Attractive and Altered

These shoes have been modeled after a pair worn by L. to do yard work in. The oldest granddaughter admired (?) them so the grandpa had to created a pair for her. With the help of Ed's Shoe Repair, the toes of the shoes were removed and the edge stitched. Personally I don't think it will start a fad in Texas but L. thinks so. We'll see.

Lunch in Buhler

This place doesn't look like a restaurant according to LP. It was her first time to eat there.
We found good food: bierocks, taco salad, sandwiches, meat ball dinners and lots of pie.
Sadly we didn't have room for pie but the large taco salad was plenty filling and fresh!

On Friday they will have verenke - one of my favorites that makes both L and LP turn up their noses. I do believe I have some German blood in my veins.

P.S. For the second time in two days some spelling has to be corrected: verenika seems to be the accepted version.

Big Sky Country

Oops. . . I think that phrase belongs to Montana. But we do have a big sky with no mountains to block the view. In this scene north of Yoder there is a lot of red milo or, as we used to call it, kaffer corn.

I have found that the corn is spelled kaffir and according to the dictionary on Google, the term is now taboo. . .Sorghum and milo are acceptable.

Decal

Today was the first time we've had the car washed since our oldest granddaughter gave us this decal! I think it's been about a year. Naturally, I got it crooked....but it's on the van!

Mount Hood

This peaceful scene of Mount Hood was taken a few years ago. We haven't been to Oregon in far too long! Traveling is not our favorite thing to do but we would like to just magically appear there.

Speaking of traveling, the warnings to tourists or those going to Europe really confuse me.
"Don't cancel your trip, but be alert." What does that mean? Look for someone in a bulky coat during warm weather (maybe hiding explosives?) An abondoned car with wires exposed? A package on the sidewalk. It seems to me they are making us all a little paranoid with no way to control what someone who hates freedom will do.

Flag

This is the first picture I have taken or have seen that doesn't show the stars clearly. It looks as though they are gray, not white.

Sadly, the photo also shows one of the latest additions to our society: security cams pointed in all directions.

The cameras make it easier to track criminal activity so I guess if the rest of us aren't doing anything illegal, we should just ignore the loss of privacy in the parking lots of the world - and street corners - and stores - and highways - -

Pies

A road trip to the Carriage Crossing for pie. Not content with a piece of pie with coffee, L. bought a whole pie - Toll House. Think of chocolate chip cookie dough with whip cream and lots of chocolate chips on a delicious crust (undoubtably made the old fashioned way with lard) and that's it.