Soulful Sundays........

[Axxe55]

Ain't no way I ain't going to post at least one Elvis song!

 

[Vaquero]

A little Jumpstart. Just for me. Please abide.

 

[baboon]

A bit to much moonshine to early this morning put me down for a nap. As usual I was hungry so off the wife goes for carry out. Menudo & barbacoa tacos complete with lime cilantro & onions. The mexican Coke rounded it out well.

 

[Bobk]

I remember all of my aunts and uncles going to my grandma's house for a Sunday meal. She could cook!

Many times my cousin and I would spend a Saturday night there sleeping over on a feather bed as our parents had gone out dancing. We would watch Hee Haw, Jim Ed Brown, Porter Wagoneer, and the Grand Ole Opry.

Me and all of my cousins would all play together....there was nothing open on Sundays.

It was family time.

 

[Axxe55]

I remember all of my aunts and uncles going to my grandma's house for a Sunday meal. She could cook!

Many times my cousin and I would spend a Saturday night there sleeping over on a feather bed as our parents had gone out dancing. We would watch Hee Haw, Jim Ed Brown, Porter Wagoneer, and the Grand Ole Opry.

Me and all of my cousins would all play together....there was nothing open on Sundays.

It was family time.

I remember those times too. Years ago, lots of southern states had "blue laws" and very few places were even open on Sunday.

Sunday dinners were a pretty big deal when my grandparents were still alive. Many times extended family would visit on Sunday afternoons.

 

[oldag]

Weather was so wonderful today. Been working hard (work and around the house) for some time. Slowed down, sat on the back porch for a couple of hours. Cool autumn breeze. Plenty of birds singing, flying around the backyard. Squirrel playing around.

Just unwinding and enjoying God's wonderful creation.

 

[Axxe55]

Even with being retired, Sunday still feels like a day to unwind and recharge the batteries for the coming week. Unless something just absolutely needs to be done on Sunday, we pretty much just relax and take it easy.

 

[Charlie]

How long have you been retired?

 

[Axxe55]

How long have you been retired?

A few years now.

 

[Charlie]

It tough but somebody's got to do it!

 

[Axxe55]

It tough but somebody's got to do it!

Retiring wasn't an option for me. I retired due to medical reasons.

 

[candcallen]

Dont forget what Sunday's are for. Not organized religion but a personal relationship.

Work it.

 

[Axxe55]

It's been a beautiful day today. Went over to my Dad's and took him enough chili and cornbread for a few days of eating. Brother and I went and put out a bale of hay for the cows and took them some range cubes to munch on.

 

[Vaquero]

I "worked". Then came across a bunch of locked gates and security cameras placed by my client.
Being Sunday, I really didn't want to bother with much more activity. I grabbed some needful things and took a long drive. Had a sandwich lunch setting on the tailgate. About as high an elevation as you can get in Texas. Hiked a little too. Good clean air.
A clear view of the creation. I'd rather be home, but all in all, a good day for me.

Saw some mule deer. A quartet of Jake turkeys.
Had a good chat with a park ranger.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

That's awesome....

 

[sidebite252]

While I was still working out west their was an area where I could see the Guadalupe mountains where the Carlsbad Caverns are and the Davis mountain to the South. The sunsets were magnificent. That place has its own beauty to it.

 

[Vaquero]

While I was still working out west their was an area where I could see the Guadalupe mountains where the Carlsbad Caverns are and the Davis mountain to the South. The sunsets were magnificent. That place has its own beauty to it.

I see them both everyday from the same spot.
It still sucks. Breathing fine particulate dust. Road work and assholes in a big hurry to get nowhere.
No phone service. Skin cracking from the lack of humidity.
Orla is a shithole. But it's Texas' shithole. God bless 'em and i hope i never come here again.

 

[Axxe55]

I see them both everyday from the same spot.
It still sucks. Breathing fine particulate dust. Road work and assholes in a big hurry to get nowhere.
No phone service. Skin cracking from the lack of humidity.
Orla is a shithole. But it's Texas' shithole. God bless 'em and i hope i never come here again.

I'll take a Texas shithole over other place's paradise any day of the week!

 

[sidebite252]

6 years ago there was nothing in Orla but a 4 way intersection & maybe 1 food truck. No stores, no man camps, only about 4 buildings one of them an empty post office.

Before I left that area I spent over an hour there in a traffic jam. That was about a year ago. My how things change.

 

[Vaquero]

6 years ago there was nothing in Orla but a 4 way intersection & maybe 1 food truck. No stores, no man camps, only about 4 buildings one of them an empty post office.

Before I left that area I spent over an hour there in a traffic jam. That was about a year ago. My how things change.

I was here for a few months back then. A trip from Orla to Carlsbad took 2 hours. Couldn't get a room or an RV spot in Pecos. Those traffic jams were always from a bad traffic accident. Usually saw the life flight chopper and figured on another hour before anything started moving. It's not near that bad now. The intersection is a 4 way stop too. That's kinda spread the bumper to bumper traffic out some.