Monthly Archives: May 2021
More Van Gogh . . .
About 2pm Jan and I headed out amid the drizzling rain to first have lunch at Denny’s, with their Ultimate Omelets once again. Always delicious, and another place where Angie already knows what we want so we don’t even have to really order.
Then it was across the Interstate for a few things from HEB before heading home, still in the rain. And more is still forecast for the rest of the week.
Hopefully my new Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra will be in this week. It’s supposed to be shipped out the Tuesday and I should receive it by Thursday.
Maybe. As long as it gets here before we leave on our trip June 7th, I’ll be OK.
Jan has been personalizing the rear window of our Jeep, by replacing their two dog decals with a cat, and adding a moose and two flamingo ones.
I tried to find decals to replace Jan and I, but there didn’t seem to be any with an old, bald guy, and his pretty young wife. But I’ll keep looking.
Well I said the other day that you can never have too much Van Gogh. But now I have to add, you can never have too many.
Long-lost van Gogh masterpiece ‘discovered’ by NYC collector
The painting, signed and dated 1890, is a square panorama of the valley of Auvers, showing its mosaic of wheat fields bisected by a railway line. It also bears the label of Jonas Netter, one of the most influential collectors of the early 20th century, who discovered Amedeo Modigliani.
“The picture is in pristine original condition, painted on a coarse burlap canvas consistent with those used by Van Gogh late in his career. It is unlined and in its original stretcher to which it is tacked by small 19th-century nails.
Thought For The Day:
If your home is mobile but four out of five cars in your yard are not . . . you might be a redneck.
Well, my home is mobile, but both my cars run. So there!
End Of School . . .
Thought first I’d catch with our Thursday get-together up in Huntsville with Debi and Ed Hurlburt, and Janice and Dave Evans at the Farmhouse Café.
We were beginning to get a little worried with the route our Garmin GPS was taking us through the backstreets of Huntsville, but we finally found the place tucked in behind Sam Houston State University. And it turned out to be just as good as advertised.
Jan got the Grilled Chicken Breast with Fried Green Tomatoes and Green Beans,
while I got the Chicken Juarez with Turnip Greens and Green Beans.
Ed Hurlburt also got the Grilled Chicken Breast like Jan, but with a Loaded Sweet Potato and Fruit.
Dave Evans, however,went in a piscatorial direction, with the Fried Catfish, Fries, and Hushpuppies.
I never got a look at what Debi and Janice had since they were on the other sided of the table, but I didn’t hear any complaints.
Already looking forward to our get-together in July, since we’ll be gone in June.
Finally broke down today and subscribed to AppleTV+ so Jan and I could watch For All Mankind, the alternate history of the U.S.- Russian Space Race. A lot of family/friends have been recommending it.
As I always do, I registered using one of the Privacy.com limited credit cards so that I can easily drop my subscription at any time without worrying about continuing charges.
For lunch today we went to Los Ramirez once again and it was delicious as always. Plus you know you’ve been to a place a lot when the lady getting our drinks tells us what we want, and also that we want no chips but two green sauces, and only one straw. And the waiter taking our order walks up and just repeats our order to us without any prompting.
Our daughter Brandi and several other mothers got together and had an End of School party for the kids, including a BIG water slide and a Taco Truck.
Looks like they had a lot of fun, and managed to dodge all the rain and lightning.
Though I doubt if the kids would have minded the rain under the circumstances.
Thought For The Day:
Nobody seems to know your business as well as other people.
