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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 3, 2021 13:31:18 GMT
For anyone getting ready to celebrate Eostre and Spring in Texas with a photo shoot in the bluebonnets, the state has advised people to be aware snakes can and do hide and hunt amongst the flowers.
For everyone else, enjoy the day. |
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Post by Ken on Apr 3, 2021 13:35:20 GMT
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 4, 2021 14:10:19 GMT
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Post by thunderguy on Apr 4, 2021 15:52:11 GMT
So I should be hiding Ēostre Eggs?  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2021 16:07:32 GMT
For anyone getting ready to celebrate Eostre and Spring in Texas with a photo shoot in the bluebonnets, the state has advised people to be aware snakes can and do hide and hunt amongst the flowers.
For everyone else, enjoy the day. Oh, how I do miss seeing the Bluebonnets, waving in the breeze like a sea of flowers, all along I-35 North & South between Austin & Buda (Buh-yoo-duh). One of my favorite memories going to and from my Grandparent's home at 317 N Railroad Street, off the Loop 4 Exit, at the corner of Loop 4 & Railroad Street, facing the Railroad Crossing. The giant, 1890s house was built by the Railroad. When my Grandparents lived there, the house was white with a red shingle roof and blue front porch floor, as my Grandfather and twin eldest Uncles served in the military. It's now green and white and has been upgraded a bit. The giant yard has been completely landscaped to resemble a park. The original, old barn is still in the back, but the lean-to that my Grandmother parked her blue & white '53 Ford Fairlane under is gone and in its place is a beautiful tree. The two sheds, one small, that was the entrance to the huge chicken coop, and the giant one, that was for storage, both built by my Uncle, are still there. They have been preserved. The giant one has been updated. The large, sheet metal shed that once rested at the far back corner next to Loop 4 & N Cedar Street is long gone, along with the old barb-wire fencing that consisted of 3 strings of barb-wire attached to cedar tree pieces and stretched the length of the yard along Loop 4. But, my Grandmother's beloved pecan trees still line the side of the house. Once, a town so tiny, that if you blinked as you drove through, you'd miss it, Buda was 20 miles South of Austin, in the country. For several decades now, it has been a suburb of Austin. I can never go home again, to my childhood home, no matter how much I wish I could. My Grandparents passed long ago, and although those days are long gone, the memories will forever be with me. Google View of my Childhood Home |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2021 16:28:57 GMT
For anyone getting ready to celebrate Eostre and Spring in Texas with a photo shoot in the bluebonnets, the state has advised people to be aware snakes can and do hide and hunt amongst the flowers.
For everyone else, enjoy the day. Oh, how I do miss seeing the Bluebonnets, waving in the breeze like a sea of flowers, all along I-35 North & South between Austin & Buda (Buh-yoo-duh). One of my favorite memories going to and from my Grandparent's home at 317 N Railroad Street, off the Loop 4 Exit, at the corner of Loop 4 & Railroad Street, facing the Railroad Crossing. The giant, 1890s house was built by the Railroad. When my Grandparents lived there, the house was white with a red shingle roof and blue front porch floor, as my Grandfather and twin eldest Uncles served in the military. It's now green and white and has been upgraded a bit. The giant yard has been completely landscaped to resemble a park. The original, old barn is still in the back, but the lean-to that my Grandmother parked her blue & white '53 Ford Fairlane under is gone and in its place is a beautiful tree. The two sheds, one small, that was the entrance to the huge chicken coop, and the giant one, that was for storage, both built by my Uncle, are still there. They have been preserved. The giant one has been updated. The large, sheet metal shed that once rested at the far back corner next to Loop 4 & N Cedar Street is long gone, along with the old barb-wire fencing that consisted of 3 strings of barb-wire attached to cedar tree pieces and stretched the length of the yard along Loop 4. But, my Grandmother's beloved pecan trees still line the side of the house. Once, a town so tiny, that if you blinked as you drove through, you'd miss it, Buda was 20 miles South of Austin, in the country. For several decades now, it has been a suburb of Austin. I can never go home again, to my childhood home, no matter how much I wish I could. My Grandparents passed long ago, and although those days are long gone, the memories will forever be with me. Google View of my Childhood Home How lovely. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2021 16:29:32 GMT
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Apr 4, 2021 22:20:19 GMT
Been a while since I last went to Buda or Austin, hopefully it will be longer before I do so again. The last time I went to SA was two years ago for a new dependent ID card after the spouse was medically retired.
I'll enjoy the bluebonnets growing around the house; fewer snakes here.
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