Buttercup is still with us

Well, Chico hasn't killed her yet. Although she probably thinks he's gotten close a few times. She has to learn that you don't mess with Chico's food. He really doesn't like that.

My Castor Bean Plant

I thought I'd put up a picture of me and my castor bean plant. It's gotten pretty big since I planted it in the spring.
These are the beans on one of the plants. Two of the plants have beans.
These pictures are a couple of weeks old. The plants are actually a little taller now.

Will and Jesse's Band Performance From 10-9-9

Here is the performance from last week. I focused on Will and Jesse so you can't see much of the rest of the band.

Maypearl vs Godley, 10-9-9

We went and watched the girls play volleyball for awhile before we went to sit in the cold football stands.
We were playing the Godley Wildcats that night. They are a good team and ended up beating us pretty bad.
With my little point and shoot camera it's difficult to get action shots in low light conditions. But here are a couple of the pictures I took during the game anyway.

The Godley band was pretty good. They are a large 2a school so they have a few more members in their band than we do. You can see Maypearl's band perform in the videos above. We got cold after halftime, so we came home. I don't know the final score but Godley won.

Bob Smiley and Tim Hawkins Concert

Last Saturday night we went to Arlington to see Bob Smiley and Tim Hawkins in "concert". I guess that's what you would call it. Of course we had to go eat first. We rode with the Inmans and ate at Spring Creek BBQ.
A couple of other couples met us there. That's Laurie's plate above. You should have seen her gnawing on those bone, the whole thing was rather barbaric.

Wood.

The concert was at The MetroCenter at Fielder Road Baptist Church. This is a really nice facility. It's like a concert hall inside.
Their were several families from Church who all got tickets together. Some of them tried to turn away as I took their picture (Lynne). I was to busy laughing during the concert to worry about getting a good picture but I did snap a couple of quick shots. They're a little blurry, but you get the idea.

Bob Smiley

Tim Hawkins

The place was full and everyone had a great time. If you ever get a chance to see either of these guys you should.
Of course we had to get some doughnuts before we headed back to the Pearl.

Tim Hawkins Video Clip

I'm hoping to put up some pictures of our trip to see Tim Hawkins last weekend. If you've never seen him there is a short clip above. You can find many more on YouTube.

Friday Night Football 9-25-2009

The Marching Pride is entering the stadium preparing to strut their stuff.
I was wondering where the bells were when I realized that Will was actually marching past me with a bass drum. I just happen to catch him in this shot.
The team and cheerleaders standing at attention for the national anthem.
Will just hanging out admist the drums.
This is Yola's grandbaby. I was practicing taking pictures and got this cute one of him smiling.
This was the night that Maypearl was trying to win a spirit contest sponsored by The Ranch 106.9 radio station. The cheerleaders used their pompoms to spell out MHS loves 106.9.
I knew that Jeff was wishing he could be there so I took shots of the score board every time a score was made.

Will was intent on his music. He did a great job. He was actually testing out the bells and making sure that they were set right.

Birds of a Feather

The cattle egrets were enjoying the full pond the other day.

Antique Alley in Maypearl

Lynne went grocery shopping in Waxahachie this morning. On her way how she saw sign that said, "Antique Alley- Waxahachie to Cleburne". I guess the event is getting "longer". I went back to Maypearl with her when she got home so we could look around. We parked on the street in front of Davids and walked over to the bank parking lot for the car show.
This is a Hupmobile. I was talking to Coach Ellis about it and he said it is only one of four still in existence. It's a pretty rare car.

I like that red and white Corvette.
I think these were my two favorite cars at the show. They are real Hot Rods. Made by the guys that drive them from whatever parts they could find. I've heard them called "Rat Rods" by some people.
This is the interior of one of the cars. It looks like your rear end would be sitting about 6 inches off the pavement in this thing.
This is the other end of the spectrum. High gloss paint and well polished. I would, of course, drive this too.
Flame close-up.
Here is an overview of the parking lot. A lot of nice steel at the bank today.
There were several people set up down town as well as several shops open to sell.
This building had been remodeled recently and was opened for sellers to use. It's also for lease if anyone is interested.
The plaza was set up with a bounce house for the kids, several booths, and a live band.
The band was set up at the back of the plaza. They started playing just before we left.
The Mercantile was open in the old bank building also.
The feed store was open too.

Fall Flood 2009

We took these pictures Sunday night on the way home from Church. According to the news, it rained almost 10 inches in Maypearl over the previous 3 days.
Our car had a bad tire so we had borrowed the Excursion for a few days. It had plenty of ground clearance to make it through this little puddle.