Another week in the valley

77º in La Feria, TX real muggy with cold front and possible rain approaching as I start this at 6:30 pm on Friday.  Had been 86º earlier in the day.  High tomorrow is predicted to be 65º.

Taken about 5:00 pm

Storm clouds - had some distant thunder -- unusual
here in the valley.

Taken over the top of our house, looking to the north east.  The sun hitting the white tops of clouds was a lot brighter than showing up in the photos.

Gave some floor vents a paint job and drying them in the sun.

Betty and Felix Paterak and Pat Sumner

Thursday was the first "meet and greet" get-together and had pretty good percentage of people show up.

Don't know the lady - behind her is Mac Laster

Brenda and Ed Wood are the two to the right.

Donna Montgomery is standing behind Felix Paterak and
Pat Sumner with Lois Sumner to the right.

Ron Siegfried, Darlene Winslow, Brenda Wood, Robert Randolph
with Phyllis behind.

Had a small water leak near the clothes washer -- finally figured it was coming from the wall where the pipes come up to the washer.  Had to take the wall off, including the upper portion in the picture to the left so could get to the pipes. 

Turned out to be the metal clamp at the coupling to the hot water faucet.  Seems like this 24-year old fitting wanted to leak.  I got some pex pipe and replaced the ends to both of them and now it is dry.

One day Phyllis trimmed up "old baldy"

One day we drove west to Pharr, TX to the Costco store (Gas at $1.74) and on the way back stopped in Weslaco at Garcia's Hamburger.  You notice there are no signs of any kind on their building. 

We are told they are listed as a grocery store (note the little shelves at the left of this photo) and somehow avoid some restaurant rules.  They bring in quarters or halves of beef and cut it up and grind it all in to hamburger.  Some of the best hamburger you will ever eat.  They have the grill at the back and tell you "20 minutes" when you put in your order.  They only sell hamburger, cheeseburger, french fries and onion rings. 

We just get one order of onion rings and one hamburger. 

This is half of the order and all one person can eat.  And, REALLY REALLY GOOD! 

Thursday morning we finally moved the pickup load of fabric we had brought from home and bought in Batesville, Arkansas on the way down.  Some of it went to the sewing building and most went to the Friendship Room where several ladies sorted and sewed.

Got the flower basket mounted on the end of the shop area. 

Much was made of the "super moon" last week.  We had clouds during all but a little of the last day of it.  This photo I purloined from Facebook -- taken in Nebraska.  It is a time lapse and shows the earth station multiple times going across the moon.

More later, Lynn