Very Windy Saturday

65º with very gusty north winds (24 to 27 mph) here in La Feria, TX at 11:30 am Saturday as I start this.  Click on photos to enlarge.

Helped serve breakfast this morning - "miniature omelets" with
French toast. - around 50 people were served. 

We drove about 10 miles west to Big Valley RV in Donna to listen to the South Texas Whiskey Band.  Phyllis had them sign a contract to perform here in Kenwood on February 17th.  She was acquainted with most of the members.  The fiddle player on the left and his wife spend time at the jam here in Kenwood and she visited with her.  Also, the guitar player in the center is Dale Eichor who used to be on 540 AM at Fort Dodge as DJ (and still does some commercials for them) wife is from Clarinda and Phyllis visited with her also.

Dance floor was full most of the evening.

Went to McAllen to Men of A Chord barbershop chorus Friday.  We went through our whole 16 song program on the risers.  Our first full show comes up next Monday night.

Thursday we went to Mission, TX to a "Show Case" where the entertainers have 10 minutes to
perform.The Men of A Chord performed at 1:30 pm with three songs.  We were not on risers,
had to line up according to height and that left some of the sections scattered around.
That, plus the low ceiling made it not ideal for singing.  Click HERE for video of performance

The Punches family

KAI

The Sun Drops - From Canada - Phyllis booked them
for sometime in 2021

These pictures are of some of the performers in the "Show Case" Thursday.  Phyllis was able to book several for Kenwood in 2021  and has contacts for others.

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Cody with the Gold Wing Express Wednesday afternoon

Gold Wing Express Wednesday afternoon

Pot Luck Supper Wednesday at 5 pm.

Pegs & Jokers at the Raabs Wednesday evening

Pegs & Jokers at the Raabs Wednesday evening

Pegs & Jokers at the Raabs Wednesday evening

You can see how the wind was blowing yesterday. 
This 30 feet + tall tree was 4" tall when I
planted it about 6 years ago.  The tall cactus in
 the back of the house was 8" tall when I found it
in a neighbors rain gutter about
7 years ago; it is now 15 feet tall.

These next three pictures were taken this week at the west end of our row of mobile homes at a Canadian family's place.

It is now 2:30 pm (got interrupted by uploading videos and eating lunch) and the wind is really howling outside.  If we were in Nebraska or Iowa am sure there would be a blizzard outside.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that "When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.  "However, in government more advanced strategies are often employed, such as:

1. Buying a stronger whip.

2. Changing riders.

3. Appointing a committee to study the horse.

4. Arranging to visit other countries to see how other cultures ride dead horses.

5. Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.

6. Reclassifying the dead horse as living-impaired.

7. Hiring outside contractors to ride the dead horse.

8. Harnessing several dead horses together to increase speed.

9. Providing additional funding and/or training to increase the dead horse's performance.

10. Doing a productivity study to see if lighter riders would improve the dead horse's performance.

11. Declaring that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the economy than do some other horses.

12. Rewriting the expected performance requirements for all horses.  And, of course...

13. Promoting the dead horse to a supervisory position

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A sixth grade class is doing some spelling drills. The teacher asks Tommy if he can spell 'before.' He stands up and says, "Before, B-E-P-H-O-R."The teacher says, "No, that's wrong. Can anyone else spell before?" Another little boy stands up and says, "Before, B-E-F-O-O-R.  "Again the teacher says, "No, that's wrong." The teacher asks, "Little Johnny, can you spell 'before'?  "Little Johnny stands up and says, "Before, B-E-F-O-R-E."  "Excellent Johnny, now can you use it in a sentence?  "Little Johnny says, "That's easy. Two plus two be fore." 

Till next time, Lynn