I think I finally found a Veterinarian...

Julie, my horse, use to see the vet at least once a year. She had a check up and her teeth floated. She went more often if she got sick or something happened. I also had a stock trailer back then that was road safe. My stock trailer is no longer road safe and Julie thankfully has been healthy except for last fall when she had a bout of sand colic. Emergency vet house calls are outrageously priced but it's also hard to find a vet to do house calls. Julie needs her teeth floated (filed) to keep her healthy and chewing her food like she should. On facebook last week someone posted a Mobile vet that was having a special on teeth floating. I called and we set up an appointment for him to come out. Today was the day. His name is Dr. Hanselman and his wife works with him. They did an awesome job. I also talked to him about the heifer calves and he vaccinated them for me too! It was great meeting him and his wife. It is nice to know there is a another large animal vet in the area and he makes house calls.  

His prices were reasonable too but him being mobile is awesome!!

 

 

 

 

South Texas Large Animal Mobile Veterinary Services, PLLC​

Dr. Hanselman

He is out of Port Lavaca a little bit of a drive but not too bad. I hope we have a long future together and he and his wife stay in the area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Beautiful colors around here...

Some of these I took over at Goliad State Park and some of them I took just outside our front door this evening...The bluebonnets just started popping up last week around here and I am loving it!

 

 

Simply Amazing!!

 

 

 



A peek

Just a few photos of what is happening around here...

Don't mind the mess, sometimes you have a mess before the end results!

 

 

One of two views from our Bedroom! I love windows!

 

 

 Totally and utterly disappointed that I didn't upload Minecraft to his laptop, Uh Oh! Love that he ended up outside for the evening and playing.

Dancing in the Living room/Great room whatever you want to call it!!

 

We are getting closer and closer to having the barndominium finished!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A whole lot of rain, Wow!

I've been absent from here and I apologize. We are in the process of finishing off the barn to live in it. I hired a friend of my families that lives here as a contractor and he is doing an awesome job getting everything lined up. Hopefully in 2 to 3 weeks we'll be living in our barndominium and I need to start calling it our house as that is what it will be from here on out! It is all so unreal and I sure wish my Mother was here to share it with us...I think she would be happy!

 

I did take a few photos here and there...and Today and yesterday we got 9 and 2/10ths inches of rain, Wow! I have seen 6 inches of rain but never 9+ it is awesome!

 

 

 Spotted this dayflower with a fly on it the other day!

 

 

 One of our Grandbabies was out the other day! We had fun with Julie. He was smiling and laughing. He loved riding her. I need to get her brushed out. I hope he comes back for some more horse time!

 

 

 This was our dry creek bed early in the afternoon. So sweet to see water flowing in it.

 

 

 This is Coleto Creek this evening right before dark. Our live creek that has been bone dry for 2 years. It was flowing last year for a couple of days when we got 3 inches of rain but within days it was dry again. Now with 9+ inches of rain it is really flowing. We hope it stays flowing this time and we continue to get rain from now on. Would be nice to do some fishing and Kayaking.

 

 

I've been finding bluebonnet blooms here and there. Soon the back pasture should be covered in blooms! Oh so pretty!

 

 

I will be back to share photos of the barndominium soon!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Evening photos...

Spring is in the air and even though we keep getting cold fronts I am finding signs of spring and loving it...My favorite time of year.

 Blue flax

 Poison Crow foot

Harvester ants are busy and in attack mode! My photo session didn't last long as I got up and danced and stomped getting them off my boots and cardboard.

Prickly Poppy plant

 I managed to find one Prickly Poppy bloom, one of my Mothers favorite Wildflowers.

 Dinner time and last one to the feed pan is a rotten egg...Pringle was the rotten egg!!

 Almost time to plant the garden...

 We found this silhouette of a Pump Jack for Fred.

 

The Chicken herder...

A few of the chickens before they snuck past the chicken herder and made it to the barn deck...Uh Oh!

Sunday drive...

 Fred has been working a lot. Fred works all the time. Fred loves his job. I am thankful that he likes his job and that he works! But it also takes its toll on our family. We seldom see him or spend quality time together as a family. Sunday I had a honey do list, it is the best time of year to clear brush and clean up old dead trees. Fred wasn't in the mood to do it. I can do it but it is easier and nicer to have more than one person. Seeing things weren't going as planned I switched to plan B and suggested we go over to the coast so Fred and Michael could check out Goose Island State Park and the surrounding area (Lamar Texas and Rockport Texas). Sometimes when we have time we like to go Kayaking and Fred likes to saltwater fish, I think this would be a good area.

I took my camera but knew that it was unlikely I would get many photos. Fred and Michael aren't very patient with me and the camera but they surprised me. They didn't seem to mind when I asked if we could stop to check something out or if I could take a few photos. 

It was a grand adventure and we had a great day together!

 The brown pelicans were posing for me!!

 This guy had some character and was giving me all kinds of looks!!

Of course they really weren't posing they were trying to figure out if I had fish to feed them. They were waiting by the fish cleaning station for fishermen to come in to clean fish so they could eat! Still pretty and I love watching them!

 The White Pelicans were swimming out in the bay.

We ate lunch at MoonDog's in Fulton. I hadn't been over there in quite some time and they had built more and fixed things up. I was shocked and didn't recognize the rinky dink place I use to eat at with my Mother and friends, wow! 

 Michael spotted this Roseate Spoonbill in a pond in front of some beach houses. Beautiful!

 Michael also spotted these ducks. I took a few photos and then took a closer look and realized they were fake ducks!! We all had a good laugh! 

 Egret looking for lunch

 We saw a few nice looking bucks on our drive, they were napping until we disturbed them, oops!

 Michael and Fred checking out the Big Oak Tree in Lamar Texas

 We watched the hermit crabs from the piers

 Redheads

 The coast isn't always beaches and sand...

 Pintails

 Michael and Fred looking for anything interesting on the Fishing Pier at Goose Island State Park

 Patience

 Always love to see Families spending time together

 Pelicans taking a break

 The tide was out and the clam/oyster beds were exposed

 Pelicans skimming the water

Shore birds are always busy

It is amazing how entertaining Hermit crabs can be, we had a great day together!

I am glad we went and I am glad we had the day together!! 

The weather was gorgeous!!

A front blew in last night and our temps dropped and it's been overcast too!