St Patrick's Day

78º right now at 1:00 pm Wednesday with high of 81º predicted for the day.  Was in low 50's the last couple mornings, which is a bit cool for our area.  Been a while since I have caught up on what we are doing, so here goes.

Last evening we attended the St. Patrick's Day supper at the Rec Hall.  Fair sized crowd for this year and good food -- cooked cabbage, cooked carrots, corned beef, homemade rolls with honeybutter, some kind of "salad" (Wipped cream, Marshmellos) and green cake for desert

 

We had taken Lois Outcelt with us to the afternoon Barbershop Chorus practice and hurried back to make it to the supper.

At left, Director Bob sang with the ladies in a song they had brought over from the Sweet Adalines.

These two photos are off Facebook, showing difference in Great Grandaughter Jessica in nine years!

Don't know what kind of a plant this red one
in the center is, but I transplanted it from a pot
that has been on front of trailer all winter.

  The sun was making these Bougainvillea flowers looking really brilliant yesterday.  Think some of it does show in these photos.

The Livestock Show and Rodeo are on in Mercedes this week.  When coming back from Hardware store I met two groups of riders with their entourage along Business 83 going to the Livestock Show Grounds.  We haven't made it to the Rodeo this year.

I grilled a couple steaks neighbor Kenny gave us for my workiing on his steps/ramp and some homemade sausages made of deer meat that neighbor Tom Urban killed a month or so ago.  Some of the sausages will go in the trailer for eating on way home in a few weeks.

Since our neighbor Kenny was gone to Austin from Saturday afternoon I was able to fiinish his ramp by the front door and steps at the back door.

At left is the finished ramp, new floor paint at the door, "Grass-like" carpet on the ramp and all metal painted.  I had placed new plywood at the very end of the ramp where rain had rotted some of the wood over the last 5 years or so.

This is at his back door.  I had put the wood on the side, bracing the handrail that had gotten quite loose and was evedint it would not hold him if he leaned on it.  Didn't have enough of the floor paint, so painted that wooden brace with some left-over paint I had.

This special floor paint recommends not walking on it for seven days, so I was able to paint the front a few days before Kenny left and he is using it now that he is back.  This back door should stay until this next weekend.  The wood on these steps was so dry it soaked up a lot and I think I got about 3 coats on it---which will ceertainly take a long time to dry.

We really like Jersey Mike's original Italian sandwich--got one in Harlingen this weekend when we were shopping.

The hammer and nailing continues all day every day.  Photo at left was taken a few minutes ago.

The one below taken on Monday.

Packing a little every day to get organized for leaving here on the 30th.

Later, Lynn