  It was sent to Miss Callie Dee Stringer in Big Sandy, Texas, from one Leebron Malvern Hill, a young gentleman who'd begun courting Miss Callie Dee back in the 1940's.  It seems he was quite sweet on her for awhile and she fell madly in love with him. He promised to marry her, and even gave her a ring (which I have). It's a wide gold band with a swirl of small diamonds across the top created for a small finger. My MIL was given the ring  by her Aunt Callie later in life. The ring was a token of love and affection for the young lady, or possibly even an engagement ring or a gentleman's pinkie finger ring. 

Miss Callie waited and waited upon Mr. Hill to make up his mind when he wanted to marry her. But alas, other interests came calling Mr. Hill to ramble about and he found himself in different parts of the country - last place on his post card to her was from North Carolina.  His love for Miss Callie Dee Stringer waned, and so he gradually fell out of touch.  She was left with a broken heart and a gold ring on her finger.  She never married.  I don't know if she never had another opportunity, or just didn't want to or just pined away after Mr. Leebron Malvern Hill for the rest of her life. Quite a sad little story.

Well, that's all folks - except Good Nite! 

Islam on Capitol Hill????????????

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MUSLIMS PRAYING ON CAPITOL HILL???  I just heard about that - where have I been?  My daughter called me earlier this evening and asked me if I knew.  What is our country coming to?  We're heading for Islam quicker than I thought!

Check out Pamela Gellar's Atlas Shrugs blog. She posts on this happening and It's rather lengthy, but she sheds alot of light on this subject and some background on the two Muslim guys that will be leading Islamic prayers from 4:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25, near the area on Capital Hill where our Presidents are inaugerated. It's also reported that 50,000 some odd Muslims from mosques all over the US will be in attendance to desecrate the lawn of our White House.  And, one of 'em said the "White House will become Muslim House". Unbelievable!

Islam is not going to take over the US by violence  - Islam is going to take over from the inside using "nice" techniques. This scares the pee-diddle out of me and enrages me at the same time.  How can Obama bring all these Muslim leaders like Qaddafi, among others, into our country!!!  I'm all for freedom of religion, but when we have had personal  terrorist attacks on our cities, and our citizens, HOW ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH CAN OUR PRESIDENT BE DOING CRAZY THINGS LIKE THIS? The comments on this post were very interesting and informative, too.   Check out this blog: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/09/islam-on-capital-hill-.html 
VERY INTERESTING!!!
Qaddafi was refused in 2-3 different areas to set up his tent on their properties, one on Central Park, and I forgot the other places. Donald Trump is allowing Qaddafi's tent to be set up on Trump property.

I'm also mad as heck about the elementary school teaching their children some songs about Obama, and one of the songs only substituted the name, Obama, for Jesus' name, in "Jesus Loves Me". Now they couldn't sing "Jesus Loves Me" in school but they can sing "Obama Loves Me"?  Come on, give me a  break! Hell-OOOO???  Is this not brainwashing indoctrination stuff?  Just like Hitler???

And what about that nutcase Chavez (Castro without a brain - according to Bush)? He spoke at the UN after President Bush a few years ago and said Bush was a devil and the podium smelled like sulfur. Then when he spoke after Obama and said the podium no longer smelled like sulfer but now it smelled like hope. What a crock of malarchy!

Ok, there's my beef - this Islam crap really gets me going.  I have no faith in our government nor in our president.  I'm a Christian and I'm supposed to love all peoples, and I do, but as Christians we still have to draw the line, and we still have to protect our country. I'm worried about our nation. Never in my 52 years have I actually been worried about our country not being the number one, most powerful, most safest, most Christian,  in-the-right -place in the world. Now I know and believe that God is in control, but have we become such a sinful nation that I wonder - will we be allowed to go into slavery to another? We all sit around and complain and get mad.  Let's get out there and unite and make a difference. Let's take our country back. If somebody has a good idea on how to go about  taking it back, I'm the first in line.

Come on people, I'm no political analyst as you can see.  Am I way off base? Have I said anything that is incorrect?  If I have, please correct me.  I want to understand. These are my opinions and I'm stickin' to 'em unless somebody can change my way of thinkin'.

Whew! Calm down, Vickie.  I watch too much Fox News.  I think I'm moving to Australia.....