30 Day Challenge~~Thanksgiving~~Day 25...

Cat, at The Whimsical Gardener, has challenged us to a 30 Day Challenge of Thanksgiving.
A post a day, for 30 days, to celebrate the things we are thankful for, in our lives.

~~Day 25~~

Today, I'm thankful we got to witness history.

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To those who are not sports fans...or, at least, not from Texas....
you might not know about the big rivalry between

The University of Texas
and
Texas A&M University.

This rivalry is so strong, both schools' fight songs mention the other school.

They've been playing a football game at Thanksgiving for a long time.
Last night was game #118....and, maybe the last.

Petty differrences have caused A&M to leave their conference and move on.
Maybe cooler heads will prevail, and they'll work a game into the schedule.
But, not for many years....schedules are set years in advance.

So, for the coming years...maybe, forever...
the Aggies
will have to live with the final score, of possibly the final game.

Texas 27~~A&M 25

SO...

Texas Fight, Texas Fight
and goodbye to A&M

I'm thankful we won.
~~Linda~~

30 Day Challenge~~Thanksgiving~~Day 5....

Cat, at The Whimsical Gardener, has challenged us to a 30 Day Challenge of Thanksgiving.
A post a day, for 30 days, to celebrate the things we are thankful for, in our lives.

~~Day 5~~

I'm thankful today, for our Texas Longhorns win, yesterday.

It's always good to rack up one more in the win category....
whether it's the right plant in the right spot,
being in the right place for the time in your life,
or a winning performance from your favorite college team.

Life is good
And, I'm thankful for it.

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood....

This has been a good week.  The temperatures have actually been 'Fall-like'.

This morning, we had a couple brief...very brief...rain showers.  They settled the dust a little bit.

The air is clear.  The sky is blue.  

It's been nice to get out and work in the garden.  It's hard to pull out plants that are blooming.

But, need to get the veggie bed ready for fall planting.  Yes, I know...a little late...but, we'll see how it goes.

We took advantage of the cooler weather to cut out some shrubs that just didn't manage to make it through the hot, dry summer.  They were OLD Eleagnus.

We replaced them with Oleanders.  We know they're a bit tropical and not native.  

But, the ones around the neighborhood made it through last winter.  And, these are on the southwest side of the house....hot and sunny.  I think they'll work and fill in this space.

And...the deer don't eat them.

And, they're pretty.

We still have a lot of hummers around.  They're still dive bombing the woodpeckers for food.

It's that transition time, when chrysanthemums bloom beside coleus.

I moved the one Narrow Leaf Zinnia that came up in the veggie garden, to the fenced yard.  I hope it makes it until frost.  I've been saving seed for next year.

So, it's a beautiful day in our neighborhood.  A little rain, a lot of sunshine 

and finally some cooler temperatures.

And, we have rain in the forecast!

Have a good weekend.

Happy Gardening...

Oh, and this is 

Texas/OU weekend.

So...

HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!

You Can't Win 'Em All

Well....looks like you can't win 'em all.  You can try.  But, sometimes it just doesn't work out.

The Longhorns lost the big game. 

Our starting quarterback was hurt within the first five plays of the game.

Our back-up quarterback is good.  But, he's a very young man, and had little or no experience in college play.  He'll be back next year, and he'll do a good job for the team.

But, on this night, in the Rose Bowl, the team just couldn't pull it off.  They gave it a good try.  There were some exciting plays.  It even looked for a while, like they'd make it.  But, it just was not to be.

So, congratulations to Alabama.  They played a good game.

We still love our team.  They'll be back strong.  We'll be there to watch.

HOOK 'EM HORNS!!

Live the Dream Again...

As you may know, we are HUGE Longhorn fans.
And, as you may also know, The Longhorns of The University of Texas are playing the
The Crimson Tide of The University of Alabama for the
BCS National Championship.
January 7, 2010
in the
Rose Bowl.

Here's hoping these young men play a good game, nobody gets hurt and
let the best team win.

and.....

Hook 'em Horns!!!