A Somewhat Grey Christmas Eve
It was kind of cool for Central Texas, we have had intermittent rainy weather, which while a little mood-lowering, we have another, more logical side that rejoices in the water falling from the sky as we think back to almost a year of dry and dusty weather, where everything was crispy brown and even the poor birds and squirrels were panting in the heat, their water supplies nearly gone for the most part. A ghost town (or actually ghost foundations) emerged from one of the local reservoirs, having been covered by an artificial lake since the 1930s and rarely seen since. A tour company took boats out into the huge lake, or what is left of it, so that tourists could visit the site. It may be covered up again.
We have been left with one of the family's pet dogs for a couple of days. We took her out briefly to walk through a small copse of trees, many which were conveniently labeled for identification. However, we were dismayed that someone has defaced the names of the trees on some of the labels since our last visit, making them illegible. Since they were printed on a metal backing, we were astonished at the callous purpose of trying to render the little plaques useless. Our dismay was overcome when four or five deer were feeding in an isolated area amongst the trees, and while they regarded us very intently, they did not much more than flick there white tails as the pair of us outsiders regarded a couple of the tawny natives.
Here is a view out the window, a little damp itself. We will be watching the year-end shows on television, and leafing through some tomes. We have prepared some hot soup to offset the chilly weather in the 40s, and we are updating an old laptop with a new anti-virus edition and the dozens upon dozens of Widows updates that it has missed by sitting in the closet unused for months
We have been left with one of the family's pet dogs for a couple of days. We took her out briefly to walk through a small copse of trees, many which were conveniently labeled for identification. However, we were dismayed that someone has defaced the names of the trees on some of the labels since our last visit, making them illegible. Since they were printed on a metal backing, we were astonished at the callous purpose of trying to render the little plaques useless. Our dismay was overcome when four or five deer were feeding in an isolated area amongst the trees, and while they regarded us very intently, they did not much more than flick there white tails as the pair of us outsiders regarded a couple of the tawny natives.
Here is a view out the window, a little damp itself. We will be watching the year-end shows on television, and leafing through some tomes. We have prepared some hot soup to offset the chilly weather in the 40s, and we are updating an old laptop with a new anti-virus edition and the dozens upon dozens of Widows updates that it has missed by sitting in the closet unused for months
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