Mowing

  Rain and warm weather in Texas and the first thing you get is a really good crop of thick green grass.  After wading thru puddles for two days, NASCAR was finally able to get the races run at Texas Motor Speedway a day late and as a double header. 

  Jeff Gordon and his Sprint Cup buddies did teach me a new way of mowing the lawn, and it even involves a bit of adrenaline since he was going about 180 miles an hour when the melee started. At the end of it all they blamed Tony Stewart and called it a no harm no foul racing accident.

   If we were on the street they sure would call some fouls on that.

Big Cheese

He hangs around most days on the living room couch, grumphs a little if he hears someone move. The only time he does anything strenuous is when the mail man comes. Then it gets a little crazy with all the barking and running from room to room.

Obviously he is just saving his energy for road trips and hikes in fields. Spent the day taking pictures in Cresson, Texas and Kimo got to go along. Judging by the smile on his face I guess he does not like bluebonnets. He was diligently romping around trying to step on as many as possible.

I think they got the last laugh though, he sprained his foot and spent the next couple of days limping.

Last Blast

  For anyone that grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Texas Stadium in Irving has been a landmark for directions, a shrine for football fans and a traffic causing nightmare all in one. As of early Sunday morning April 11, 2010 all of that changed as more than 2000 exlosive charges brought the remaining concrete and steel of the almost 40 year old mecca of the Dallas Cowboys to a pile of rubble. 

   For some it was a truly sad day, for others it was good riddance. I am just wondering how I will ever find my way around Big "D" without the reference point of the old stadium on the horizon to guide me.