The Cacti are Almost Blooming

 A large RV park up the road from us has a very good library that is open to all winter Texans.  It is run by the honor system and usually no one is working there.  Consequently, it is a good stop on bike rides, not to mention that it is across the street from a Dollar General.

This Prickly Pear Cactus in one residence is about ready to bloom.

The purple buds will soon burst into yellow and pink flowers.

When that happens the bees down here will be happy!

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A Tire Cover to Remember

 This is a Jeep in our Texas park with a clever spare tire cover..

The owners brought it along in an enclosed trailer pulled behind a huge motor home.

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A Back Road Memorial

 A few miles from our RV park, on a narrow gravel road that runs up to the border wall, Bill came across this roadside memorial while on one of his bike rides.

We will never find out what happened here but the loss of two souls was felt by loved ones.

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Lucky - Lucky - Lucky

 On Friday evening Nancy and Phil Smoker brought two visiting girlfriends from Michigan over to our RV park for another evening  of Card Bingo at the clubhouse.  There were 128 people in attendance as it is a very popular weekly event.

and..........

Wouldn't you know it?  Lightening strikes again as Nancy won one of the four $ quarter games for $32.!  That is the third time she has won money since December. We would like to say it is due to good clean wholesome living but we know better.  She sure impressed her Michigan friends.

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Super Bowl Today

Night at the Museum ....Part 2

 

Note:  See blog below for part 1

Here are a few more of the beautiful artistic pieces on display at the Gelman Stained Glass Museum in San Juan, Texas

Healing the sick and raising the dead as happened in the Bible.

The lady above was viewing the displays and got her picture taken with Saint ?

She appeared in this photo as well.  This gives you an idea of the spectacular window art on display.

There was a story and a history behind every character on display, with lighting from behind.

The Gelman Stained Glass Museum is truly amazing to see.  As far as Art Museums go...we would rate it very high -  right up there next to the "The Wall"  Museum in Tasmania.

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A Night at the Museum

 On Thursday evening, February 5, we had a night out on the town.  Before we went to dinner at a Longhorn restaurant (Christmas gift) we visited the Gelman Stained Glass Museum in San Juan, and are very glad that we did.

The huge building was constructed by a Jewish man named Gelman who had it built to look like a cathedral from the outside.  

But inside it is a huge gallery of stained glass artwork and statues.

Many of the art pieces were collected from cathedrals and churches that were being torn down from around the world.

And some of the items were carved from marble and granite.

All the art pieces made from stained glass were specially illuminated from behind to bring out the true colors.  Most were from stories in the Bible like the Nativity you see above.

More to come tomorrow.....

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Derby Day

 Our RV park recently held another "Derby Day" event to raise money for the clubhouse.  Not only are there "horse" races decided by the throws of soft large fuzzy dice, but tacos and Mint juleps are served, and many participants wear their Sunday bonnets.

Here is one of our favorite horses just coming out of the starting gate!  It is all in fun, obviously!

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