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A small Texas town.
Hilda is doing better but still has a ways to go. We think we have a good Dr. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.
My first Bluebonnets are starting to bloom! There were 3 plants starting to bloom in the patch of Bluebonnets.
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.
Central Texas, during rare strong storms in November. I waited in position for this cell to graze me for quite some time, and it was worth the wait. It put on a great little lightning show.
That's Jupiter at upper left.
Texas
Most of the year the facial skin around the eye is a dull yellow-orange, but in breeding season it turns bright green.
From “tough as Texas” live oaks and prickly pear cactus growing out of solid granite to the fertile valley below
Wash Dry Fold
It is thought that the term, Washateria, came into existence sometime in the mid-1930s. During that time, it was primarily used in the South and was often used in the decades to follow in certain areas of Texas. The first Washateria was opened in 1934 and it was located in Fort Worth, Texas. At that time, it was the name of the establishment. A washateria is the same thing as a laundromat. Info from bigcleanlaundromat.com.
While visiting my sister in Victoria, Texas April 2021 we did some touring of wineries that were close by. Along the way we stopped on the roadside when we saw a potential photo shoot. The wineries of course had their own scenic landscapes with the grape vines and the river close by. Photo Images credited to Vickie Lynne Klinkhammer of Vickielynne Photography and Designs.(VLP&Designs) Photo images may appear on wearable art or home essentials. View at www.vlpdesigns.com
Austin, Texas, ATX, TX. Historic architecture, residence, home, iPhoneography, Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint.
Acala, Texas is a ghost town located in the lower El Paso Valley of the Rio Grande in Hudspeth County.
Though the area is comprised of scrub-brush desert (Chihuahuan Desert), various crops have been grown in the region for hundreds of years, utilizing the waters of the Rio Grande. During the late 19th century settlers began to construct large canals to carry the river water to more distant fields. But no planting of crops in the area where Acala would be established occurred until after the introduction of cotton to the region in 1917, near Tornillo.
W.T. Young came to the area from El Paso, to try his hand at cotton farming. He bought a large acreage of cheap desert land near the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks about southeast of Tornillo. Using mules to clear the brush and break the soil for the first time, he planted a Mexican variety of cottonseed called Acala. He was so successful that he built his own cotton gin at the site that became known as Acala.
Soon, a road was built through the area which connected El Paso with Fort Hancock. First called the Bankhead Highway, it later became U.S. Highway 80. This road, along with the railroad siding, provided ideal opportunities to ship the cotton.
By the early 1920s, a town began to grow around Young’s cotton gin. A post office was established with Mrs. Julia A. Vaughn as postmistress before 1925. In 1927 Acala had a population of 50 and two years later that figure had doubled. In time, the town boasted a general store, tourist courts, a restaurant, gas station, and garage. Throughout the area, numerous canals and wells were dug for irrigation.
Over the next decades, Acala’s population fluctuated depending upon economic conditions and was called home to about 100 people in the 1950s. However, with increased mechanization of cotton-raising, the need for field workers decreased and people began to move. By the late 1960s, the population had dropped to 50 and in the early 1970s, to 25, the last figure available.
Over the years, the railroad removed its spur to the town and Interstate 10 replaced the old, two-lane Highway 80 through Acala, bypassing the town.
info: legendsofamerica.com
When you think of Texas you think cowboys and cattle. But, the Lone Star state has some Texas size alligators as well at Brazos Bend State Park🐊🐊🐊
Keep a safe distance and keep the doggies on a leash to have a good time viewing these massive wild reptiles.
When visiting south Texas take care as alligators do thrive in country areas. We have a couple living in the lake by our house. Our neighbors had a massive one in their pond that had to be removed for obvious reasons.