May 2024
May 31, 2024 - Friday - I got lucky and both my neighbors were out when I walked the dogs. I went in and grabbed my camera and fortunately this one was still here. Maybe next week I’ll get a photo of the other neighbor. He’s brown and white.
May 30, 2024 - Thursday - This evening I was walking the dogs and saw one of our neighbors out next door. I went in and grabbed my camera and got some great photos. Or so I thought. I forgot to put the memory card in my camera the last time. Maybe they’ll be out again tomorrow. Pancake looks so pensive here laying on the couch. I wonder what she’s thinking.
May 29, 2024 - Wednesday - Eva made it again. I’ve heard of albondigas before, but never tried it. She made it for us for the first time a while back. OMG is was delicious. She started making it a little before lunch. It made the whole house smell amazing. This is actually my second bowl. I ate the first one before I thought to take a photo.
May 28, 2024 - Tuesday - I don’t drink very much or very often at home. This evening a Jack and Coke sounded like a really good idea. I had a bit of freelance work to do before I went to bed so I made me a drink before I got started. I can’t get my fridge to make regular ice, just this craft ice. I did fill the glass all the way up to the top. Cheers.
May 27, 2024 - Monday - Today was a good day! I got up to run some errands. When I got back my brother was just starting to fire up his smoker. I went back into town to get some more ribs and sausage. Eva made a big bowl of potato salad. It was delicious. A lot like mom’s. We had a bit of a feast for dinner surrounded by lots of family. We even got a little bit of ribs to take home.
May 26, 2024 - Sunday - This morning my brother called me over for breakfast. After we walked out to look over his garden. He recently harvested a bunch of garlic and onions. There’s a whole lot more than there appears to be in this photo. He has basil and grape tomatoes growing too. I see some warm, garlic-y tomato bruschetta in our future.
May 25, 2024 - Saturday - Today Eva came to the house for a while. We decided to get out of the house for a while and make the drive down to Hillsboro for this. The menudo there is usually really good. It was just okay today. Of course we stopped at the Amish bakery on the way home. I was so sad when I walked in and saw they didn’t even have on chocolate whoopie pie.
May 24, 2024 - Friday - My brother hasn’t had the cows in the middle pasture very much lately. Nor has he cut the grass there. There must be several hundreds of thousands of these there. This one was growing through the fence so I didn’t even have to go far to get this photo. I know there’s not much of anything in focus but I still like this photo.
May 23, 2024 - Thursday - Today I had a doctor’s appointment in Dallas. It was cool and overcast so I decided Zak and I would hang out. We stopped for a quick breakfast on the way into town. And then picked up lunch for all of us including the girls on the way home. He was safe in the parking garage during my appointment. This might be my new favorite photo I have of myself.
May 22, 2024 - Wednesday - Today we all got out for lunch. I haven’t had pho from my favorite pho place in Dallas in forever. This place in Mansfield is pretty good and makes do in the meantime. At least it’s better than the place in Burleson. I should have bought some for tomorrow.
May 21, 2024 - Tuesday - Today Eva had the day off. Dad and I had to go to the VA to get some bloodwork done. Tonight was a bit of a repeat of yesterday evening. While I was watching some TV I heard some scratching on the floor. I looked over and saw Zak dreaming. He was running after something. I hope he caught it in his dreams.
May 20, 2024 - Monday - Today was a pretty busy day with work. At the end of the work day when Eva leaves for the day, I come out of my room where I work and hang out with Dad on the couch. At the end of the day after Dad goes to bed I hang out with he pups for a while watching TV. Tonight I stayed up a little later than I should.
May 19, 2024 - Sunday - My brother had a new baby calf born earlier this month. I’ve seen him/her running around a couple of times. Earlier today I say it running up and down the middle pasture not giving the cowbirds a break. I grabbed my camera and came out to get a few photos. It was a little curious but cautious.
May 18, 2024 - Saturday - Today I got away to see my good friend up north. Like we do so often we shared a good cigar and a good drink. We talk sometimes about how good roasted, red meats with a glass of red wine and cigars and whiskey are just all so good together. We had steak and crab legs for lunch. Today was a good day. We even practiced our putting earlier in the day.
May 17, 2024 - Friday - Today was another busy day of work. I don’t remember much from it except that I got another photo of a nice sunset while on our evening walk.
May 16, 2024 - Thursday - It was so dark when I woke up this morning. It was the normal time I wake up, but it was really overcast and raining. I’m meeting a friend for lunch today. I texted her this morning telling her it was the perfect weather for pho. I got stuck behind this guy on the way home from lunch. I like the tiny bit of glow in the reflection on the road.
