Another Windy Day

Saturday, January 30 –

Another breezy day on the south plains seemed to cause a bit of a stir on social media. Weather conditions caused the wind to whip up on the caprock. The top soil, which is vunerable this time of year because of lack of crop cover, was blown all the way to the Dallas area. This caused the people there who don’t often see a sky full of dirt to post pictures of the skies and sunset. Here’s an example taken in Fort Worth.

As sand storms go, Lubbock dwellers have seen much worse, but some people still enjoyed snapping shots and sharing them on the internet. Here’s a few I found on my feed.

The most interesting thing I saw was this video of the storm passing above the texas panhandle and the dust storm pushing through the caprock area into central Texas.

Doing a little research, I found that one of the worst ever sandstorms was in 1935. The day it hit was Sunday, April 14, 1935. It is known as “Black Sunday” because the dirt in the sky was black and the visibility so bad that it was said that a person couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face. The storm started in the midwest and then blew southeast and ended up coming down through Amarillo.

Does this look familiar? No, these gals weren’t trying to avoid a pandemic, just a dust storm.

Beautiful Matador Evening

Sunday, October 23 –

Coming out of church this evening we were met with this lovely display of color.


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Icy nature finds

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Carolina’s mermaid and merman dolls in pirate costumes

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Coconut enjoying her “Dream Come True” pet bed by the fire

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Interesting new squash we grew this year

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Cool jeep spotted in Childress Wal-Mart parking lot

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having fun at Wal-Mart

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Courtney plaited this “Warrior Braid” on Carolina

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Aspen spots this buck in Matador at Georgia’s house

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Carolina pretty hair

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on the way to church

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our postal carrier, Kristy, and her new helper, Precious

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Dodge’s new “up do” using cockleburrs

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We parked next to this rig at the local dollar store in Lobelville, TN

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Marian eating oatmeal with blueberries. Atlanta and Jordan’s antique hand coffee grinder in the foreground.

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Computer classes a must for students

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Breakfast

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Common site in Tennessee

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beautifiul Tennessee backroad

 

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Another batch of pictures that don’t fit any one category. Alas, they are still interesting.

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another fashion must-have from Carolina

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Daisy goes from bad hair day to good hair day

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picnic on the play house

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milk cows making milk

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cute shot captured through the front picture window

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cowgirls

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cowgirls watching cowboys

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don’t forget to charge the dog…

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Rapunzel eat your heart out

 

 

Lavender Fields Forever

Sunday, June 21 –

We finally visited the lavender farm of Danny and Laurie Davis, Thistle Dew Farms. We missed their special event on June 6. They have everything fixed up so cute. We had a lot of fun. The girls learned how to weave a lavender wand and all the ladies got a bouquet of lavender to take home. Later Guy and Di Ann Campbell showed up, too, and we got to visit with them.

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More fun photos that fall in to the category…random.

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Just another empty lick tub pyramid with boys on top. If you don’t understand this caption, you must not be a rancher’s kid.

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One Sunday afternoon with the Drum boys, Josiah Phipps and Stockton

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View of cliffs from the top of the play house.

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Carolina and Daisy (we’re babysitting her)

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Interesting cloud formation

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On closer inspection, it just seems to be a giant feather floating about

"chubby" Carolina with her hoodie stuffed with cotton she found at the Afton farm

“chubby” Carolina with her hoodie stuffed with cotton she found at the Afton farm

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Wintering gold finch from up north

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nerf gun battle participants

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Nathan, the kids and Daisy cuddle on the couch

Nathan, the kids and Daisy cuddle on the couch

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Unrelated (but fun) photos

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A load of hay

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Carolina’s pretty hair

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A nice deer out my window coming back from the mailbox

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A wonderful box of goodies from Joe and Audrey in Germany

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Stockton’s amazing apple cobbler he fixed one night

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Marian about to destroy this tower made of cardboard bricks

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Rogue gets warm by the fire on Stockton’s shoulder

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Marian on her potty chair

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Marian asleep in her car seat

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Marian making biscuits

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Stockton reading by the woodstove

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Still making biscuits

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Rusty on the rug

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A heart-shaped biscuit

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One of Carolina’s Christmas cards she passed out at church

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Coconut on the couch

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Aspen chatting

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Carolina and “The Beast”

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The little red hen and a ridiculously fluffy rooster.

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Saturday morning scene during sleep over with Elaine and Josiah.

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Wondering Jew.

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Can you spot the spider web?

Profusion of Blooms

It seems that everything around here is in bloom. It’s amazing what a little rain can accomplish.

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House Swallow

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This guy decided to fly in the house. We enjoyed a quick close-up look before letting him go again.