Last visit before school

Our son, Zach, his wife Renee' and his son Austin, came down for a week end visit before school started. Zach and his bunch seems to be doing ok. We worry some about their situation. Renee' has fibermyalgia, and her medication doesn't seem to working very well. She really couldn't do much while they were here. I could tell she wasn't feeling very well. Austin has a mild form of autism, which really manifests itself socially with Austin. But aside from him being a little moody at times, he seems just like any other 7 year old boy. I took them to the beach and they really has a great time. Zach took Austin out in my boat and now Zach ready to build one so he can go paddling back in Marble Falls.

Zach is taking courses in the evening to finish up is degree to become an x ray tech. It's funny Zach tells me that working for National Oil Supply is a young man's game., and he doesn't want to do that kind of work forever. I guess they do grow up after awhile. Also, Becky and I like the idea of being grandparents. Austin was a hoot while he was here. of course, I filled him up with sugar and caffeine and sent his on his way.

A little Get Away

I was down on the Frio River this last week end for a Singing Men of South Texas Retreat. I took a few pictures and sang alot. Basically, for two days I did pretty much what I wanted to do. It was very relaxing. The river was up from all the rain, but you could still float down the river.


I have a question about the picture in the middle. The one with the vine growing in the tree. What kind of vine is it? I am not exactly a nature buff, but would like to know.



I really like this picture to the left. I stayed there for awhile just admiring what God had made. It's good to get away. Everyone needs to get alone at times and re-focus and get a new grip. Life can be a pretty rough ride.

Another valuable saying from the wrapper of my Dove Milk Chocolate candy " Smile, people will wonder what you've been up to".
Gotta run!

The 50thWedding Anniversary

Here is my follow up on the Shindig at the Fellowship Hall in the Baptist Church.
There were about 150 people there. Most of them over the age of 50. We had planned to play for about 45 minutes, because of the crowd we were asked to play for about an hour and 1/2. Let's see, some of our song list was:
Heartbreak Hotel, Crazy, Walking After Midnight, Can't Help Falling in Love, Bye Bye Love, Fly Me to the Moon, Last Date, Going to the Chapel, Because, I Love You Truly, You Send Me, and so forth.

The roof didn't fall in, and yes we did have a few folks get up and dance. I even had one little old lady ask me where she could buy our CD or tape. I thought that was really funny. I told her we didn't have one and she told me when we got one to mail one to her.

As a joke I put a tip jar on the piano, and would you believe, we picked up $30. I am going to put it in the music fund for something.

Everyone had a great time, even the preacher. He needed to loosen up a little bit anyway. Well, was opened, and it can't be closed. The Jolly Elders ( Sr Ad) want us to play at their Christmas Party, and at their Valentine Banquet. You might know , it's those wild old folks leading the charge. Hey, it was a hoot, and I would do it again in a heart beat.

Another Week in David's Daffy World

Well another hot week. It finally decided to turn into summer, with high humidity and and heat. Oh yes, making memories like, clothes sticking to you, eye glasses fogging up when you step outside, and cooling down with a cherry lime snow cone. Speaking of memories, this week end should prove interesting. We have a couple in our church who will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. They asked me if our praise band could play at their shindig in the church's fellowship hall. I said, sure thinking they just wanted some hymns or an old song or two from the fifties when they got married. Oh no, they want us to play some rock and roll tunes. Being the ever gracious one, and not wanting to offend anyone, I said great we'll do it. So I got with our praise band, and we are got out our gee-tars and drums are going to do a little Elvis, some Patsy Cline, songs like Blue Moon, a couple of Frank Sinatra songs, a Dixie Cup song called- Going to the Chapel and so forth. Ok, here's where it gets funny, one of our other older couples comes up to me Wednesday night, and asked me if it would be ok, if they got up and danced to some of the songs Saturday . I told them just to dance the night away, and we would provide the tunes. Ah yes, the Senior Adult Revolt is on, dancing in fellowshiphall! Who knows, next they'll wanting to play bingo and who knows what else! Now the pastor hasn't got wind of this, yet. I want to get a picture of his face, when some of these old folks start sliding across the floor doing a waltz, or worse, may be even the boogie woogie! You know me, I would never cause any trouble. By the way, isn't this the same age group that told me we needed to sing more hymns and be more traditional. Makes me wonder what's going on here???

Just Sittin'

Since it hadn't rained in two days I decided to sit out on the deck I had built. I bought one of those cheap white rockers from Wally world. It works pretty well. I 'll be lucky if it last a year, but I got it cheap, so I can't complain. I decided just sit and see what I could see. I took my camera with me. I bought a old lens off of ebay just to see if it would work on my camera. Well here, are two pictures. One of a knot in the deck. Weird, yes, but no one ever accused me of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. The other is of some china berries growing right over my head. Not bad for a $7 lens that is about 40 years old. Of course it is all manual everything. I know I am about to show my age, but I am so glad I can still take pictures without the computer in the camera telling me what to do.

Speaking of china berry trees, at least that's what I call them, I hate them. They are messy, the branches break off easily, and they never stop growing. With all the rain we have had, and now the heat, they are growing like crazy. Who brought these things into our country anyway? Had to be foreigners. Since we all were at one time, who's to blame? Alright, I need the origin of these stupid things. Surely one of my better educated friends will know.

The last picture is of Abby singing in the Texas Baptist All State Choir. They were pretty impressive. I am not into stained glass, but I thought it was rather nice.

Lastly, for now, my wife needs Tom's wife personal email address. I guess that means that I can't see what they are saying to each other. Where's the trust?

Here is a saying off the Dove chocolate wrapper- "Sing along with the elevator music"
Who would do that? I would but it would have to be a Willie Nelson song.