Texas is for the Birds

Do Western Meadowlarks really appreciate West Texas so much that they chirp about it?

Lovely Beth, Fashion Show Maven

A Mardi Gras Celebration was the theme of this year's Willow Fork Women's Association and The Epiphany Ladies' Club Fashion Show. We enjoyed a nice lunch of green beans with shredded melted cheese, bowtie pasta and spinach, chicken and rice,and a yummy cupcake.

Beth was a vision of loveliness in the outfits she modeled.

Dinner and "Romeo and Juliet" on Valentine's Day

We started the evening with the Valentine Dinner special at Perry's Steakhouse & Grille in Sugar Land at Town Square. The play was also at Town Square in the Imperial Theatre.

This being the last performance of Romeo and Juliet - Erika and Katie are feted by the cast and crew

Dinner at Brio

To celebrate the Board meeting closure, we had dinner at BRIO tuscan grille.

Enjoying dinner with (l>r around the table) Cortes and Susan from VA, Sneed and yours truly, Richard and Lynn from SC, and Dick from OR
Cortes, Sneed, and Dick are Board members. Richard is a member of the Rebel Region and he and his wife (as did other Rebel Region members) joined us for dinner.

Swan House and its Carriage House

We toured the Swan House, a beautifully created mansion in Atlanta for the Inman family whose wealth came from cotton brokerage. Photographs were not allowed inside; however, there are some at the bottom of the Swan House web page.

We first enjoyed lunch at the Carriage House

My lunch - a piping hot bowl of yummy split pea and bacon soup with chicken salad and pimiento cheese tea sandwiches. For dessert, a swan on a meringue base.

Sightseeing with the Ladies - Stone Mountain

Way back in the early 70s when I worked for FDIC, our Tampa crew was in Atlanta to help with some bank examinations in the area. Over the weekend, a fellow examiner familiar with the area invited me to go see Stone Mountain. What I remember is not what I saw today. Back then, the only thing in the park was the bas relief of the Confederate officers and the Education Center. The park now has evolved into a year round family attraction. Seems to me it's not an area to be commercialized. The Stone Mountain carving has lost its significance. It is touted as the largest bas-relief in the world.

Stone, renamed Snow, Mountain for the chilly weather. Busloads of children were there to enjoy the manmade snow and snow tubing. - The carving in the granite depicts Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis.

Sandy, Susan, Lynn, and Mary enjoying the warmth in the historical center. It was super windy and the temperature was in the low 30s.

See the snow flying out of the machine. The ramps on which the youngsters slide down into the snow and the ending point. The right side of the center photo has 2 steep ramps for large tubes with 4-6 people and one strong enough to maneuver the tube. The ramps on the left were for individual tubers.

Pre-Civil War plantation re-erected on the grounds

A day with only one photo...

Sneed went on to the host hotel for the Winter Board meeting that was starting today at 10am. Cathy and I went to the Antiques show, a totally overwhelming experience for me having never been to one before. We managed to come out with our hands free of any purchases and totally devoid of any photos as well.
On the way to the expo, we went through downtown Decatur. Here's Ted Turner's restaurant, eponymously named Ted's Montana Grill.