Old and New

My husband and I took a Labor Day Week-end road trip to celebrate our anniversay. The first stop we made was in Smithville, Texas which is a quaint old town with lots of great antique shops. This home was the site used in the movie "Hope Floats" starring Sandra Bullock. It sits on the edge of the Colorado River and is the kind of place that makes me envy the children that grew up here. My gang of friends and I would have had a blast playing hiding go seek, hunting for lighting bugs, and exploring the river bed.

Today the people of Smithville are progressive in their thinking. Check out this "green" skirt design. I think it needs a little tweaking, but at least someone is trying to keep all these water bottles out of the landfill.

Round Top Antique Show '09

Springtime in Texas means bluebonnets and antiques. Some of the Red Door Realty and Associates members took off during the week for a run to Round Top and Warrenton. There is one night designated as "prom night" where folks come all decked out to enjoy good food, drinks, music, and company. This group of friendly folks had the right idea with their cute silly outfits. They called themselves "The One Night Stands". The Red Door group did not dress because we were not sure of the code, but you can be sure next year we will be all decked out. I imagine we will work in the color red for sure.

Wildflowers

Blue bonnets and Indian Paintbrush are poppin' up all around the Houston area. This field is on Hwy 105 just west of Conroe. My husband and I drove northwest to Austin on Hwy 290 and then back east through Burton to Navasota and Conroe. We compared our bluebonnet road trip to the fall color trek through Vermont one fall several years back. In both instances we kept pointing and saying, pretty, pretty, pretty.