GETTING READY FOR THE RODEO PARADE.

1. Some people got tired of waiting for the parade to start.
2. George, Mary, Gene. We got a great spot next to the museum...lots of shade.
3. These kids were next to us and having a great time.
4. Maggie, the kid's dog.
5. Jamey, George, Gene.
6. Bessie Osborn and her son "Carl-the-plumber." This is in the museum courtyard right after the Old Timer's Reunion.
7. Zelma Canon and her great grandaughter. Zelma is President of the hospital auxillary where I volunteer and she volunteers at the museum...I love her very much.
8. An unknown Old Timer.
9. An unknown guy with Zelma. Zelma and Bessie are wearing these costumes because they sign in the Old Timers every year.
10. Mary has new rodeo shoes.

ONE WALL IS DONE. This is a very slow process.

1. One wall stripped of fabric, batting off, staples pulled, mud applied, rough spots sanded, two coats of paint.
2. Ceiling leak is patched...pink when wet...turns white when dry. The ceiling is Gene's. The walls are mine.
3. Mud.
4. More mud.
5. Gene cut 2 layers of dry wall to cover an old window above the sink and then cover that with this crappy paneling. We were just trying to make it flush with the rest of the wall.

HERE GOES NUTHIN'...BATHROOM REMODEL-June 10, 2010

A FEEDING FRENZY- MAY 2010

We have 2 feeders and counted at least 14.
They're hard to count.
Wish I had a better camera.
My friend Scott takes fantastic hummingbird pictures with his fantastic camera.

PORT ARTHUR, TX. MAY, 2010

Downtown all closed up, flat and green with lots of canals and a river, lake, cattle, tons of egrets, oil refineries, nice historical section, vietnamese, hispanic, african american. Population 57,000+
I could live there.
1. Queen Of Peace Statue- Queen of Vietnamese Matyr's Catholic Church, built in gratitude of city that welcomed them.
2. & 3. Eddington Court. First apartment building built in 1929- a conch shell wall front this place and is made of 6,000 shgells brought from the Carribbean. This place is for sale.
4. Rose Hill Manor 1906- Donated to the city in the 40's by an ex mayor and banker.
8. Lakeshore Dr.

GUATEMALA.

My friend Steve drove from Cozumel to Guatemala. These are my two favorite pictures he took.
An artist friend Sandra is leaving Pecos and going to live in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Am I jealous?
Si.

DR. TOM GOES TO MEXICO.

The medical care trip to outside of Chihuahua City was cancelled earlier in April due to traveling concerns regarding the violence in Mexico. They had gathered 40 to 50 volunteers and $100,000. in medical supplies. These folks have been going for about 30 years so it was very disappointing.
Just got a note from Dr. Pruett that eight people (including him) are flying by private plane (a King Air) to Guerrero, state of Chihuahua, Mexico for a short 3 day clinic. YAY!
Check out the airstrip. The note says: elevation per WAC chart is 6890'
official measurement per chart 3700'
onsite measurement comes to 4500'
whatever that means.