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Liney at MikMik's booth... awesome dresses attached to ladders that you stood behind... some were better than others. Caroline was spectacularly real. </div>
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Grey has the great misfortune, or maybe it is a blessing in disguise, that his birthday is on Halloween. At least he always gets a grand party where most people dress up! Here he sports a new haircut, thanks to his attempt to trim his locks with scissors. He cut to the scalp dead in the center of his head:-) It was so cute. I voted for the burr. </div>
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Grey dressed as a pirate at the fall festival at Living Way. </div>
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This week I had to be in S. California in three areas for meetings within three days. We had meetings in Mira Loma, San Luis Obispo (SLO), and Modesto and decided to drive, which was really the only option considering the lack of flight options from S. Cal to SLO. The drive up through Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo was really beautiful. Whats not to like about Santa Barbara and the California Pacific coastline. However, what really amazed me was that when we left SLO it was 68 degrees, and less than an hour later it was 104 as we crested a mountain ridge headed to Hwy 101. The valley is gorgeous if you love agriculture. Gilroy is the garlic capital and it was being processed there in a plant that smelt up the entire town as if you were in a kitchen smelling garlic in a cast iron skillet simmering in oil. </div>
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I've never seen so many almond trees. There has to be millions. Mikki read today that the 400 miles of central valley is home to 90% of the worlds almonds. The magnitude of growing food in California is beyond words. I'm not sure we can grasp what would happen to us if we lost this area to the lack of water, which is a huge issue right now. It is under a severe drought at this time and needs rain desparately (or so it appears). Maybe they like it bone dry, but it scared me a bit. The use of drip irrigation is amazingly efficient. Miles of pipe and drip and sprinklers. The growing technologies are incredible. But it seems there is no replacement for the migrant farm worker anytime soon.</div>
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Along the way we stopped at one of the many Missions along the El Camino Real... The following are a couple of iPhone photos I took at one stop in San Miguel. Nothing there now to speak of, but I bet at some point, this mission was a welcome sign to the travelers along this route. </div>
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I'd recommend a drive through the central valley of California during growing season!</div>
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Along a backroad off the 101, Mikki got out to identify these trees. They were almonds. Millions! </div>
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If you are ever remotely near Claremont, stop... taste and see! I promise, the pumpkin muffin (as old - fogey as that sounds) is really incredible. And as great a that muffin is, it can't hold a light to the almond croissant!!! Get one of those and a fresh Monkey brand drip-brewed Fook blend coffee and you're in business (actually, you are wound up like an eight day clock:-) for the morning... Okay, the day.</div>
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I was setting in our conference room staring out at the adjacent building and i noticed this tree... then i realized it was a mirror image of a tree, but wait, it is a tree... humm. You'd just have to see it to understand. And this is a horrible photo. Sorry to post such but I'll do better next time. Promise.</div>
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I know I take too many photos. I know it because I have to try to manage the large collection on hard drives and my computer. Goodness. It is out of control. However, every once in a while I take one that I really like. This photo was taken from my plane window a couple weeks back en route from Lubbock to Houston. It was late in the day and the ride was horrid, but the view glorious. I love to fly. There's just something about it that is therapeutic to me. However, that being said, the flight from Houston to California a couple Sunday's ago was just short of therapeutic... it was almost freightening:-) Landing in the 70 mph gusts of the Santa Anna winds isn't recommended. Goodness.</div>
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Yesterday, we buried my uncle John Henry Stevens. He loaned me my first car loan. He was a fine, fine man who always cared about me and inquired about what I was up to and asked me all about my business shenanigans. He was always interested, or at least made me feel as if he was. He was such a great example to follow. He never wavered one iota from his faith in God nor his commitment to his family and loved ones. I will miss him. What a fine uncle he was. Thanks Uncle John for all you did for me! </div>
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I was at the funeral yesterday at the Pentecostal Church in Livingston Texas, and was told about some old photos in the hallway. I went to see if I knew anyone since my family had been members of this church back in the 30's - 50's before leaving Polk County for Houston. What I found really blew me away. There was an old photo hanging there that was labeled "circa 1915". It was of a "church raising" work day with all the men and women in attendance in the photo. There in the photo was my Grandaddy, grand mother and my mom, who was born in 1916. My mother appears to be 13-14 years old to us, so this photo dated 1915 is more than likely really about 1930, or close to that. Below is a cropped iteration of the larger image. I shot this with my phone. Happy it came out okay. </div>