May 15, 2024 - Wednesday - Went out to my car and noticed “someone” tried to break into my car. They left a clear print here on the passenger door. I’m going to have to set up security cameras. I glad this didn’t happen the other night. I forgot one of my windows down the whole day.
May 14, 2024 - Tuesday - Eva made bunch of cupcakes for my sisters for Mother’s Day. I’m doing my best not to eat them all until they come over and get some of them. They need to hurry. This was my afternoon snack, and I showed an impressive amount of self control waiting long enough to get this photo before eating it.
May 13, 2024 - Monday - I was out walking the dogs this morning and came across this in front of my brother’s house. After walking the dogs I grabbed my camera and came back over here to get this photo. When I stepped out the door the clouds moved in front of the sun but move away by the time I walked over here. Also thankfully this was almost at should height.
May 12, 2024 - Sunday - Today was a slow day. I stayed up way too late last night, but still got up before Dad. We had a big, hot bowl of oatmeal for “breakfast”. It was closer to lunch time. I think I took this while I was out with the dogs. It’s something growing by the fence.
May 11, 2024 - Saturday - My sister has been cooking again. She invited over again for Carne Guisada with rice and corn. Three of my four sister are really good cooks. The other used to be cursed. Nothing she made turned out right except her deviled eggs. Some of her recipes defied the laws of cooking. I have to admit she’s done incredibly better the last couple of years.
May 10, 2024 - Friday - So it took Zak 4 days to figure out my friend’s gate. He got out earlier today and wandered around for quite a while until I got him cornered in someone’s garage. The guy out there thought he looked friendly, thankfully. Later in the day we went for a walk on a leash this time. This was across the street on our evening walk.
May 9, 2024 - Thursday - Today is my last full day here at my friend’s with her boys. It’s been very easy, except the getting up early to get them to school. I got a photo of this growing on the back porch. I had lots of photos of Zak and Dude too. My friend has only been here about a month and she already has two gardens started in her back yard.
May 8, 2024 - Wednesday - They’re starting to interact more with one another. Especially outside. Inside they just lay around. Today at dinner Zak wanted Dude’s food and Dude wanted Zak’s. They traded and as you might imagine Zak finished her food really fast. Then he just sat and waited until she finished all she wanted from his bowl. When she was done Zak went and finished his food.
May 7, 2024 - Tuesday - Zak is such a big chicken when he comes into someone’s house. Which is way better than being aggressive. This is Dude. My friend found her in at a gas station. Yes, a girl named Dude. My friend is funny. The good thing is at least she wants to play with Zak. He just doesn’t know how. They’re starting to run around my friend's big backyard together.
May 6, 2024 - Monday - Today after work I headed to a friend’s house to do a little kid sitting. Her boys are too old to call it babysitting. It’s a bit of a drive but I got there in time for dinner. My sister is staying with Dad, Biscuit and Pancake. I’m bringing Zak with me. After him doing so well with my other friend’s dogs, I’m hopeful he’ll do well with her little girl.
May 5, 2024 - Sunday - This is not something that I’ve seen out here before. Two Chinook helicopters flew right over the house while I was out with the dogs. It took a bit for me to realize what the sound was and unfortunately couldn’t get my phone out of my pocket fast enough to get a photo while it was directly overhead.
May 4, 2024 - Saturday - Tonight we got invited over for dinner again at my brother’s house. He had the Kentucky Derby on when we got there. I’m not big on horse racing, but we finished dinner in time to watch the race. It’s crazy that so many people show up there for a race that only lasts a few minutes. It was an incredible exciting finish. Just a matter of inches between first and third place.
May 3, 2024 - Friday - Our cloud server was down Monday and Tuesday. It made for a very busy end of the week. I had a lot to do all day long today. Eva is so kind she made avocado toast for breakfast for Dad and I. She also sliced a bunch of fruit for us. It’s been so great having her here. Not just for Dad but for me too.
May 2, 2024 - Thursday - Today Dad had an appointment. We got out a little bit early to take him to lunch. We went to a place I went to with friends a couple of weeks ago, Jon’s Grill. They have pretty good brisket but the best part to me is the mac and cheese and their elote. Their chips and queso was pretty good too.
May 1, 2024 - Wednesday - Our trio that usually meets for dinner was a trio again but with an alternate stand-in. Any chance I get to go eat here at Roman Cucina I’m taking it. I love Italian food and this place is one of my favorites. I almost always get one of the specials. This is their cheese ravioli with a sausage sauce.