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Jun28

House # 9 – Bats, Great Danes, & Rocks

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House # 9 – Bats, Great Danes, & Rocks

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First, one more photo I dug up of the trailer house we lived in, in Paris TX.

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You know, way back then in the 1970s we didn’t take photos as much as we do now. I can’t even remember what kind of camera I had. We didn’t have phones that took pictures, or even phones we could carry around with us.

When we took pictures, we had to first buy some film to put in the camera. We’d just hope the pictures we took would be half way good after taking the film somewhere to be developed. Lots of times they weren’t good. It’s so fun these days to be able to see our photos immediately.

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Okay, so we left Greenville TX and moved back to our hometown of Lubbock. I really can’t remember why. The first place we rented was a very small one bedroom/kitchen/living room/bath in a 4-plex. That is, there were 4 apartments in a row all hooked together. There were 4 more across the parking lot.

Things I remember from this place … we did have a very small fenced in yard, so that was nice since we still had our dog, Freckles.

One night Freckles woke me up growling and staring at the back door. It was pretty scary, and I don’t know what she heard outside.

One day one of the neighbors came hollering out in the parking lot to come see! We had a small laundry room with one washer and one dryer that all residents could use. She said she heard something scary in the washer making a rattling sound. So several of us went over to see what it was. It was a bat! It had gotten down in the washer and couldn’t get out. One of the brave girls put on gloves and reached in and let him free.

One of the other neighbors had a small VW bug car. They also had two Great Dane dogs, and they’d put the dogs in the car and go driving around. It was funny to see those big dogs with their heads hanging out the windows of that little car.

A sad thing happened, too. One of the neighbors husbands was killed by a freak accident at his work. I think he was one of those people who worked on high power lines, and he was electrocuted.

We really didn’t know any of the neighbors all that well, though.

Oh, this is the time I started painting on rocks, which I done lots of now, off and on.

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Next up … we buy our first house!

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 202 BS

May8

HITCHING POST

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When you ride your horse to the grocery store, do you have trouble finding a parking spot?

If you live in my city, you won’t have any problems. The local grocery store has provided a hitching post for shopper’s convenience.  Now you have a special place to leave your horse, while you shop.

The hitching post is on a grassy area right next to the car parking lot. It isn’t unusual to see people riding their horses down the street, or around Imagethe playa lake by our house. It’s no different, seeing a horse patiently waiting, there at the grocery store hitching post.

So get your boots on, saddle up, and ride on over. For a closer look at how a modern city keeps it’s ties with the old west, watch a short video and learn how it all came about.

http://kfyo.com/horse-hitching-post-added-to-south-

Apr2

A to Z Blog Challenge – Letter B

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Today, April 2, 2014…..The letter B

BUDDY HOLLY

I thought it appropriate to write about Buddy Holly for the letter B.

The legendary rock and roll singer, Buddy Holly, is from my home town, Lubbock, Texas.

He was born on September 7, 1936, and died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959.

There are a lot of things here in town that bear his name…

Buddy Holly Avenue

Crickets Avenue

The Buddy Holly Center and Museum

His statue

His burial site.

Buddy Holly’s grave is located in the City of Lubbock Cemetery. I’ve personally

been to them all. There are visitors from far off places here in the U.S. and other

countries who come to see where Buddy Holly got his start in the music business.

His widow, Maria Elena Holly, comes into town every so often, to discuss business

with the city, concerning all these sites.

The Buddy Holly Center and museum, itself, is very nice, if not large. It has lots of personal items that belonged to, and were used by Buddy Holly…from his childhood, up until his passing.

The statue is across the street from the Center.

His grave stone is not elaborate. It is a flat, granite stone, and carved into it is a guitar. Most people leave guitar picks on the marker, when they visit.

The radio stations play his songs, including, “That’ll Be the Day”, “Peggy Sue”, “Every Day”, and”Rave On”.

Here’s where you can read more about this amazing icon…with a short video.

http://www.biography.com/people/buddy-holly-9342186

 

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed learning more about Buddy Holly.

 

If you’d like, visit my other blog for another entry for the letter B…you can

find it here… http://ghostmmnc.blogspot.comImageImageImage