Riley and The Gang

December 31, 2009.

Riley and the gang came to split some woods for their New Year's Eve bonfire. They brought their own wood and used our wood splitter to make smaller pieces of wood to start the fire with. After splitting and hauling woods for a while, Riley and all got warm and took their jacket off. The last day of 2009 was wet and cold.

Real Vanilla

December 31, 2009.

It's a very rare occasion to find vanilla bean in a store around here. So when I saw it in Brookshire's at Canton, I went and get it and made real vanilla ice cream. I love those black tiny dots of vanilla seed in the ice cream.

Three Buzzards on Oak Tree

December 30, 2009.

Three buzzards were perching on the trimmed oak tree in front of the house.

Christmas in NOLA

December 23, 2009.

Three things to do in NOLA:

1. Central Grocery's muffuletta

2. Oysters on the half shell of Acme Oyster

3. Anything in between (beer at Jimmy Buffett, blues on the street, etc)

And mission was well accomplished!

First Taste of Louisiana

December 22, 2009.

At Don's Seafood Hut, Denham Springs, Baton Rouge.

Off to Louisiana for Christmas

December 22, 2009.

Train station @ Mineola, Tx.

Highway 20, Lindale, Tx.

Waskom, Tx, border of Texas & Louisiana.

("waskom" means "washtub" in Bahasa Indonesia)

Christmas Greetings

The First Christmas Tree in The House