Davy Crockett Drugs

The building with the white front and brown awning is the "Davy Crockett Drugs" store. The next time I visit I want to tour the restored 1891 Victorian house and the 1854 Greek Revival house. I was told the weekend before Thanksgiving is the Christmas festival and there are many arts and crafts booths set up around the courthouse. Sounds like a good place to sell honey!

Downtown Crockett

Just a view of the street heading toward the Davy Crockett Forest. Though the town is old, most of the buildings were occupied, and there was no shortage of places to eat.

The Moosehead Cafe

This was a combination cafe and antiques store. While most of those around me lunched on fried catfish, I enjoyed the east Texas version of a "Ruben" sandwich. That's the way they spelled it on the menu - it had a Texas kick to it - I think they may have used hot pepper cheese instead of swiss. It was very tasty! The cafe had an old-fashioned soda fountain counter and above the counter were political bumper stickers. The first ones I've seen that said "Condi for President".

Nice day for a ride

This was a group of Harley Davidson riders who had just had lunch at the Moosehead Cafe. Crockett has a traffic circle, so as these folks were leaving they could only turn right, so to get back on their trip they had to make a circle around the courthouse. They caught everyone's attention as they drove "around" town!

Crockett, Texas

Yes, Crockett was named for Davy Crockett. With a population of 7,251, it is the county seat for Houston County (pictured above is the court house) and it is one of the oldest towns in Texas. Legend has it that Davy Crockett stopped here to camp on his way to the Alamo. Ten miles outside of town is the Davy Crockett National Forest which is the largest national forest in the state of Texas. When my brother and sister-in-law, Doug and Marni, visit, I plan on taking them down there so they can go kayaking. Doug was a big fan of Davy Crockett when he was a kid - he even had a 'coon skin cap!

Best of Show

This is a beautiful quilt. It took first place and best of show. My guess is it took quite a lot of time to make - it was pieced, appliqued, embroidered and quilted. After visiting the show (where I managed to sell a jar of honey) I set off for Crockett, TX which is 13 miles south of Grapeland.

Labor Day Weekend

Twenty miles south of our house is a very small town called Grapeland. I think the population is around 250. But they have a nice old library and in the basement was their second annual Friendship Quilt Show. Joel doesn't like looking at quilts, so I went exploring on my own. This quilt was pieced and quilted by a man. He had several other quilts in the show. This quilt did not win any ribbons, though he had done a really nice job on it.

This is serious work!

Joel is quite serious about this job. Our neighbor puts on his Ipod, has a 44 oz drink in the cup holder and mows away! One way or another the lawns get mowed and the neighborhood looks good!

Summer activity in East Texas

Joel mows about once a week. If we had had a normal amount of rain, he probably would have been doing it more often. However, it is really dry so we are watering several times a week trying to keep it from turning brown!

Yummy Acorn

Here he is enjoying his acorn. If you'd like to see some great pictures of hummingbirds and eastern AZ visit my brother's blog at http://DesertHawgs.blogspot.com

He found one!

These little guys can run very fast and they look like they are flying when they jump from the free-standing bird feeder to a near-by tree. They love the bird seed we put out for the birds. Wal-Mart sells some kind of corn for the squirrels so they stay out of the bird seed. I think I need to try it.

East Texas Wildlife

One of the many squirrels we have in our yard. Joel took these pictures about a month ago. Here the little guy is looking for an acorn!