Pictures from a short weekend

I found this lifeless lady in a museum in a little town in central Texas. She has been standing motionless while the eyes of the living stare at her. I got the feeling that in the dead of night she walked the quiet floors of that building. Her eyes were clear, moist, ready to blink as soon as my gaze left her.
Mona made some beautiful chocolate cupcakes covered with creamy white whipped cream with strawberries on top. They were as tasty as they were beautiful. I ate three while my wife warned me about my blood sugar going sky high. Oh, were they wonderful.

Cruz's son in a quite moment of contemplation while everyone else talked and laughed loudly at the festive get together at Mona's house.
Mona's grandson taking center stage while the rest of the family posses for the family picture. The joy of being a young child at grandma's house.
Dora and Elfida in front of a long closed business where they use to give out Green Stamps in another era.
A very artistic person took great care to paint the Train Depot in Deleon. Even the electric wiring was painted over. Our family use to come to this town to pick pecans. That was many decades ago. I remembered that the place where we lived had an enclosed courtyard. Dora said it was a lumberyard that had living quarters which had been turned into a migrant camp. We drove around trying to find it, but our memories were to faded.
Edric crosses the wide street at Deleon. Dora and Elfida window shop along the empty store fronts.

It was good to get home. Two doves sang for me just outside our bedroom window on a chilly Monday morning.
This silly dog is Sister, so named by Isabelle and Lily. Yes, she is one messy dog. Everything is a toy to be chewed up, dragged around, and torn to shreds. Here she is in "Time out" for chewing up more plastic bottles, water hoses, and for flipping over the trash cans.
Lily with Fifi, who looks pitifully at me for help. That is one rough playing little girl and one old moody dog that does not like little children.
Christian doing a flip for grandpa. Actually he did five or six before I got this one. He is good on that trampoline

Jonathan running with two guns ready. Oh yeah, grandpa thinks its OK for boys to play with guns. Luckily so does there dad and mom. I had three guns with about 700 plastic ammo pellets for them.

It is good to be back home again.