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It's being reported this morning that there was 15 tornadoes in our area yesterday.

Wide spread damage, but as of this time no reported deaths. The news stated that
15 people were treated for injuries.

We have had a couple of Tornadoes touch down around the Dallas area this afternoon.
Where I live the sirens went off, but we only got rain.  lives about twenty mins
away and said they are having rain at the moment.  Hopefully the worst if over for our area.

I am worried about gabrielleabelle  because a tornado did touch down close to where
she lives.  I hope she is ( Read more... )

All of the local school ended up closing on Tues here. We got snow,
but it's the ice that is staying around. Our roads out where I live are
still heavy with ice. If I could get past our neighborhood, the roads are better.
Just not enough traffic here to make them better.

Now this morning around the Dallas area, we are having rolling black outs
due ( Read more... )

The state flower in Texas is the bluebonnet. Each spring the roadsides and fields of Texas are covered in them. 
Under the cut are some photos and the legend of how Bluebonnets came to be in our state.

The following pictures were taken around Bastrop, Texas.  People often make special trips to take photos of
the flowers.  The last few photos show ( Read more... )

The True Story of Creation

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As a kid, I read a book about Nuclear War. The USA was bombed and Texas
was a major target. There are lots of military bases located in a grid around
my part of TX and surrounding states. So Dallas was pretty much wiped off
the face of the Earth.

I grew up with the Cold War so we had bomb shelters and lots of scary movies
about it. I watched the ( Read more... )

Leave it to Texans to think of something like this.

Thunder
( Funny stuff )

Texans tend to brag. Well, we have facts to back us up. We love our state. Here is a video with the true facts.( Video )

I have lived most of my life in Texas. I love it more than any place on earth. This post is about Texas so if you are not interested pass on by. My uncle sent this to me. He lives in Arizona these days and misses Texas dearly.

( It A Long Post )

 More Texas sayings that are a bit funny and a joke. This is what happens when I am bored. I post silly stuff.

The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving.
(Not overly-intelligent)

As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party.
(self-explanatory)

Big hat, no cattle.
(All talk and no action)

We've howdy'd but we ain't shook yet.
(We've made a brief ( Read more... )