As I have frequently illustrated, I love plants! Flowering plants, ivy's, prickly, tall, short, I can find places for all of them in my yard. In most cases I have enjoyed marvelous success with them. A few years ago we had purchased a Bougainville in a hanging basket. It got the same t
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03/31/2012
Young ball players usually have siblings and parents along for the experience. Since the last time we spent considerable time at the ball park, it was as parents. My how things have changed in the past fifteen years! Our perspective is totally different now. So are the siblings and the ba
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03/31/2012
The days where little league teams are named after the big league teams are over! Today some of the teams have been named things like, "diamond cutters, "surge" and battastic. Sort of a departure from what we were accustomed to. We can adapt to that. The rules have changed in some of the l
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03/31/2012
My friend Richie has written a blog about that adresses the issue of worthiness. There are far too many people out there in our world that this will hit squarely between the eyes. They will read it and go wow.... that's me. Perhaps if we spread this far and wide we can make a real impact in th
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03/30/2012
A new twist on just taking your ball and going home! Sadly our season of observing grandsons playing little league has been plagued with some dismal displays of poor sportsmanship. The poor conduct is not from the young players, but from one of the coaches from the opposing team (now granted
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03/27/2012
For those of us who are interested in SEO this article provides some solid info and advice. I think the best idea is to write good content and optimize properly and then let Google do its work while you just go on and write some more good content. Think about it..... cheaters who try and game t
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03/26/2012
Seagulls are common along the gulf coast. There are always lots of them around the galveston beaches. Fun to watch as they soar and dive. There was the huge drought experienced by the area last year to consider, however sighting a large number of gulls in a lightly trafficked parking lot this
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03/20/2012
Being among the Senior Citizen crowd I think it's important to share a list that my friend Mimi Foster over in Colorado has posted. In these days of escalating prices and outrageous government we Seniors (well.... actually everyone) need all the help we can get to make those dollars stretch as f
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03/20/2012
My friend John has presented some information on a problem that I believe is far too prevalent in society today. My personal opinion is that there is NO EXCUSE for behavior like that. Neither Verbally or Physically. If you find yourself in the situation take the steps necessary to get out. If
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03/20/2012
We had a taste for some Vietnamese or Thai food over the weekend so while on a trip into Houston to visit an Elderly friend we found some In the shadow of the Galleria Mall area at a place cleverly named "The THAI Restaurant (shrewd marketing I think) You search for Thai Restaurant and they wou
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03/19/2012
