I'LL TRY TO MAKE YOU SMILE...

An ad from an old newspaper:
Reeves County Mercantile Co.-
They conduct a dept. store that is up to date in every respect. Handle everything the human mind can wish for and finally take care of the dead.

A story on a Pecos Alumni website....by Frances Powell class of '59
James worked for the soil conservation service for 35 years, his first station was at Pecos in 1959. He worked for Zach Dameron.
The first day he was on the job, Zach took him to Orla to a ranch owned by Fred Beckham. They were met by a mexican worker. James did not speak spanish but Zach asked about a cup of coffee. The worker went to a fire and got a coffee pot that had been well used, pushed the green scum off the top of the water in a nearby trough and dipped a pot of water.
He made the coffee and they drank it. Zach bragged on how good the coffee was but James decided he had enough after he saw two dogs jump into the trough to cool off.

KIUN Hotline:
Give-
old bag phone
500 barrel tanks
I don't know what these 2 things are but they sound funny/weird.

For Sale-
Dance tickets for Combre de Ojinaja"
Reefer trailer
4 T.V.'s...that's quite a few T.V.'s....are they stolen
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RIP Tuffy Skelton-another ol' cowboy rides off to heaven.

PAWS & HOOVES IS IN PECOS! UPDATED!

This clinic is out of El Paso 211 miles away. Very reduced price services. The local Humane Society picked up much of the tab.
Ruth's Humane Society is so honored to sponsor their first visit. YES....Ruth is finally legit! We hope to have them come every 3 months. (Actually the Pecos Humane Society has been legit for over a year.)
News channel 9 from Odessa came to check it out.
I was so worried we wouldn't get much response. THEY CAME....THEY CAME!!!! Dogs big and small and a cat or two.
Friday we did 22 surgeries and today 15 by the time I left at 1 p.m. Some teeth cleanings and lots of vaccinations. Final surgery count was 40 animals!
1. The clinic van.
2. Dr. Amy looks like a teenager.
3. A cute dog.
4. Pecos' dog groomer Sheila and two of her big dogs...she has seven.
5. A funny dog.
6. MEET RUTH EVERYONE!!! This little dog's name is "Oprah".
7. Another cute dog.

CAKE OR DEATH??!!

Drove to Dallas yesterday.
Six and a half hour trip= fine. Driving in downtown is a little nerve wrecking.
Downtown hotel= fine. It was a Sheraton I got for $70....C.J. stayed there with me.
Visiting with my friend c.j.= fine....She went to the show too.
Eddie Izzard show at American Airlines Venue= fine. This british comedian is sooooo funny.
I really liked taking the DART trolley to the show.
Drove home today and fought 50 mph winds for 5 hours. Don't know how the truckers and the old people driving RV's do it. Got to Stanton, a farming community 110 miles east of Pecos. The farms are red dirt and they were LOSING the farms. It was so dirty I really, truly could hardly see the interstate.
Sigh, I hate west Texas.
I killed alot of tumblin' tumbleweeds today.

CHAPEL AT ARTS & CRAFT CENTER SAN ANTONIO. JAN. 2010

SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART & CRAFT SAN ANTONIO TX. JAN. 2010

This place is so great...it's an oasis in downtown. It was a Catholic School for girls built about 1850. It has absolutely lovely grounds that go down to the river in back. You can rent the chapel for weddings and then have the reception in the gazebo out back. In 1969 it was renovated and became the art center. They offer classes in pottery, weaving, sculpture, glass blowing etc. There is also a tea room that serves lunch.
1. A ceramic wall piece outdoors.
2. Tree ceramic.
3. It's the ART-O-MAT! These are refurbished cigarette machines that you buy art from. You buy a token for $5. and select what kind of art you want. I LOVE IT!!
4. A mosaic bench on the river.
5. Bird on the fountain.
6. Academy building.
7. Fountain.
8. Grotto.
9. Grotto

BLUE STAR COMPLEX SAN ANTONIO TX. JAN. 2010

Blue Star is in old warehouses in the south part of downtown San Antonio. One of our pals from college lives there...or used to and she helped start what it is now. She also co-owns an art gallery/framing shop in La Villita along the San Antonio River downtown. There are alot of galleries etc. there.
1. They have a brewery at Blue Star.
2. A cute bicycle at the bike shop.
3. Great mural inside the new organic coffee place.
4. I like this piece of art very much....wish it was in our backyard. Gene hates it...so it's good it's not in our backyard.

SAN ANTONIO TX- JAN. 2010 Downtown.

My sister Jane was visiting from Ohio so I drove to San Antonio and we spent the night downtown and had dinner with our two brothers.
1. View from the hotel.
2. This is the alamo viewed from the side. The 2nd building in the back is the actual chapel. It was fun to watch all the tourists from our hotel window.
3. Another view from the hotel.
4. I love this top hat that was in the floor of an empty building. I think it was the old Frank Sol uniform and clothing building.
5. I dunno....a neat building.
6. I dunno...another building.
7. Paris Hatters...been there since 1917 and is still open. We should've gone in. According to Frommers, Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles, Jimmy Smits and Dwight Yoakam are among the folks who have shopped there.
8.& 9. This building is next to our hotel...it's a federal building...used to be the post office...not sure if it still is.
We could've spent a few days doing downtown and taking lots more pictures...it was kinda cold. I grew up in San Antonio so alot of these places are fondly remembered. I got a kick out of seeing the old Walgreens where Gene's Mom worked the food counter for years and years. I remember they used to have dyed baby chicks of various colors in their window for Easter.
We didn't even walk any of the famous riverwalk. We only had a few hours and decided to do other things...like eat mexican food and look at art.

CHRISTMAS 2009

1.& 2. Sunset near Balmorhea as we drove out of the Davis Mountains.
3. Kiowa Art Gallery logo on truck in Alpine.
4. Old car-Alpine.
5. Cozy Court Motel-Alpine.
6. I like this tree a-growin' in this alley.
7. Our boys, waitin' for Santa Claus.
8. Christmas dinner....dig in!
HAPPY NEW YEAR BLOGGERS!!!!