I am extremely allergic to all manner of felines, and I don't have a really good relationship with them, but I couldn't resist getting a little close to this baby kitteh, who is being expertly handled by Rick's daughter. I like how it's claws are all out. CUTE.We've been in Corpus Christi since Friday night - a bit of a restless sleep that night - it's hard to adjust to the humidity, so I was hot and uncomfortable, but then we picked up the girls yesterday morning and spent time with them. We went to the Buc Days parade, which was cool, but inconceivably long. Today was beautiful and breezy - we visited Rick's grandma and great aunt who live in this completely iconic house....and they have an ORANGE TREE.
Their house, Rick says, is over a hundred years old, and was moved across the city by his grandfather to avoid the flood area.
He also said that the horseshoe nailed onto the side of the shack to the left has been there, in that same spot, for at least thirty-eight years and several hurricanes.
Even though, of course, I was never in this kitchen until recently, this image evokes so much from my childhood. First of all, my mother TOTALLY had those wooden bowls, and if you try to buy them now on eBay, they're ridiculously expensive. I also recall that at times, in lieu of cabinets, we would just mount thin brass rods and make little curtains out of old bedsheets. That strainer underneath the counter there is also familiar. We've got one more night here, and then we'll take the girls to school tomorrow...then head back to Midland in the afternoon. Seven hours one way is a long way to drive...but for so many reasons...it's worth it.
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