Spring to Summer

[mrdreamjeans]

First, let me wish the handsome bismrkbear a very Happy Birthday!!! Secondly, here are a few images from my home area in Southeast Texas! We're moving quickly through Spring toward Summer! It will be 92 degrees by the end of the week. Click on the photos to enlarge!


South on FM 609, three miles from La Grange


Someone's Little Bit of Heaven


This butterfly landed on my front sidewalk
Anyone know what type it is?


Milk Machine:) A few years back, I had a dun-colored
mare with a black mane and tail .. and she had a foal
like this little lady!


My house after a Saturday afternoon of dangerous yard work:)

Finally, one for txcwby. The framed "Texas Bride"!

Comments

[tonethbone.livejournal.com]

Love the roof styling and general street appearance of your house

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's quite unique .. the architecture is what drew me to it.

HUGS!

[use2bshy.livejournal.com]

I still love your home, its just beautiful

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Lots of work to be done where it can't be seen, but it's got its charms!

HUGS!

[labeartorycub.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing your pictures. I like your home. It's very cuute!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks, my friend! The house next door is for sale. Why don't Donald and you come and be my neighbors! I'm only 75 miles from Houston and there's no public transportation. Enticing, yes? :)

HUGS!

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

...just finished reading (and correcting a 70-page thesis paper, so i couldn't resist rewarding myself by taking a look at your lovely picture-post.
While I'm in "erudite show-off" mode: that 'butterfly' is actually a large and showy moth...it's called a "Cecropia" [See-cro-pi-a], I believe.
(I should check this on Google or wikipedia.)

Your home looks so beautiful - even your car seems to match the window shutters, and the greenery is splendid!

Love all the other shots too. Did I tell you that years ago I did "Best Little Whorehouse" at the Carousel - and made the floor look like the Texas flag laid out in linoleum ?
I can see why your Texas Bride photo is such a hit - it says a lot, and with such grace.
Big Hugs!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Joe! A moth? WOW! This guy was really, really large and so colorful. We had just a bit of a cold snap (50's) last week. He was really lethargic. Never occurred to me that it might be a moth. Your knowledge is extensive, my friend!

I included the house picture because I had so many knicks and bruises from doing the yard work! :)

I'm going to have to kick some student butts ... 70 pages? When you have two LJ entries from me and others to read ... How dare they!!! LOL!

Hang in there! Big HUGS!

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

Once a Cub Scout, always a Cub Scout ... that's where I learned about butterflies and moths. An interest in nature is also something I got from my dad ... who showed me a Cecropia moth he had captured when I was about 6.

Thanks for the butt-kicking offer - and while you're at it, you could do the same to some of my dear colleagues - LOL
Hugs!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I will gladly come and be the "muscle"! Goddurn, back-biting heathens!! LOL!

[mikeybill.livejournal.com]

Lovely pics Mr Neil, glad spring/summer is on the way. getting chilly here.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

So, you're into Fall/Winter? I've never spent time anywhere where the seasons are opposite. Sounds to me like I need t be quite wealthy and spend October- March in the States and April - September in New Zealand! :)

HUGS!

[tbone1961.livejournal.com]

house looks luverly!!

on the way to Randy's place, I pass this old farm silo that they painted as an American flag. well, on the way back you see the flag. on the way there, it looks more like Cat in the Hat...LOL!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

"Cat in the Hat", I'd like! :) Heading North from Flatonia, this small barn is colorless, weathered, drab; but heading South, you might as well be singing "Texas, Our Texas"! :) Any musicals on the horizon for you?

HUGS!

[tbone1961.livejournal.com]

no shows. that's just every March. but the quintet has a few gigs lined up.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Well, there ya go! Gotta know my trombone-playin' peeps keep busy. It's what brought us together! :)

[tbone1961.livejournal.com]

the trombone playing thang was after the fact. I added you first because of your good looks...XOXO!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Damn! What a nice thing to hear!! Thanks, Hon!

[icejohn2.livejournal.com]

Beautiful pictures, Neil! The house and yard look great. Those back-broken yard work surely made the difference!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly!! I think the yard looks nice. Now, if I could accomplish without all of the boo-boo's! LOL!

[bismrkbear.livejournal.com]

Aww shucks, thanks for the handsome comment. Great pics. Your house is really charming, it has definite curb appeal.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks, my friend! I hope your day has been a happy one and that you are celebrating in style with your honey!

Big HUGS!

[cimarrondfw.livejournal.com]

I was already to tell you the butterfly was defintiely a moth when I see others have even labeled the species.

Life looks so pleasant in the rural area that it's tempting. I saw a house in FW's historic Ryan Place featured in a photo story in the paper. Built in 1926, it's been recently restored. Price is out of sight.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

My home was built in 1925 ... I'd gladly sell it tomorrow for an out-of-sight price! :)

As to the moth ... The coloration and markings of this moth were so striking, that I just supposed that it was a butterfly. The amazing thing about this moth, is that it about 10 times bigger than any butterfly I've ever seen. I'm going to have to follow designerotter's suggestion and research more about it.

How was the Soul Force experience last weekend?

Big HUGS!

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

Great pics Neil. The yard looks amazing!!!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Literally blood, sweat .. but no tears:) Thanks!

HUGS!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Brett! Btw, I just called you and left a voice message! Congrats!!! I am so friggin' proud of you!

Big HUGS!

[twillhead.livejournal.com]

Great photos, and love the house! {{Hugs}}

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much, my friend!! HUGS!