Really windy Friday in the Valley

48º when we woke this morning.  --- not too many days ago the "feel like" was 110º.  Some difference!  Yesterday was very windy as we drove west in the valley some 30 miles.

Did away with the short pants I had been wearing since we arrived a week ago tonight, and went back to the long pants with boots which had been my costume for some time up north and on the way down here.

Drove to McAllen yesterday and Phyllis got some fake flowers to replace the ones we put in a basket on the wall outside the Texas Room at Michael's.

Main purpose of the trip was to go to Costco, which is in Pharr, a couple miles from the Michael's in McAllen.  Got gas there at Costco for $2.049 - 20 cents cheaper than here in La Feria.  Guess that paid for our luch.

There were quite a few pianos in one aisle, with a salesman in a business suit sitting in the middle of them.  Had never seen this in Costco before.  We didn't buy one.

 After filling a shopping cart we had lunch there in Costco of their delicious all-beef hotdogs with a soda.  $3.25, including tax, for both of us - not too bad for a lunch.

Saw this near where we parked at Costco.  Some people are just unable to return their carts.  One time last year, when we were at Sam's Club in Harlingen, a lady (and I use that term loosely) pushed her cart into the space where I was parking, looked right at me, and just got in her car and left.

Can't believe the size of this tree; I planted it as a 6" seedling some 6 years ago.  It helps shade the sun, especially in the summer as the sun moves to the north.  I had planted a couple shoots before we left last spring, but they didn't make it













GROANER'S CORNER:((  You might be a redneck if...
You've ever been arrested for a DUI on a riding lawn mower.
You keep your teeth and your goldfish in the same glass.
On average, one out of every thirty words you use can be found in a dictionary.
You think Motorola is a fancy name for a car part.
You give your girlfriend long-thorned roses hoping she won't ask for them again.
You borrow your wedding flowers from Wal-Mart.
You think Hamlet is on the McDonald's breakfast menu.
Your kids are going hungry tonight because you had to see your maw run her car at the dirt track race.  
Your dad says, "Let's hit the road for dinner," and then grabs a shovel.

Later, Lynn