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.

It's hunting season around here. Hunters are wearing camouflaged clothes everywhere. That includes stores, churches, schools, weddings and funerals. Only in Texas. One guy even has a deer stand in his Christmas tree.

Tomato Time

It's that time of year when we have too many fresh tomatoes.  To bad we can't spread out the season so we could enjoy them all year long.  Scientists have been working for hundreds of years to develop a good off season tomato that can be picked green  elsewhere and rushed to market. Or they could pick it ripe and halt the ripening process so that it would not get too ripe  by the time it gets to market.  So far their success has been minimal. Off season tomatoes still taste like cardboard.

Here is a Giant Belgium tomato. It is an heirloom that I picked from a seed catalog.  It  weighs 26.5 ounces. Not huge but not bad.

Italy

Early this month, Loretta and I spent nine days in Italy. We spent the first and last day in Rome and the rest in the Tuscany region. Beautiful country, green and lush.  We visited the walled cities of Assisi, Siena, Florence, Lucca and others. Naturally we visited the Vatican and the Coliseum.

Daily Me

Have you noticed lately how good digital cameras have become?  They are sharp and clear and even the low priced, point and shoots have  very accurate colors. I have a little Sony pocket camera which I have used  to take about 5000 pictures. Film is cheap. Right?  For some reason, I decided about three years ago to take my own picture every day. What I will do with  over 1100 images (And still counting) of myself, I do not know. I am sure no one will ever see them; for most of them, not even me. Here is a random example of 132 images.