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Here is grandaddy McCaghren at his shop sharpening a saw in his early 80's. They lived out on Hwy. 146 about 5 miles from Livingston. I now have that anvil you see on that stump. I was gifted that by my cousin Bobby Collins at the funeral of his Mom, my aunt Grace Collins. </div>
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This is my grandmother Tressie Renfro McCaghren. She loved her begonias and garden. I have fond memories of their old house with the brown asphalt brick-looking siding and tin roof, the fig trees, the cane patch, the wood shop and the wonderful cooking provided by Grandmother. </div>
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I dearly love this picture. Left to right top standing: Clara Walters, Dennis and Teresa Cowan, Nita and Bo Fritz, Sue Walters, Janell Collins, June Dillon (Diane's friend), Aunt Grace Collins, Diane Walters and Uncle Ed Collins. Sitting in the glider was Grandaddy and Grandmother McCaghren. On the ground was Llewel Walters, Jerry Cowan, Galen Walters (me), and Bobby Collins. Only 7 of us are still here today. The Walters' in this photo are my siblings and our mom, and the others are all cousins. A bunch were missing from this photo.</div>
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This is the Walters' Family at my Aunt Audrey's home at Christmas, dated January 1959. I would have been 3 years and 11 months old. I'm the squinty eyed little guy setting on my grandfather Walters' lap in the center of the photo. I'd name all of the people in this photo, but I can't:-) I need Diane or cousin Bunky to identify them for me, and then I'll update this photo caption. I know most, but don't want to guess at the few I don't recall. </div>
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Llewel, my older brother and me when we lived on Homewood Street in East Houston. I was about 5 here. We shortly hereafter moved out on Mt. Houston Road away from a neighborhood. I've since never liked neighborhoods:-) I'm happy to say that me and Llewel have had a wonderful relationship all of our lives except for the few times he tried to kill me. How could he!? Oh wait, I just remembered why.</div>
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We met the first week of December at Go Away Farm to celebrate the holiday season with our family. There were several who couldn't make it, but those that did enjoyed themselves, best I can tell. Our family is growing, that's for sure. Not sure what's going on, but even with 6 missing from the photo, we still hosted 73 guests and 63 or 64 joined in the family photo. Every time I count it changes. And all that matters really is that it is larger now than it was last year:-)</div>
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The Walters' 2012 Family Photo. If you set in the chairs out in front, I think that means something. I'm not real sure what. In the past, the people who sat in the chairs aren't around any longer. I'm not sure this was that great of an idea.</div>
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This is Eli Walters. The name lives on, and in a pretty robust little package. What a cute guy he is. I'd better say that while he is still younger than 2. </div>
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Caroline hit the bulls eye with the pellet rifle on her first shot. I couldn't believe it. </div>
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No, this isn't just bacon. Noooo. This is "bacon candy". You can not even imagine how good this stuff is. It is thick sliced bacon with brown sugar and chipotle chili powder. Oh my goodness. We're going to do it again next year, right? Right? </div>
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Zane & Grey. Just dawned on me that Bandaddy used to read Zane Grey westerns. He'd have been proud of these two characters. They played until exhaustion set in. They were true buddies. </div>
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It was 109 when I left the office in Mira Loma on Thursday. We found Santa Barbara to be a pleasant 76 degrees, and dipping into the low 60's at night...ahhhh. While we were out here this week, Houston was experiencing a deluge that has nearly brought it out of official drought... 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A wall of Jasmine in full bloom behind the crepe myrtle...there is noting better to smell at the farm</div>
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Flying on commuter jets is a far cry from flying the old prop planes, but there are times when you question your sanity... could this trip to a client be worth the risks I'm taking... Yesterday three of us went to Lubbock for a meeting and as we were landing, the pilot obviously didn't want to divert to another airport or stall while the thunderstorm and wind abated, so he landed. We were safe and sound because we were landing parallel to this thing, but it was a few moments of eeriness that made you question whether you had made a really bad decision:-) I'd rather take off in bad weather than land in it. </div>
