NOTHING MUCH GOING ON.

Random photos.
This is the 1893 Chicago world's fair ferris wheel. It was the very first ferris wheel and could hold 2,160 people! The cars were as big a school bus. It was built as an "answer" to the eiffel tower in paris...i didn't know that the eiffel tower was part of the paris world's fair in 1900.

Picture #2 is Andrew Moore, Jamey's boss the photographer. Just though you might like to know what he looks like...it's a slow news day o.k.?

Crap...why is #3 side ways? it wasn't when i opened it to add it to this blog. It's a picture jamey took in china. It's a big rock chuck!

Bullshit thoughts and news:
There is a volunteer at the museum on friday afternoons named Zelma. She's an extremely spry 80 years old or so. Man, if you ever wanna do the museum....go friday afternoons! I was sitting in the saloon reading history books and she was getting these people started on their tour and she was giving a GREAT blow by blow description of the saloon shootout.

Zelma told me that Ivy Weatherby had a reputation of getting around with all the men in town and probably the tri-county area. She sure wasn't married to W.W. Courtney very long....that was around 1940. Then she went back to being "Mrs. Weatherby" again.

My neighbor Sib said a funny expression the other day when I was over there visiting: "well, ya know that bathroom isn't big enough to cuss a cat." I told her it WAS big enough to cuss a cat.

I volunteered on the Reeves County website to do look ups for people who seek family history stuff. I finally got a bite! It's from a man who lives in San Diego and had relatives in Barstow, Monahans and Pecos. I drove out to the Barstow cemetery the other day and photographed his family burial plot. And I've been down at the museum the last 3 days finding stuff for him. It's hard not get distracted while reading old newspapers....the ads are so funny and I've come across some additional info about T.B. Pruett.

the other day i was "stoopin'"...that means a-settin' out on the front porch....and this pick up truck drove by. It had a trailer hitch on the back that was a little, metal longhorn head cut out thing...but right behind that they had a sack like thing that had 2 balls in it... a-swingin- back and forth and i quickly realized it was sposed to be BULL's BALLS!

On that note...i guess i'll go.
been pretty disappointed with the radil hotline lately.

thanks fer blogging.
love,mary