Tag Archives: TX

Dec29

Earthquake

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Earthquake

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December 16, 2022 – 5:45 p.m.

I meant to write about this then, but got busy with other things.

Anyway, we had an earthquake here. They say it was a 5.4.

I was sitting here at my computer desk when it started shaking. It lasted about 30 seconds maybe.

When my husband came in from the garage I told him I think we just had an earthquake. He said he didn’t notice! haha

Then the local news and social media sites were swamped with calls and texts.

It’s not unheard of that we’d have an earthquake here, but it’s sure not common. When we lived in Japan we got used to them happening almost every day. Mostly small ones, but enough to shake the house and make our hanging lights sway back and forth.

So, that’s about it. Strange thing about earthquakes, you never know when one will happen. Not like tornadoes and hurricanes and typhoons, where you are having storms and some kinds of warnings. I’ve been in all of those, too. 🙂

Have any of you been through these kind of experiences?

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2022 BS

Apr18

SEVEN DAYS OF NATURE CHALLENGE -DAY 3

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SEVEN DAYS OF NATURE CHALLENGE -DAY 3

This is day three of my posts for the ‘Seven Days of Nature Challenge’. I was happy to be invited by Tildy, at The Beespeak (Life Lessons from the Beeline) to participate. Check out her blog, and lovely photos here

We are to post a nature photo each day, for 7 days. These are mine for today. 🙂

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First is a tarantula. I took this picture when we visited Ft. Davis, in south Texas. The large spider was walking along in the parking lot at our hotel, the Indian Lodge. We named him Terry. He was a cool dude. 🙂

Next is a prairie dog. Here in town we have what we call Prairie Dog Town. It is a large field, where there are lots of the little critters. People come out to see them and listen to them bark. They’re really cute, and actually they can be found all over town. We even had one in our back yard once or twice.

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Thanks for visiting! Peace }I{

© 2016 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-