Spring Winds

We’re having a windy weekend.  It was breezy yesterday morning but the wind picked up in the afternoon to objectionable levels.  I spent the day mowing and it felt like I had sandpaper on the inside of my eyelids by the end of the day.  The mowing wasn’t very satisfying.  The first cut of the year usually isn’t because it’s mostly just hewing down the weeds.  Afterwards it looks better than it did but it doesn’t really look good.  Also, there are lots of twigs that need to be cleaned up before mowing.  That’s a pain and increases the time it takes to mow any given section.  I got the south end done yesterday and will try to get the north end done soon.

Most of this week was spent in the Big Thicket at a customer site.  I flew to Houston Tuesday afternoon and drove to Jasper where I had a room at the Holiday Inn Express.  The job was actually in Kirbyville about 25 miles away but there weren’t any suitable hotels there so I stayed in Jasper and commuted.  It was a nice commute.  The countryside was so green and pretty.  I say countryside, mostly all one sees is forest but the farms and estates is what I’m referring to.  The Big Thicket suffered from the drought last year like every place else in Texas but I was told it has been raining since February and that’s why it looks so green.

While there, I ate several meals at a place called Elijah’s.  The one in Kirbyville looked like it might be the original and the one in Jasper, which was larger and nicer, looked like it was the expansion property.  The food at both places was really good.  It was just normal food, not unlike a Blackeyed Pea, and the prices were reasonable but I think the food was exceptional.  What really impressed me, though, was the wait staff.  They were all young people like they are in most restaurants and they were a mixture of race and gender, but they were all courteous and attentive.  At every meal I had at Elijah’s, a manager made the rounds while I was there and visited each table to make sure the diners were satisfied.  I think it just goes to show what can be done when an establishment and its employees are held to high standards.

Yesterday I stumbled on another goonie nest while trimming.  This one was over by the large flint boulders and it wasn’t hidden at all.  I called Joyce’s attention to it and she marked the eggs.  I think she plans to replace them with golf balls so she can steal the eggs.

Yesterday I stumbled on another goonie nest while trimming.  This one was over by the large flint boulders and it wasn’t hidden at all.  I called Joyce’s attention to it and she marked the eggs.  I think she plans to replace them with golf balls so she can steal the eggs.