Starting the day with freshly squeezed juice
made with oranges from our trees.

~ Onscreen at Borden Cinema ~

1985's horror/comedy "House" starring

William Katt.

Mreow.

Time to do a little spring cleaning

so the boys are having a bath.

And just to make a little more room en la casa, they

 will have a new place of honor in the garage. They

are quite comfortable here.

I bought this Colt Firearms key chain screwdriver

at a gun show. There was a whole bucket of them

and they were cheap.

I was not thinking when I did not

buy a bunch of them.

My mom cut this out and gave it to me.

It's not true though. The cane would go in the

lower rack, the rifle or shotgun above.

~  Memorial Day 2020 ~

When he was little my son gave this to me for Christmas.

This is a 12 gauge shotgun shell holder that was made for cowboy 

action shooting. I bought it years ago for a side by side shotgun

that I had. As you can tell by the price tag that is still attached

to it, I never used it.

Not a very beautiful piece, just functional... maybe.

When I took a picture of this particular cactus a few

weeks ago, I had no idea that it was about to get happy.

~ Random Around the Ranch Photo of the Day ~

!!! Avocado Seed Update: Number Four !!!

Nuthin.

On Saturday February 1st I put this avocado seed

in water and posted a photo. I will update again

when something (or nothing) happens. It's fun!

Wait a minute...

This has been going on long enough. Apparently this

seed is not going to do anything. Sooooooooo.....

I am going to start posting updates on THIS avocado

seed that I planted on February 15th . This seed IS

growing. So from now on I will be posting pictures

of this one. Let's see where it will go. Stay tuned!

Strolling through the parking lot one day,

in the merry merry month of May.

I have been wanting to see "Hell Fest" since it came out in late

2018, but they were charging a LOT for it. I didn't want to pay

that much so I waited. And today? Walmart? Five dollar bin. Mine!

When this movie was first released, people were all OVER it. But

in the year and a half or so since, it has gotten mixed reviews. I watched

it and thought it was fun. The atmosphere was pretty dang good.

Totally worth five dollars. No.spoilers.

I will watch it again in a few years when I forget a lot of what happens.

I will rate "Hell Fest" 6.9 out of 10 "Oh Man, Did You See What That

Did To Her Neck??"s.

Oh, one other thing. The sticker on the front of the DVD case
states that it includes a free digital copy. There was no code
anywhere. I was ripped off for that.

Looks like inclement weather coming in and

at  El Rancho De La Tex we bring our

 beautiful flag in when it rains. 

Tom Mix

~ 1880 - 1940 ~

This is a photo of some of Tom Mix's personal belongings as they are

displayed at the Gene Autry Museum. Pictured are an Elgin pocket watch

and cigarette case. Also a sterling silver jewelry box, soap dish, shaving

brush case, toothbrush holder and ceramic ashtray, all personalized.

From my visit to the Gene Autry Museum of Western Heritage in

Griffith Park, California, 2010.

Hello lizard.

Good-bye lizard.

One more.

Old Glory in the early evening illuminated

by our new solar flagpole light.

My son and I got out today and...

...put a solar light on our flagpole.

A friend was generous enough to buy it for us.

He is from England and is now an American citizen.

He loves the United States and wanted to do this for us.

Thank you so much! Salute!

We had a visitor today. Surprised the heck out of my mom

who was doing some weeding in the area. A baby. I'm tellin'

you, you gotta keep your dang eyes open all the time. It is

easy to forget that. This guy was kind of hard to see.

He was shakin' his little tail but there was not much

rattling going on. He is a beautiful little thing to be certain.

~ Ritchie Blackmore ~

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - November 29th, 1975

Today my son and I repaired the halyard and installed new

hardware on our flagpole and got Old Glory to waving again.

This was actually my beloved stepfather's flagpole. He was

a proud retired Marine and he loved this country. Today's

raising of the Red, White and Blue was dedicated to him.

We miss you and we love you.

What a beautiful day.