Lake Charles is about 200 miles from Boling.   L"Auberge is a beautiful casino and resort with a real sandy beach, pools, nice restaurants and of course, a casino.

Our room was overlooking the pools.  Nearby was the Golden Nugget where you can walk a wooden sidewalk to visit. Note the refinery fire in the distance.

No, I did not win any money in the casino.  All my systems failed me.

Game Cameras

Over the years I have had several game cameras. These are motion activated cameras that are used to see what kind of game is moving around in hunting areas. They are also used for security purposes to see who or what is milling around in a given place. They can be set for single or multiple images  or for video. I have used mine mainly for fun to see what is in my yard or garden.  Since they also work at night using infrared, I see lots of night critters. I never knew so many things were moving around at night. I see cats and dogs that I never see during the day. There is also an assortment of skunks, rabbits, possums, armadillos, and raccoons.  I have seen one deer, one wild hog and one coyote in the last several years. In daytime there are squirrels, chickens, cats, dogs,  doves, mocking birds,  cow birds, cardinals, black birds and meadow larks.
The compost pile draws the most critters with the garden being second. Food scraps brings the possums and raccoons and they are sometimes there together.

When I could not figure out what was eating my cabbages and broccoli, the camera showed that the rabbit was eating them during the night and the cardinal was eating during the day. I put up a rabbit fence and the rabbit still comes even years later to look through the fence. I guess he is still mad.

                                                                                     

                                            Desert Rose

Castor Beans

Castor Bean is a pretty little shrub with beautiful red flowers.  The bean which contains ricin is very poisonous. Castor oil is made from the beans but the ricin is removed in the process.

My dad always had a few Castor Bean plants in the chicken yard. I don't know if chickens are smart enough to not eat the bean but I don't remember any poisoned chickens.

The Boling Jail  is an almost forgotten landmark from the boom town days.  It was used to lock up an unruly drunk or smart-alect teenager.  The Deputy or Constable would  let them out in the morning.

Yucca treculiana, aka Spanish Dagger or Spanish Bayonet is native to the Texas Hill Country and also extends it's range well south of San Antonio. I brought this one to Boling from Kerrville. It has done well and puts on huge blooms every year. Unfortunately there are no Yucca moths in Boling to pollinate it so the seeds are not viable.

Two more of Boling's finest.

Houses in and Around Boling, TX

Some examples of homes in and around Boling.

It has been over six years since I have updated this blog. My, how time flies.  I will try to do a better job in the future.  Many things have changed. Many things are the same. My owner, Molly B Good, has passed away. My EdithColea grandis died in a freeze. I have now taken my picture every day for over 3000 days; they call them selfies now but I don't think that was a word when I started.

I was born in Boling and the town is about the same size that it was then. I live in the same house where I lived as a teenager. It has served me well. My garden is on the banks of Caney Creek, some of the best soil in the world, also known as Caney dirt.

As the Walrus said................

More to come.