Tuesday and Waco.....

We have had a wonderful Tuesday!

From first thing this morning to the last thing tonight!

Louis Dean slept well last night - as opposed to Sunday night when he had a really rough time and got very little sleep.

Monday was tough.

 Thank God for Dean coming down and rescuing his dad when he took charge of the bathroom plumbing. It's been such a blessing to see father and son  - accomplishing their goals together. Most of those goals have been for us and the new room and all that building it has entailed. 

Soon, though, we hope to invest in Dean and Sherry as much as they have been investing in us.

I painted during the afternoon and I feel good about the progress I'm making on the three Santa paintings I'm still working on. However, the highlight of my Monday was going down with Sherry to candle the eggs she has in the incubator she made. Sherry can do just about anything!

I held the light 'thingy' up  and turned it on as she would put the egg in place.

It was the coolest thing and we saw one chick move inside the shell!

Every visit here to the ranch brings a new experience.

I love them all!!

This morning Louis Dean woke up all refreshed and rested from a good night's sleep.

I cooked us up a big country breakfast - bacon, eggs, biscuits and fried potatoes.

We ate and had coffee before we did our Bible reading.

He played the guitar and sang to me as I dressed and put on my make up.

We were going to town today!

We headed out by way of the back roads.

I loved this view and Louis Dean willingly stopped the truck so I could take a picture.

As we drove on to the end of that country road, he said, "Linda!"

"This scene speaks to me! Stop and take a picture of this!"

And so I did.

We had errands to do in Waco.

Home Depot, HEB and, of course, my Goodwill Hunting!

It was TUESDAY, after all!

I saw Junque in the Trunk featured on a blog recently.....not a regular one I follow but one that popped up somewhere and I noticed.

I pass this every time on my way to Goodwill on LaSalle Drive in Waco.

Today we stopped!

It looks like a really cool place!

Love the turquoise truck parked out front!

The entry had me at the bathtub and sink.....filled with all such goodness.

Too bad it was closed!

No worries!

I will come back soon!

I will not be forgetting this pedestal sink!

There may be one in my future!

Home Depot took a long long time!

As in 2 hours. And there I was without a book - almost unheard of!

Finally, I told him I would be sitting on the bench by the exit door.

I waited and when I went in to see about him, he had already checked out and was going from cashier to cashier asking them if they had seen "a cute little blond lady waiting around?"

I thought about telling them when I went out that if a old guy in brown overalls checked out - to tell him I was waiting outside.

Our next - and last - stop was HEB on Valley Mills. It's the 'Big One!'

I forgot my list so I was forced to shop isle by isle!

It IS my favorite store! It won't be long before we return to the ranch so I will be back soon!

The north wind has been blowing today and it has been on the chilly side.

We got back to the ranch and, after I had put up the groceries and such, I went out to feed the horses a few carrots.

They come as soon as they see me.

It's getting dark earlier and I can feel the changes coming in the weather.

Not much fall here. The trees still hold most of their leaves.

But change is coming.

This morning we used the heated throw while we had coffee.

While we slept with the windows and door open last night, we may be closing them tonight.

Sherry brought dinner down tonight along with a bottle of special wine!

Empanadas were the appetizer.....

and we sipped this Green Chili Wine!

Dean and Sherry bought it earlier this month and was saving it to share with us.

It was surprisingly good.

Sweet - and  I normally do not like sweet - but with the faintest of chili scent and flavor.

You could sense the chili AFTER you sipped.

I will be looking for and buying up several bottles of this next year at The Hatch Chili Festival at HEB!

The entree was stuffed poblana peppers that were DEE-licious!!

It was like a party up here tonight!

We finished the bottle of wine about 9:00 and Dean and Sherry went down to close up the hen houses and check on the critters.

Louis Dean and I finished up the movie that we started this morning.

The north wind has quit blowing and it is 55 and clear right now.

The low is expected to be 43 tonight.

This will be good sleeping weather - but we will be keeping the door and windows closed!