AGGIELAND TRIP

Sherry and I drove to College Station this past Friday (10/28) to see our beautiful Granddaughter, go to my first Midnight Yell Practice in 53 years and attend an A-2 Unit tail gate.  Drive is 3.5 hours with lots of little towns you pass through to get there - Old Dime Box, Lincoln, etc.  Met some other past A-2 folks and the new members.  Good group of folks and future leaders.  We didn't stay for the game with New Mexico State.... A&M 55 - NMS 10 and got home in time to watch the trouncing.

Ring picture with Lucy - Presidential Scholar and EE major.

 

Sherry and Lucy trying to stay cool at the tail gate.

 

Sherry and me at our brick in the Corps Quad.

TWO ROUGH WEEKS FOR ME

Last week a finally got around to getting a colonoscopy and while they were at it an endoscopy.  This week I went in for oral surgery to remove a molar and begin the year long process to put in two permanent inserts.  The surgery and digestive  investigation both went fine, but my mouth is very sore still.  So I'm  rather house bound for the next few days while everything begins to heal.  Plenty of time to read and do genealogy research, but miss my work-out time at the local school rec-center and general ranch work and censuses.

I did manage to get a few pictures of some of the critters roaming the yard....

Eastern Phoebe

 

Western Giant Swallowtail (New species that was recently accepted)

Duskywing species - possible Morning

Nashville Warbler in migration

Monarch in migration

Orb Garden Spider

Texas Garter Snake

Nine-banded Armadillo