- Absolutely clear sky, moonlit, light breeze, nice morning, temp: 59, high: 81.
- Had our regular Monday breakfast at Taco Fiesta with our Canadian friends, but only had 5 this morning. Since Jim had a 9:30 PT appointment, he missed the breakfast.
- Such a nice morning today, temp: 71, calm, sunny, I changed my complete biking routine.
- I went in the morning rather than the afternoon.
- I biked all around the adjoining housing development & golf course called The Plantation & Tierra del Sol.
- I biked a mile further than previous, over 3 miles.
- But it was a good trip and more relaxing with the change in the variety of surroundings.
- After lunch, Jim went to a polka jam with some guys.
- Mid afternoon, I was to set up chair for the evening's amateur talent show, but the chairman just came by and said someone else had done it. That's okay.
- Mid afternoon, temp is 83, sunny, with a light breeze. Nice!
- Tonight we had our Amateur Talent show consisting of everything from instrumentalists to vocalists to dancers to poets to cowboys to bands. The Hall was completely filled using every chair that we own and then some. I'd guess 300 or more in the audience. All had a good time.
- Late this evening I called Kath & later Dan. I got caught up on family news and had a nice conversation with each. Thanks, Kath. Thanks, Dan.
- Finally, tonight I have some more pictures for you to guess who they are. As with many of these, they were taken at our tenant house on Grandpa Coulter's farm near Delavan. These you should guess right off as they're beginning to look more like their adult features. I'm guessing these pictures were taken in about 1944. Anyway, have fun.
- Absolutely clear sky, moonlit, light breeze, warm morning, temp: 61, high: 81.
- J&D went to the service in the Hall.
- At 12:45, we leave for Martha's Taqueria Del Sol for noon dinner. Pork dinner was good.
- Napped
- On an absolutely beautiful day, I made my daily 2 mile bike ride. Temp got up to 83.
- Movie last night was Gone Girl. An excellent & enjoyable flick. If you haven't seen it yet. Do.
- Tonight, no guessing game. Here in Texas, we have an interesting way to observe Minnesota weather, watch incoming snow, & observe the status of the new Vikings stadium. We use the live shot of the picture you see below.
- The picture yesterday showed 2 children. They are Jim, on the right, & I'm on the left. Jim looks to be about 2 in this picture and I'm probably something like 6 months. So Jim's picture was taken at the tenant house on Grandpa Coulter's farm near Delavan in about 1946. My picture was probably taken in late 1939 in Los Angeles, California in the area of Culver City.
- Pleasant morning, cool, breezy, high clouds, temp: 55, high: 62.
- Joined about 25 guys for men's breakfast at Taco Fiesta.
- For lunch, Diane made delicious homemade tacos which we ate out on our veranda. It was only sorta cool.
- Napped
- While the temp is 61 and it's quite windy, I biked my 2 1/2 miles around the park.
- Fish dinner at Popeyes.
- Below are pictures - first off, the Noble Drilling platform perhaps in for its periodic servicing that we saw yesterday - second, lunch on the veranda today - third, gulf scene from yesterday at South Padre Island.
- Enjoy!
- The picture yesterday of the 2 young children were of my brother, Jim, and one of my first cousins, Sherrill. (THEY are not my siblings, only one is.) I think they were about 2 at the time, so the picture was taken probably sometime in the Summer of 1946. It was taken in the yard of the tenant house on Grandpa Coulter's farm near Delavan.
- More mystery pictures coming.