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Thunderstorm as we landed in Lubbock yesterday! </div>galenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694212223177484516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10215294.post-31660280262371234502012-04-14T22:39:00.000-05:002012-04-14T22:39:26.298-05:00I love nature...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Man, we've had a lot of rain at Go Away Farm since January. Almost 11 inches so far - but we know that the hot Texas summer is on the way. But at least this year we are entering Spring with full lakes. Last year they were down about 4 ft starting out. This is a real blessing. </div>
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This past Friday, January 20, 2012, my 58th birthday, we had a Walters' counsins reunion at Catfish King in Livingston, Texas. We had a good time, but it was too short. I was hopeful of gaining some knowledge of my Walters' kinfolk and having more time to talk about families. It's embarrassing, but I know so little about them all. My Aunt Lunelle was kind enough to share some old photos with us all. I'll post them when I get them scanned. One is of Grandmother Maud Walters and a lot of her 9 children in front of her Oleander Hotel in Livingston with the old Hudson car. A very neat photo. </div>
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Mikki and I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting Charleston and the deep South. What food! What relaxation. We've loved driving the countryside and looking at the architecture of this fine historical city. We visited the Charleston Museum today and got a great overview of the wars and the plantation / slave age. Amazing history here. On Saturday we visited Beaufort, SC. Wonderful architecture there as well, but the highlight was the lighthouse.<br />
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Mikki and I were both pretty much exhausted this year by Christmas... so much so that I felt we needed to get away and rest before we tackle 2012. So, we chose the path of least resistance... and that was to fly from one place to another, no connections and no driving... short and simple. So we chose Charleston, South Carolina. The South is very relaxing if you ignore the visitors:-)</div>
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What a magnificent area this is. We have slept, read, drawn and driven, looked, photographed... and yes, eaten. A lot. Good grief, what food these folks fix. If you like grits, shrimp, biscuits, butter, collards, pork chops, chicken, crab cakes...then you'll love Charleston. And, if you don't like grits, they'll dress em' up and make them taste like cheese and you'll love them. Here are a few pictures of the trip...</div>
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The most beautiful camellia blooms I've ever seen. They were laying in a bowl at a pharmacy in downtown Charleston. Amazing combination of color.</div>
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A camellia bloom at Middleton Plantation</div>
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Tea growing at the Charleston Tea Plantation. The only American grown tea and a wonderful manufacturing facility we toured. </div>
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St John Baptist Church on Johns Island. A wonderful cemetery that dates back before the Civil War. There were numerous gravestones dating to the early 1700's. A couple of the men in the cemetery were fighters in the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Amazing to read the tombstones. So many babies lost to disease. We have no idea how good we have it.</div>
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Mama goat watching me at Middleton Plantation</div>
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The Angel Oak. 17,000 sq ft of ground cover! An amazing specimen of Live Oak just out of Charleston. It is hard to believe until you stand next to it. It's the largest oak East of the Mississippi, which indicates that there is one larger West I suppose. </div>
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A drawing of a cotton pod and a boll from the Middleton Plantation. I was blown away by this tall cotton they grew there. I had to draw it. They say this is as close to Sea Island Cotton as we can grow here.</div>
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We had a wonderful time this year with our kids and the grand children at the farm for Christmas. We had our tree, and then Mik did a wonderful farm breakfast. Doesn't get much better than that! </div>
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Mikki had two of Bandaddy's (who'd be 100 this year) Jellybean Jars, so we got them loaded and gave them to Amber and Molly for Christmas. Many good years of life still in them. </div>
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Gizmo, staring me down, wanting something for Christmas, or Jarvis</div>
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The kids following MikMik to their newly established playroom... let the chaos begin! </div>
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Caroline dressed up for her first ever pig hunt</div>
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Andrew, Andy and Miranda at Christmas</div>
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Just doesn't seem right that they can be six, but then again, it seems they have been around about 10 years:-) Can't imagine a world without these kids in it. They are learning so quickly. Seems one day they couldn't spell and the next day they were reading. Amazing. </div>galenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694212223177484516noreply@blogger.com0