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This is Dana. I worked with her on some volunteer projects. Haven't seen her in a long time so I stuck her in this picture so I can she her again..:)
Still working from home. Kinda lonely but I'm saving a lot of money on gas. Restaurants are really struggling. But, oddly enough, a new one opened up on the east side last weekend. Three of us went there for the grand opening and ordered burgers. They asked how we wanted the meat and we all said medium well. All 3 came out well done..;) We ate them anyway. They had live music. Lots of Rolling Stones songs and Beatles so we didn't really worry about the food. I still don't like paying 14 dollars for a burger. Just seem like a lot to me, but I guess that's the way it is everywhere.
Took this shot this morning behind the Pilot truckstop in Von Ormey, TX. The photo I took of the horses was just about 100 yards to the left of this small lake. Texas is so green this year, lots of rain.
I met somebody and he's got blue eyes
he opens the door and he don't make me cry
he ain't from where we're from
but he feels like home, yeah
he's got me doin' things I've never done
in Georgia, they call it a sin
I'm ♬ wearing Texas orange for him ♬
the things:
Konoha - Nemophila ellie
includes hud with 12 color options, @ Konoha
Tres Blah - Colette top @ mainstore
Space cadet - Bang Classics (glasses) @ Space Cadet
Gaia - Vixie jeans @ Gaia
Gravity Poses - Wait, on MP
Magika hair - Lyric @ mainstore
*the cows - can be found wandering around in fields
This is the famed "Round Rock" that the city was named after. I looked it up and it seems that I didn't have the story right.
In 1851, a small community was formed on the banks of Brushy Creek, near a large round and anvil-shaped rock located in the middle of the creek. This round rock marked a convenient low-water crossing for wagons, horses, and cattle. The first postmaster called the community "Brushy," and the creek was called "Brushy Creek". But in 1854, at the suggestion of the postmaster, the small settlement was renamed Round Rock in honor of this now famous rock. After the Civil War, Jesse Chisholm began moving cattle from South Texas through Round Rock on the way to Abilene, Kansas. The route he established, which crossed Brushy Creek at the round rock, became known as the Chisholm Trail.[17] Most of the old buildings, including the old Saint Charles Hotel, have been preserved. This historic area is now called "Old Town.
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My first (of 3) photo books is out, titled "Landscapes of the Southwest." You can see the whole book at www.blurb.com/b/10497772-landscapes-of-the-southwest_10x8
Enjoy!
This old abandoned gas station is situated near the intersection of old US 75 and Interstate 45 on the north side of Madisonville. US 75 was supplanted by I-45 in the early 1960s south of Dallas to Houston. No doubt this old 1950s-1960s station served travelers on both highways.
Happy Slider Sunday!
HSS!
What you see is about all that's left of Driftwood. Kind of an odd name for a town that's not close to water..:) Just saying..:) Anyway, here's some more info on the town:
Driftwood is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northern Hays County, Texas, United States. It lies along Farm to Market Road 150, north of the city of San Marcos, the county seat of Hays County.[1] Its elevation is 1,043 feet (318 m).[2] Although Driftwood is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 78619;[3] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 78619 had a population of 2,467 at the 2010 census,[4] which is far larger than the population of the center of the community itself.[5]
Although the earliest settlers arrived in the area now known as Driftwood around 1850, the community was really established in the 1880s. A post office was among the results of the community's significant growth in that decade. Driftwood shrank almost to a ghost town by the early twentieth century; although it grew somewhat by the middle of the century, it returned to its almost-deserted state by the 1970s.[5]
Driftwood is also home to Driftwood Estate Winery, The Wildflower Barn Event Center, The Salt Lick, a relatively well-known barbecue restaurant and the Lazy 8 Ranch which had its dry mix products featured by the Texas Department of Agriculture in the 2010 Texas State Fair
this state is biiiig
Hair - Doux "Kiara"
Top - Rebel Gal "Soul Control Top"
Glasses - HAIL "Oversized Gold Glasses"
Septum - MONS "Septum Ring (style24)"
Brows - WarPaint "Keira brows"
Skin- Nar Mattaru "Brienne"
Lashes - WarPaint "Coquette lashes"
Face Freckles and Moles - WarPaint "I Woke Up Like this"
Body freckles and Moles - [REVERIE] "Body Freckles and Moles"
Lips - TOP1SALON "HD GLASS SET LIPSTICKS (Genus) P1"
Eyes - .euphoric "Glam Queen Eyes"
Zeiss Touit 2.8/50M E-Mount - f/3.5
It took a while to find one of these little beauties in the shade on this sunny, windy day.
The old Stardust Motel sign outside of Marfa on US 90/Old Spanish Trail Highway. Looking north towards Valentine and Van Horn.
In the early 1950s the San Jacinto Courts (motel) was built on the western edge of Marfa. The owner had a keen interest in Texas history and used the San Jacinto Monument, near LaPorte, Texas and the Houston Ship Channel, as the inspiration for his original sign. Several years later the name of the motel was changed to the Stardust Motel. You can see the original sign by clicking the info link below.
info from: www.carlastewart.com/chill-wills/roadside-memories-part-2...