Thought you might enjoy this Texas "tree". The ground was littered with Christmas balls blown off by the wind. (One can appreciate why Texas now has more wind generators than any other state.)This morning it was in the low 20's - colder than NY or Ohio or Indiana or just about any place where Mother keeps an eye on the weather. That probably means "watch out folks - it's comin' your way!"
Just down the road from this Christmas tree is Cafe 87 next to the "Mexican Colony". The owner of the cafe is of Mexican heritage and makes wonderful food from homemade chips and salsa to huge hamburgers like I remember as a kid before those preformed patties became the norm. The hamburgers come with the works wrapped in paper. They also serve menudo (spicy tripe soup) which we haven't tried yet but perhaps next time. The guys at the table next to us got it and really seemed to be enjoying it. (When I reading about menudo, it's reported to be a great cure for a hangover...)
Back at Mother's we're also being fed well (with no hangovers..). From homemade chicken and noodles (the kind made with eggs and flour and hand rolled) to apple pie. And a friend dropped off homemade tamales that can't be beat. She and her mother had started making tamales at 7:30 a.m. and finished around 4:00 p.m. When I asked how many they'd made, she said 36. (How labor intensive is that?! Later my sister informed me 36 was 36 DOZEN!!! Wow!!!!)
This afternoon we're going to the movies. Big deal, right? Well, here it is. You have to drive over an hour to get to the movie theater. An adventure!
