'Nuther day in the Valley

 72º at 11:15 am here in La Feria, TX - had a low of 51º this morning.  To be high today of 87º and in the 90's the next couple of days.

At Church Choir practice Wednesday night.

Working on neighbor Tommy's ramp.

When picking up carpet for ramp and metal trim to hold it down at Lowe's, cutting the trim from 12 feet to size can use, and would fit in pickup.

Cutting down a board to fit

in cut-off leg of ramp to cushion

carpet.

Yesterday was final day for Phyllis' Quilting group.  We transferred some stuff to our house for storage over the summer, and moved some from the little storage building to the hall.

Yesterday was "Appreciation Day" by the park here.

My oldest brother, Roger, celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday at his home in Lincoln, NE.  Talked with him on the phone, hope to see them this summer.

Not a lot planned for today and tomorrow.  I will be working on laying the carpet on Tommy's ramp and getting it finished while he is visiting his brother in Austin over the weekend.

63 years

 79º here in Kenwood RV Park, La Feria, IA at 8:15 pm.  

23,011 days - since we were married 63 years ago today in Shambaugh, Iowa.  Celebrated by eating shrimp at Golden Chick in San Juan, TX this afternoon with Doris Winters (Used to be in our park many years ago, now in a park in San Juan) and Lois Outcelt (baritone in our Barbershop chorus that rides with us).  We had finished practice in McAllen a little after 3:30 pm.

At Golden Chick

At Golden Chick

At practice 

At practice

I went to little expense in cutting these
flowers from the back yard bushes.

Hot & windy in The Valley

 89º with a "feel like" of 93º here in La Feria, TX at 4 pm Monday.  Dry, dry, dry.  Drought persists here in southern Texas.

We had a very succesful performance yesterday at Aladdin Villa West in Mission, TX.  Click HERE for last half of the program.  Click HERE for first half of the program.

This is what our neighbor's ramp looked like this morning.

At left and below is what it

looks like now.  He really did

want me to cut it off! I will be covering

the ramp with faux grass carpet.

With the railing removed he will be able

to pull his car in and open the door on

that one side.

Saturday morning we had several items out on the park-wide yard sale.  Got rid of most of it and put a few bucks in our pocket.

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Above taken from back door of our

mobile home.

At left taken from the road on the other

side of the fence.

Enough for today.  We pick up Lois at Snow to Sun and go to McAllen Performing Arts for a concert in McAllen tonight.

Later, Lynn

Ah, March is here - our last month in the Rio Grande Valley for this winter

 

91º here in La Feria, TX at 1:20 pm on Wednesday.

Going to put on second coat of flooring paint on these two pieces of plywood to cover damaged area on neighbor Kenny Thomas' ramp.  This first coat dried for 48 hours and is not super dry yet.  Was told that it needed to dry/cure 7 days before walking on it.

Put them on their side so can soak in plenty of paint on the edges.

Sunday evening we went to Park Place RV Park to listen to the Gospel Group that several in our choir in Harlingen sing in.  It is lead by one of the basses in our First Methodist Church choir.

Monday at 11 am we went to Mr. Gatti's Pizza in Weslaco with group from the park.  Played Bingo for about 45 minutes and then enjoyed the salad bar, potato bar, soup, spaghetti & noodles, and pizza bar for lunch.

The Aloe Vera plant I put by the back door some 12 years ago is blooming!

Construction crew is working daily on the 10 or so buildings across the fence from us.

Photo at right taken from my spot on the risers while at Barbershop practice yesterday.  A ladies quartet performs separately in the middle of our Lida Rose Medley.

Here are several photos of the flowers on the bushes in our back yard.

We perform our 5th Men & Women of A-Chord Barbershop show this evening in Mission, TX, some 30 miles west of us.

More later, Lynn

Nearing end of February for 2026 in the Rio Grande Valley

 81º now at 10:45 am Thursday in La Feria, TX with predicted high of 94º today.

Sunday we performed with the Men & Women of A-Chord barbershop chorus here at our RV Park.  Had a decent sized crowd, though not many from our own park attended.  Click HERE for first half of the program.  My video camera, left to it's own devices on a tripod behind the audience, decided to not run for the whole program.  So, don't have our Octet, which we were both in, at the half.  Was the third time we did it and it went better than had in the past.

Checked the water in the 6-volt batteries in the borrowed golf cart and found they were a bit low.  Added more than a gallon of distilled water!

The construction across the back fence continues.  Probably won't be completed before we leave in a little over a month.

A few photos from last Sunday's church service in Harlingen.

Every Thursday morning we set up the tables for the ladies to work on quilts.

Tonight we will attend another concert in McAllen at the Performing Arts Center.  Friend Lois, who rides with us to barbershop chorus practice, will be going with us and we will eat at a Chineese Restaurant near the center before the concert.

Later, Lynn