My attempt to make it to my 10 acres in Terlingua Ranch and make a go of living on it. From the start it hasn't gone good at all, but I'm hopeful things will turn around!
I visited Pepper's new home today, You and RN will probably be happy to know that she is doing fabulous. She just loves her kids, and she has a new partner in crime, my dog Atlas. She is very happy.
All of the abandoned dogs are gone now. I, with the help of Tyra, Denese, Frann, and David adopted out 8 of them. The rest are now with a rescue organization down south, in Terlingua. Thanks for everyone's help.
Dani, who knows about the barn. Its been there and abandoned for years. That picture was looking northeast from here. The second picture is just looking southeast from here and shows my neighbor's house (Closest to me) and the clutter of old and new buildings in the distance. Its growing up down here. :(
Woops Dani, just checked the second picture and it doesn't show my neighbor's house. The closest picture of a building is an old store that a tornado hit and tore the roof off and damaged the structure. It was never fixed and reopened. :( Don't know when that happened as it was long before I got here.
Yep Frann, Robert thinks his camera cable is the same one I need for the binocular camera I bought at the sale so will bring in in the morning for me to try. If it is I''ll try to order one for the same type camera and may have even better pictures after that. At least a lot better zoom.
Got our 10% chance of rain for 3 minutes. Might know because I had clothes hanging on the line nearly dry. Now with the high wind I hope they will stay on the line!
I tested my generator yesterday and one of the rubber motor mounts failed and the entire assembly broke lose from the frame. Nothing damaged that I can find, just motor mounts are screwed (I only got 15 hours on this genny)
I will call troybuilt tomorrow. I had the genny about three years so Im not expecting any help. Im kinda disgusted. If im gonna buy chinese crap, I may as well buy gennys from harbor frieght. I expect more from Troybuilt.
I meant to add that at least there are fine compensations out there for all the negatives.....and to thank you for taking time to show and tell what the life is like.
Judith, all life is... is negatives and positives. All we have to do is figure out our options and how best to survive them. The good outweighs the bad, The bad outweighs the good or you don't have a choice (or not much of one). The way I see it we only have those three options.
Planning The Fun
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ADVENTURE LOCATION:
ROCKPORT, TEXAS
NOVEMBER 22 2024
We got the Castle put into her spot and all set up for fun and games to
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Ditch the chemical option
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Tewshooz - it's all your fault. 😄I posted the other day that I was not
going to post on this blog anymore and got such a wonderful comment from
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Other items to consider..
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My buddy Jackie, that helped me building the west TX cabin passed away a
few months ago. He was 58.
John Wells, The Field Lab blogger, that was a distan...
My computer was hacked
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Last week my computer was hacked. I had several tabs open when it started
slowing down to a crawl and I thought *Spectrum* had gone down again. Then
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New Chapter Begins
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I finished closing up and winterizing the rig up in the cold place and
today I can stay home in the warm place (Quartzsite) and enjoy small town
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Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube
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Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on
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Life Changes
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I miss doing this blog. I miss the lifestyle I lived and shared with
everyone while doing it. I miss the good people on here and I miss keeping
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December 1st, 1960
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On this day 61 years ago I flew to Hawaii.
The 1st of Dec. 1960, we boarded a 707 in Los Angeles and flew to Hawaii. I
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More Terlingua Cabin
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Starry night, man what a beautiful dark sky.
My electric comes from Solar, works great.
Dead quite, beautiful sun rise on the Chisos.
Wild burrows ca...
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE....!
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Just wanted to break my self imposed silence long enough to wish everyone a
safe and pleasant TURKEY DAY!
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Swankie is back in the house...
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Hello Friends,
I began this blog over 10 years ago. Somehow last year... I got locked
out of it... and with everything that was going on, I just could ...
Had a Good Day
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Had a good day today. Started out by going to the Flea Market and walking
all through the outside (under roof) tables and then going inside and going
all ...
*****NEW WINNER ANNOUNCED*****
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I want to say, Thank You to all my Blogger friends for participating in my
recent give-away.
Two winners were selected in this give-away. One of the winne...
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Wow, A long time again since my last post. Work always gets in the way of
posting and this is strictly a business plug.
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Been a While
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Well here it is,,, almost 11pm,, and i have been to bed, tossed and rolled
for over an hour, and got back up. This is almost every nite. I'm so tired
durin...
A New Project
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I started a new project today. We'll see if I ever finish it. This will be
decorated with vintage jewelry pieces and beads and fitted with lights and
sold ...
This land... is no longer my land
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My land has sold! I will sorely miss it, but it has gone to someone that
can really get some use out of it.
Apologies for not updating the blog for so long...
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Last Friday my wife Lana and I headed out to have lunch with several
couples. We were on the freeway in the fast lane when traffic ahead started
stopping,j...
Thanks. Good conditions for pictures this evening.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I can never get my fill of Terlingua pictures. I am so looking forward to the chili cook-off so I can see the sunsets in person.
ReplyDeleteI visited Pepper's new home today, You and RN will probably be happy to know that she is doing fabulous. She just loves her kids, and she has a new partner in crime, my dog Atlas. She is very happy.
ReplyDeleteAll of the abandoned dogs are gone now. I, with the help of Tyra, Denese, Frann, and David adopted out 8 of them. The rest are now with a rescue organization down south, in Terlingua. Thanks for everyone's help.
ReplyDeleteStunning photo's, ffn Whose house / barn in the 1st, and which community in the 2nd?
ReplyDeleteMsB, hope the see you this time. ;)
ReplyDeleteDLS, glad to hear that on both counts.
Dani, who knows about the barn. Its been there and abandoned for years. That picture was looking northeast from here. The second picture is just looking southeast from here and shows my neighbor's house (Closest to me) and the clutter of old and new buildings in the distance. Its growing up down here. :(
Woops Dani, just checked the second picture and it doesn't show my neighbor's house. The closest picture of a building is an old store that a tornado hit and tore the roof off and damaged the structure. It was never fixed and reopened. :( Don't know when that happened as it was long before I got here.
ReplyDeleteThe sunsets can be amazing.
ReplyDeleteYep Frann, Robert thinks his camera cable is the same one I need for the binocular camera I bought at the sale so will bring in in the morning for me to try. If it is I''ll try to order one for the same type camera and may have even better pictures after that. At least a lot better zoom.
ReplyDeleteGot our 10% chance of rain for 3 minutes. Might know because I had clothes hanging on the line nearly dry. Now with the high wind I hope they will stay on the line!
ReplyDeleteTffnguy
ReplyDeleteKeep them photo's comin.
I tested my generator yesterday and one of the rubber motor mounts failed and the entire assembly broke lose from the frame. Nothing damaged that I can find, just motor mounts are screwed (I only got 15 hours on this genny)
I will call troybuilt tomorrow. I had the genny about three years so Im not expecting any help.
Im kinda disgusted. If im gonna buy chinese crap, I may as well buy gennys from harbor frieght. I expect more from Troybuilt.
I got a Generator from MAXTOOL.com and really like it.
ReplyDeleteI got a short shower finally...
CC, if Troybuilt isn't built in China then some of the parts probably are. I think you get junk no matter where you buy it these days.
ReplyDeleteFrann, hope it lasted longer than the 3 minute shower here. I guess its a start though. We might loose the burn ban some time in the next century?
I meant to add that at least there are fine compensations out there for all the negatives.....and to thank you for taking time to show and tell what the life is like.
ReplyDeleteJudith, all life is... is negatives and positives. All we have to do is figure out our options and how best to survive them. The good outweighs the bad, The bad outweighs the good or you don't have a choice (or not much of one). The way I see it we only have those three options.
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