Copper Breaks State Park, Texas.

The little grands spent a few days with me for Spring Break.  One of the days we drove to Copper Breaks State Park in Hardeman County, Texas.  The drought has reduced the lake size a great deal, but the park was still full of visitors and campers.  There is a rugged beauty in the landscape that will bring to life one of the Louis L’Amour books my dad used to read.  The terrain is deceptively rough with hills, rocks and cedars.  Just beyond the horizon and lake is the Pease River and site where Cynthia Ann Parker was taken as a child by the Comanche's.  Her story is amazing, as is her son Chief Quanah Parker. 

     

The day turned out to be quite sunny and warm as we hiked up one of the developed trails to a resting spot with quite a view of the park.  The grands had to spend a little time at a playground before heading home.  I should have snapped a picture of the two exhausted little grands that fell fast asleep in the back of the car before we were barely out of the park!  It was a great day together.

Horse snorts.

I saw the funniest thing this morning.  I was cleaning out cabinets at mom’s when I found a jar of powdered sugar stashed way in the back of the lower cabinets.  Right before I could dump it in the trash I saw the horses standing at the feed trough outside the back yard. I opened the back door, which always gets their attention, walked to the fence and emptied the jar into the trough.  The filly approached first, taking a sneaking peak at the white substance there.  She lowered her head and then jerked back, startled.  I didn’t get it at first.  She did it twice more when the stud came to see what she was into.  He did the same thing, cautiously getting close to the powder and jerking back in surprise.  Then I saw it. 
When they got close to the powder, the breath from their nostrils made the powder poof up in a little cloud that totally freaked them out.  It made me laugh deep in my belly, especially when the miniature donkey foal bounded up to the trough completely unafraid, just like our little humans that haven’t learned to be afraid and started licking the sugar up.  It didn’t take them long to overcome their fear when they saw the little donkey enjoying it - to lick it up too. 

Then I went back to cleaning the cabinets out.

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Texas Front Porches

While out driving through rural Texas towns and back roads I saw lots of front porches, yards, barns and old buildings that called to me.  I began taking pictures for my "someday" house when I realized I love the older homes off main street and farm houses with front porches!  Most of these are in Justin, Texas north of Texas Motor Speedway near Dallas a few miles.  I hope you enjoy some of what I've been seeing. Here are a few to entice you to check back next weekend. :-)

I bet this person would be fun to know!  Do you see the washing machine?

There were lots of things to look at here.

Can't see the sign behind the post, but it says,
"Welcome to My Porch"

Clean, neat, patriotic

Another collector I think I'd like to visit with.

This little Texas town was amazingly neat and clean.  The big attraction is the Texas Motor Speedway just a few miles away on I35E and Hwy 114.  Down town Justin is their boot and western wear outlets.  Yep, we bought new boots and hats for the grands and even a new shirt for me while there.  The prices are really good!

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