"Today is a Good Day to Drive!" .....Van-Go

Kathy has all the chairs folded and the floor swept. Will has all the chairs stacked and is washing down the floor. Sun is coming put. Birds are chirping. The Great Kiskadee with it's bright yellow chest and loud slow call. A flock of ground doves. Couldn't tell if the were common, ruddy or Inca. I suspected Inca because of the white edge to their tail. In the resacca were a pair of ducks maybe lesser Scaup. The black necked stills in the water are a sight on their tall pink legs. The bright red of the cardinal is so pretty against the palm tree green. A good day.

We help set up for the show We watch the show; love seeing the growth of the boys-in inches and in ability on those instruments! We get special smiles We help sell CDs, tee-shirts and jewelry; the boys sell cookies they bake themselves to earn money for new instruments. Counting their money; figuring their percent of the take- a little math lesson Great harmonies.  Ammon likes Will's hat!

We all arrived early and unloaded equipment Nice auditorium at the Performing Arts Center in La Joya, Texas Getting wireless mics ready for the girls A little practice time Setting up mic stands  The Music Fest 2011 benefits the Rio Grande Children's Home (www.buckner.org) Sound check Noel Cortez, a student was to sing the National Anthem, but just couldn't and broke into tears before leaving the stage; the entire audience sang and then his teacher brought him out and he received a standing ovation for his attempt.  It was a very touching mement. Betty Rydell  Red Johnson RedHead Express; Meghan plays a heart driving bass through the entire song of Amazing Grace.  For the bridge she adds a melody line to the bass line making it sound like two instruments. There's A Long Black Train coming down the line.... Good sales of CDs and shirts Gifts and snacks before heading out to set up for the next venue

Great show and they are doing one more tonight at 7pm right here at Mission West.

Learning about mammals

With a taco salad and soda

So here it is. Almost $300 in just a few weeks and I'm not looking like a copper head with roots at least.

Adding some highlight and getting a cut to trysking the copper head better

The house was packed with a record crowd. Can you find Will?! Kendra sang lots of new songs. Wow. She is good! The RedHead Express are so great, then The Walker Boys come out on stage and they are so great. What a show!

Lots of fresh oranges here in south Texas. You can buy a ten pound bag for $5 from the street venders. Lots of the RV parks have a box set in the clubhouse filled with fresh picked oranges for the taking. Along the sides of the road oranges just fall to the ground waiting for you to scoop them up. But, you have to be careful as many of these are very sour and filled with seeds. The locals have a good laugh when they see someone stop and fill their trunk with these sour oranges. These trees are planted to bring in the bees. And to keep the true oranges from being picked by drive-by pickers. Pickers come by the hundreds down here and pick orchards clean in just a few days. The oranges are put into large crates and hauled away. I am going to try making marmalade Here is a recipe for orange marmalade I got from a lady at Harley's. She made a batch and wow was it good. 6 oranges, 2 lemons, sugar Peel oranges and cut the peels very thin (try to get off as much white as you can before...

John Harley and the Bayview Bushriders

Oh to be young again! Sean asked Kathy about her belt. She explained it was covered with REAL rhinestones worth hundreds of cents. He said, "Wow, you must be a dollariare!"

Wow! The Walker Boys are singing out and their music is great! Kendra has been singing some of her newest songs-great stuff! Love when the whole family gets out there. Ammon is a real entrepreneur !  The boys cookies sold like hotcakes! Nice shirt, Will. Will shares some play by play action from the Steeler win over the Ravens. Then back to the show with the RedHead Express  And the Walker Boys