Texas Happenings 4-16-11

Hi Everyone,
We had a Texas cool front blow in Friday with some rain so yesterday only in the 70's which was nice. Temple,Tx is having a Blooming Temple Festival this weekend to celebrate the return of the wildflowers. Temple is the Wildflower Capital of Texas.  Saw Indian Paintbrush on my property for the 1st time yesterday.  Charlie Daniels is having a concert tonight for the festival.
We are in a high fire alert situation in Texas. A 2500 acre fire is currently burning SW of Ft. Worth at Possum Kingdon Lake with homes burned.  That smoke blew in Friday to our area due to 40-50 mph winds blowing south.  You could breathe the smoke and our blue skies turned smoky light gray. And then we had a major fire in Temple at a recycling center which they will just have to let it burn it self out.
Next month Temple will have a air show, May 6th-8th at our local small airport. It is usually a good show.
Check on it at centraltexasairshow.com if anyone is in the area.
I am one of 3 cooks cooking for our monthly Sportsman Club meeting tonight. We fix the main menu item, Chicken Spaghetti and the rest of club members bring salad,veggies,bread, and dessert.  Good potluck.
My husband went today to the funeral of the woman I told you about in an earlier blog that she was going to die on Monday.  Her name is Dora Henderson .  So he is in Wichita Falls,Tx today.  I did not know the lady and I had to cook  for tonight.  Our club has a inside/outside fishing dock on Lake Belton.
Finished a book about Andrea Yates who drowned all her 5 children in a bath tub in Houston, best one I have read on her crime.  It is "Are You There Alone-The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates" by Suzanne O'Malley.
Been listening to Selah-Press On CD-a lot of good songs.  This group grew up in Africa because their parents were missionaries there.  I especially like the songs they sing in African language. Like one song best one  called, "In My Life/If We Never Meet Again", think of my son who died  when I play it. I thought you would enjoy the lyrics by John Lennon, Paul Mccartney:
                There are places I remember
                All my life, though some have changed
                Some forever and  not for better
                Some are gone and some remain

                All these places have their moments
                With people and friends I still can recall
                Some are dead and some are living
                But in my life, I loved them all

                But of all these friends and loved ones
                There is no one compares with you
                And these memories lose their meaning
                When I think of love as something new.

                Though I know I'll never lose affection
                 For people and friends that went before
                 I know I'll often stop and think about them
                 But in my life I loved you more.
       
Then Albert Brumley's song-"If We Never Meet Again"
                  Soon we'll come to the end of life's journey
                  And perhaps we'll never meet anymore
                  Till we gather in heaven's bright city
                   Far away on that beautiful shore.

                   If we  never meet again this side of heaven
                   As we struggle through this world and its strife
                   There's another meeting place somewhere in heaven
                   By the beautiful river of life.

                   Where the charming roses bloom forever
                   And separations come no more
                   If we never meet again this side of heaven
                   I will meet you on that beautiful shore.

There are many people I will never see again in this life and that always makes me very sad, especially my dear son.
Hope everyone who reads has a good safe weekend. God be with you till we meet again.
Marie