Time's a'flying

58º with heavy overcast here in La Feria, TX at 10 AM Monday as I start this.  Guess I haven't posted for a while.  Click HERE for Texas Flowers

Darlene Winslow and Patty Steckelberg

Phyllis had over 45 people lined up for a chartered boat ride with shrimp lunch going from South Padre Island up the channel to Brownsville today, but with the weather forecast of cold and a lot of wind there, it was rescheduled for March 1st.

Yesterday (Sunday) we went to Cheddar's after Church service at the Park.

Courtney Hages and her grandmother Darlene Winslow

Bobbi Raab, Butch Geisking and Pat Smith

Phyllis & Lynn Miles and LaRhoda Neher

LaRhoda and Harold Neher, Bob & Bobbi Raab

Took these photos at Exercises this morning

Saturday evening Phyllis hosted a bluegrass band
at the Rec Hall.  I had a Barbershop performance in Mission.

They had some dancers

Sunday morning at church service a guest played trumpet

LaRhoda won first pick at quilts on the drawing on
the night of the Valentines Day Supper

Darlene read "Wonky Donkey" to Butch

Phyllis making announcements at Valentines Day Supper

I am now selling advance tickets for our
March 2nd performance.

Our Magic Valley Men of A-Chord barbershop group will be at a combined program with the Sweet Adeline lady barber-shoppers group on March 2nd in San Juan, TX

Finished a book

The battle was one of the bloodiest in the Pacific, with approximately 160,000 casualties on both sides: at least 75,000 Allied and 84,166–117,000 Japanese, including drafted Okinawans wearing Japanese uniforms. 149,425 Okinawans were killed, committed suicide or went missing, a significant proportion of the estimated pre-war 300,000 local population.  This 82 day battle had sickening effects with the decaying bodies, "surrendering" Japanese soldiers pulling pins on grenades when they were next to the Marines, and almost 24 hour/day snipers from hidden caves.  Many of the civilians starved and most of the Japanese soldiers were near starving, but they could not, would not give up - they had to die for their emperor. 

 Also finished this book, which is record of many conversations with General Lee and his officers during the Civil War.  A very interesting book.  The biggest reason the South lost was because of running out of supplies.  They were nearly starved, and were rationed to only so many bullets a day that they could fire at the very end.

41 Days

Many of the Blogs I follow have people commenting to the author.  I get none -- is anyone out there with something to say, for - against - or just a comment?  You can do it at the bottom.

Later, Lynn