Siblings and Friends

We awoke this morning to find it had rained about 3 inches during the night!  Yippee!  This is much-needed rain to finish filling all the large rivers, lakes, and reservoirs which provide most Texans with their drinking water. A little while ago,  I walked down to the creek that runs just below our home to see if the water had come up over the bridge yet, and take some photos.  The creek is flowing very fast is flooded over it's banks.  The water is also over the road just past the bridge;  I won't be going in that direction today!  And it is still raining! 

Last Friday, Tom and I enjoyed reconnecting with some of our A.T. hiker friends!  Country Mouse & Shadow, Jerryatric & Jane, and Tom & I all met up for dinner in Mesquite.  Country Mouse & Shadow, who are from  Nashville, Tennessee, purchased a motor home after their completion of the A.T., and are traveling through America!  Jerryatric & Jane live near Ft.Worth, and he is a retired college professor.  It was great fun to see each other again and reminisce about our adventures on the A.T.

Over the weekend I took a "trip down memory lane"!  My Mom, along with all four of my sisters and my older brother, drove about six hours to Louise, Tx., where we lived during the late 50's and early 60's to reconnect with a family that we are still friends with!  What great fellowship we had with them!  Donna, my sister who lives in Cody, Wy. flew to Texas last Friday for a visit, and since she was born in ElCampo (just down the road from Louise), it was the perfect time to make this trip to visit with our long-time friends.  They fed us and made us feel so welcome!  What a great time we had!  It's hard to believe 50 years have past since we lived there!

My friend, Carolyn and me.

The Townsend "children" , all grown up!

My Mom w/me & my siblings w/ the Townsend siblings

I really enjoyed my weekend with family and friends.  I feel so lucky and truly blessed to have such a wonderful family and friends! 

Tom is wondering when he will be able to get the garden planted!  He has tilled the ground a few times already, however it is still too wet to even attempt to plant anything!  Today is the first day of Spring!  I love Springtime, when everything starts to turn green, and flowers are popping out all around.  Now, it reminds me of all the beautiful flowers that I stopped to take photos of along the A.T. as I was hiking last year.