In this photo, you will see my family of deer. You will also notice all of the pretty oak trees. On the day we arrived home from our trip to the northwest, the property next door was marked with survey flags. Uh oh, that cannot be good. The very next day, the heavy equipment arrived and all of the trees were promptly murdered, and subsequently burned. The noise is making me crazy! You cannot get a decent nap around here. My deer family is frightened and they are now just starting to come around again. My dad has been putting out extra birdseed for them so that they don't blame us for destroying their home.
And then there was the tarantula that must be a refugee from the deforestation. On Thursday night, there was a big (I mean BIG . . . like the size of my head) tarantula on the outside of our back window. My mom had a fit and told my dad that THIS was the last straw (she says that a lot these days).
And then came Friday morning. My mom woke up early to get some work done while me and my dad lazed around. Before 7:00am, we had another water problem. This time, luckily, we were home and the house didn't flood like it did back in May. My mom knows how to shut off the water supply very quickly now. The neighborhood water system was pressured up way too high again, putting all of the homes on the line in grave danger of exploding.
Does anyone want to buy my house? Tarantulas, scorpions, floods - no extra charge!
Oh yeah, and then let's talk about our trip to downtown Dripping Springs earlier this week. We went to buy stamps at the post office. It really hadn't been that long since our last trip to the post office. Well, it doesn't exist anymore. All of the shops were boarded up and there was a scrawny stray dog running down the middle of the road all ghost-town-style.
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