My son's drone again doing a

flyby of our flagpole.

Another picture I took for my high school photography

class. It is a tree in our backyard. The little reflective thing

there is a lens cover for the Rolleiflex camera I used to take

the picture. My dad was a photographer for a living and lent

the camera to me for the class. I was not good with it.

My son's drone came up to take a picture of

me... and then dropped out of sight.

My new Urban Cowboy tin sign.

I had to have me some Bud and Sissy together.

I was over at World Market the other day and I could

not pass up buying this little carved and painted wooden

mask. It reminds me of Día de los Muertos.

It is kind of ghoulish looking, but I like it.

~ Happy National Pig Day 2021 ~

I inherited this from an extended family member
who passed away. Not somebody I was close to.

This thing is great. If you ever have a need to use split rings

you know how they can be a little difficult to "split" open,

especially those little ones. For the most part, here is the

answer to that problem.

I first saw these pliers a few years ago but I just in the last year or

so picked one up. These guys will save you time and nails. Made

I believe specifically for the smaller rings for doing crafts and such,

but they work for me for just about any size ring.

As you can probably see, these pliers were over
at Hobby Lobby. Worth the pesos if'n ya ask me.

~ 1995 ~
Riders in the Sky performs traditional cowboy songs that

can be enjoyed by folks of ALL ages. So when I saw
in the newspaper that they were going to be at McCabe's
Guitar Shop in Santa Monica I jumped at the chance
to buy tickets, which I successfully did.

(Pictured above are Woody Paul, "King of the Cowboy
Fiddlers", Ranger Doug, "The Idol of American Youth"

and last but not least, Too Slim wearing his Cac-Tie.)

My son was very young at the time but I knew he would
enjoy a night with these guys. It was quite a drive from
where we lived at the time but it was SO worth it. I have been
enjoying the music of Riders in the Sky since my early teens
and a chance to see them in a venue that holds only 150 people?

I could not pass it up.

As it turns out my son fell asleep in my lap kind of early in the

show (probably during "Cool Water" or "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds").

I stayed awake and enjoyed the HECK out of that show. Afterwards

we were able to buy an 8x10 of the guys and take it around to meet

them and have them sign it. Great fun was had by all.

As a side note, I actually lived a mile and a half from McCabe's

for a good portion of my life, so this place had been a part of it

since I was very young myself. My mom had bought my dad a

guitar here, again, when I was young. That guitar ended up in our

backyard with cats living in it. Long story.

I am bettin' that every home has at least one frog.

Umbrella Corporation.

Today's post goes with yesterday's post.

New patches for my bedroom door.

It's dangerous to go alone!

~ Rush Limbaugh ~

1951 - 2021

Some misguided souls for some reason tried to bring

their semi up our road and got stuck. He could not go
forward, he could not go backward and our road was
blocked. I went to speak to them.

I said, "Any estimate on a time you might be

moving? I have to get to work." He said, "What time

do you have to be there?" I told him and he said, "You

aren't going to make it." He was right and I missed a day

of work. My work attendance until today had been perfect.

I am exploring options.

~ Gilley's - Pasadena, Texas ~

 

This is my Serenity Prayer dog tag.

!!! Happy National Pizza Day 2021 !!!

And to celebrate this year's Pizza Day, here are

twenty-three magnificent pizzas that I have enjoyed.

~ Random Around the Ranch Photo of the Day ~

Covid-19 testing and eyebrows done over at Walmart.

Texas Roadhouse.

I would like to have dinner here.

Holy cow! It is already Knife Day again here at

El Rancho De La Tex. Today we have a knife that

I bought I don't know where in the early 1990s.

This is a Cold Steel Mini Tanto boot knife.

This is a really nice little knife. I use to run three to

five miles a day and I had purchased this little guy to

keep in my shorts as a last ditch defensive tool against

dogs (or whatever). Fortunately I never had to use it
for that. I cannot remember what I paid for it or like
I wrote, where I bought it.

If you have ever had a Cold Steel blade, this is

an awesome sight to you. I believe this knife is long
since out of production and I cannot find any
information regarding blade material, etc.

I used to have the boxes for everything I ever
bought, but between divorce, moving and
life, I don't have many of them anymore.

**** sad face ****

Los Angeles Angels - 5

Boston Red Sox - 1

I have handcuffs.

Smith & Wesson handcuffs.

It was worth going through this...

...to go through this.

I wanted to see these two movies, but not at the prices

they were charging. Today Walmart finally threw us a bone

and dropped the prices quite a bit. Now I get to see them.

I am not big into "creature features" but I  hear good things

about "Crawl". The "Child's Play" remake? Not so much.

I FINALLY found a Lodge scouring brush that was sold

separately and not in a "care kit" with pan scrapers, pot holder,

and seasoning spray. I don't want that other stuff. I have what

I need. And I will tell you what... This brush works G-R-E-A-T.

So happy to finally have it.

That's all I got.

It has been my birthday tradition for the last four years to

buy a cheap figure from the cheap figure bin at Comics-N-Stuff
to display in the back of my TV set. Not sure how this started, but
start it did. This year I bought the Queen Amidala figure. And
believe me, she was not expensive.

And this lack of likeness is I am sure WHY she was

not expensive. But I like her. She and the other figures

are totally just for fun.

The Millennium Falcon is still my favorite.

I was outdoors cooking up a little breakfast

this morning (including these hash browns) when...

...I was visited by a friend.

And a horsehair keychain, because.

If you go to this mall, you will not sit down for the duration

of your visit. There is no restaurant seating, no fast food seating,

no "just sit to take a short break" seating... There is NO seating.

If you are there for six hours, you will be standing for six hours,

UNLESS...

...you want to sit on these oversized pebbles. In the entire
mall, these are all there is.

Good luck!

#covid

 

~ VALHALLA ~
Yeah, I know... It's pretty much a boy's club.

I went to FYE to search for some movies.

My first time in a year.

Between Big Lots, FYE and a few thrift stores I found

quite a few good movies. Not pictured here is the complete

DVD collection of Indiana Jones movies plus a Bonus Materials

Disk all in a hard cover case. It is in pristine condition.

At Goodwill: $4.99. Hip hip!

I also had my first Little Caesar's pizza, my first pizza

period in almost a year. Twas good my friends.
Twas good.

My Birthday Week Extravaganza is cruising along.

I just went and took a picture of this.
I had to show it.

I bought a new hat for my birthday.

Yes, it is a Cody James hat. Not the top dog.
It's called Sedona. Made in the U.S.A. 100% wool.
"Exclusively available at Boot Barn."

I like the color.

Seeing as how it is the week of my Birthday Extravaganza

for 2021 I did something I never do: I went to town on a Saturday.
It paid off a little as I found some okay movies at two Big Lots
stores. I bought yet another copy of "The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly" on blu-ray because it has some extras that other copies do not
have. Five dollars for a CLASSIC on Blu-ray is pretty good.

And I found another season (five) of "The Gene Autry Television

Show". I love Gene Autry. Five dollars. Good enough deal.

And seeing how it is my "splurge week" I bought this

restaurant turner that I have been wanting for a year or two.
THIS... is exciting.

I still have a few days of extravaganza left.

~ Happy New Year 2021 from Lizzy Tex Borden ~