A FEW BUILDINGS. TELL ME A STORY.

1. Toone's Grocery.
2. Who can tell me anything about this building?
3. Pecos train station. The caboose was recently moved from the middle of the street over beside the train station and will be completely restored for educational purposes.
4. This is what's left of the Dr. Pepper bottling plant.
5. Lee's Lumber. I guess it's been there a long, long time. I was reading a 1948 newspaper and they were advertising a floor sanding machine for rent. I'm positive it's the same one we used 2 years ago to refinish our foyer floor. It's ancient, made of many parts...thus, we called it "Frankenstein" but Mr. Lee's son told us they call it S.O.B.

SIGNS OF PECOS.

I love signage...even if it's old and falling apart. They are history and have stories to tell. TELL ME A STORY!!

SANDRA'S STORE & FARMER'S MARKET.

Last Saturday was the first farmer's market from noon til 6 p.m...it will continue the first Saturday of every month.
Sandra bought the old Fonville Jewelry store on the old Pecos main street and is determined to breathe new life into that area. Her place is called The Winking Owl-www.thewinkingowl.com
Her shop features vintage kitch, beautiful paintings, jewelry, essential oils, organic tea, global imports and much more.
The organic food offerings were : yukon taters, red peppers, squash, tomatoes, butter lettuce, carrots, chevre cheese and the best steak I ever ate....REALLY! It's grass fed longhorn beef from the YT Ranch in Goldsmith, Texas. Very interesting reading www.ybeef.com That sirloin was worth every cent and more...and I usually don't even like sirloin cos it tough...this was totally tender and SO flavorful!!!

NEW DISPLAY @ WEST OF THE PECOS MUSEUM.

The old dining room at the museum usually has revolving exhibits that you can go see at no charge. Dorinda did a great job with this Bottle Show. They only used about a third of all the bottles they have! There are soda bottles, ink bottles, medicine bottles, snuff bottles, alcohol bottles, Avon bottles and much more. Very interesting!

GENE'S SKIN CANCER.

This blog is not scare or worry anyone...or gross them out. It's just to say: Hey, keep an eye on any weird or unusual changes on your skin.
The most common kind of skin carcinoma is Basal Cell and it's not malignant. We've all had those fried or frozen off...no big deal.
Gene's cancer is near his collarbone and is called Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) and it's the 2nd most common and it is malignant. No worries, he's getting it taken care of pronto.
He noticed the skin change around Christmas and went to his dermatologist in January.
She took a biopsy and cauterized it.
Then she called and said he needs to go to a plastic surgeon (of which there is one in Odessa) to have more of it removed. He had that appt. today but turned out it was just a "meet and greet" appt.
The doctor said he will use a local anesthetic and the incision will be much larger than the tumor and the stitches will be large. He plans on making a football shaped wound about 4" long. There is a 95% chance it will over and done with then. If not he'll have to have more taken off and that would require a hospital visit.
So bottom line is to WEAR SUNSCREEN (which Gene has not done in the past very much) and if you notice anything different...get it looked at ASAP.
Alot of folks don't like to talk about their medical problems...it's personal... but Gene and I agree that as we age and health issues arise we like to tell people hoping that they'll be better informed...we sure got that message and idea in 2001 when his colon cancer was diagnosed.
Who wants to be in our colonoscopy club?
Love, mary