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in texas: happy hour at the saxon pub

Posted on November 5, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Here are my guys (minus the little one home asleep in his crib and “Sarge”, who was promoted and therefore sadly missed his vacation in Texas): This photo was taken after the show, before we went back to the condo for … Continue reading →

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in texas: flirting with a new love

Posted on November 4, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Did that heading grab your attention??? Very Cosmopolitan-magazine-cover, isn’t it? There are musical instrument stores in Austin.  Yes, I know, that’s unbelievable, but there are.  And I have been to several of them. At first I looked at mandolins, because … Continue reading →

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foreshadowing

Posted on November 3, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Now they both live in Texas.  Was it the hat?  Or my Willie Nelson albums? And why didn’t I fold up his pant legs????

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sole survivor of the september purge

Posted on November 2, 2011 by is there any more pie?

…and two weeks later… I’m not sure about using the white matelese coverlet–it wrinkles– to cover the foam cushion, but the old quilt’s colors are too busy. I wish I had been born with a decorating gene.  I guess I missed … Continue reading →

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my brother’s birthday

Posted on October 30, 2011 by is there any more pie?

…is on Halloween! We spent our elementary-school years in a “Leave It To Beaver” neighborhood.  We walked to school.  And walked home for lunch–peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Then we walked back to school.  Yes, even in three feet of … Continue reading →

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gonna be a party tonight

Posted on October 29, 2011 by is there any more pie?

See these happy people? We had just witnessed our children getting married. We were so happy. And so well-dressed. And the four of us were together several years later, poised to cut into our steaks at a family dinner, when … Continue reading →

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ghosts of halloween past

Posted on October 28, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Remember the mystery box I received from Amazon last month?  Inside was an Epson photo scanner.  My winter project.  I will be scanning the family photo albums, Banjo Man’s slides and a box of black and white photos from my  … Continue reading →

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out of the closet #2

Posted on October 26, 2011 by is there any more pie?

I can’t remember where I bought this.  I think it was in a plastic grocery sack at the Brimfield Antique Fair and I probably intended to cut it up for the vintage Christmas stockings I used to make for the … Continue reading →

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sign of the times

Posted on October 25, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Who says airports aren’t fun?????

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he always loves his birthday

Posted on October 24, 2011 by is there any more pie?

Who wouldn’t like a new GI Joe? The Mickey Mouse cake overwhelmed him.  I’m sure I baked and decorated it, but I’ve blocked it out of my memory.  Frosting requires coordination, of which I have little. As did the Black … Continue reading →

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