Monday, April 14, 2008

Chris Knight, my second favorite singer.....




Through some dear friends, I recently discovered Chris Knight...he sounds enough like the singers I grew up hearing in Texas to love, but also has his own great sound...you might want to look him up, lots of things on YouTube...I'm checking his tour dates all the time, hoping he makes it up to the increasingly thawing tundra...


Keep rockin' Chris!!
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

The sun came out in Minnesota!



Well, my part of Minnesota...I think it's the first time in at least two weeks since the day has started off well....the weather, while still cool, promises to be good...Hannah and I, and maybe Kyle (if we can convince him) are going to the Minnesota Zoo to see the Farm Babies exhibit...ducks and piggies and lambs and calves...just like back home.....


Hope your day is a good one.....


Flowers....and a picture of Steve....just because..

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Back from Texas






We are back from Texas, here in Minnesota again and again waiting for the sun to shine....it was soul renewing to be back home again, even though the bluebonnets weren't as lovely as they were last year. I figured they would all be up the week after we left. They are temperamental flowers, too much rain and they don't stick their heads out of the ground, too little and it's pretty much the same thing. But, there were some and we did eat a lot of Mexican food and some of the best bar-b-que in the state in Lockhart, Texas, at Kreze's...I am including a picture here of the county courthouse in Lockhart, it's one of the most beautiful in the state. No photos of me, but one dear one of my 12-year old treasure Hannah Joy. She cried half way back to Minnesota, and I did, too, on and off. It had to be one of the most horrible plane trips ever, with turbulence and the parking on the tarmac for half an hour while they looked for some kind of part needed to take off...no air in the cabin and a serious panic attack brewing in me..but, then we left..once again, Steve Earle on my MP3 player saved the day...