I got back to "the city" yesterday around 1 pm. It's always so nice to be back home. See my husband, and my kitty. I have the added bonus of taking care of son's dog, Lucy. She is a dauschund/beagle mix and is a sweetie. She's big like a beagle, but has a dauschund's coloring. Husband is not as thrilled to be babysitting as I am, but he's ok now, since Lucy will be leaving soon... Kitty Poncho is REALLY thrilled Lucy will be leaving soon. She is not fond of other beasts, particularly of the dog variety.
This past week in Falfurrias was interesting. The town was just a-buzzin'. The 100 year celebration was this weekend. There was a vetern's salute, open houses to the museum, library, and courthouse. A parade, fire works show, music. There was a bunch of stuff going on. I missed most of it, since this is when I was slated to come back to the city for a week... A bunch of former residents, friends of my mom's and aunt's, came in from all over Texas and California. Poor woman that's been living in California nearly croaked from the heat. She was questioning her sanity for coming down in this horrible heat. It's bad for the acclimated, much less those that have been living the past 50 years in more temperate locales... The town dressed up in red/white/blue decorations, there were parties and lunches, and happy hours. I accompanied my mom to lunch at the Texas Star and had some chalupas. The ages of the people ranged from 90-somethings to my age (56). I may have been the youngest one there, but I was just driving "Miss Daisy" (Mama), and did not really qualify as an ex-resident. I'm not really a permanent resident for that matter... At lunch, we sat at a long table. I think there may have been around 16 - 20 people. So, you could really only visit with who you were sitting right next to. This one older lady never did figure out who I was or why I was there. Poor thing is deaf as she could be. I told her my name about 5 times and tried to explain my relationship to my mom. I don't think she ever figured it out. I did get to see a few people that I knew as a child, and while I did not really know them, I've heard mama and auntie talk about them over the years. One of them went to summer school during college with my aunt. They went to Colorado and took Horseback Riding and Sociology. I understand that this allowed for quite a bit of time to drink a bit of Colorado beer and did not require a great deal of academic achievement on their part. So it was fun to hear some tales about when my mom and my aunt were young and not always the wise women I know them as... It's nice to know that everyone is young once, and that we all eventually learn from our youthful mistakes and grow up...
Since this was a city celebration, a parade was in order... Some of my cousins were invited to do a family float, since their dad's family came to live in Fal before or by 1911. My family was not invited to do a family float for the parade because my great-grandfather did not come to the area until 1913. Oh well. Just a little late... I'm sure that if he had known we'd be left out of the parade in 2011, he'd arrived sooner... :) just kidding. anyway... My sister was able to take my aunt to the parade, where they watched from lawn chairs. People that Auntie had not seen in a good while were able to stop by and see her and I think it lifted her spirits some.
One of the most interesting things about Falfurrias is that everywhere I have ever lived, I have met someone that is either from Falfurrias, or is related to someone who is... It's really uncanny. My endocrinologist's mother even went to high school in Falfurrias for a few years and was on the girl's basketball team with my Aunt in the 50's.... Then, she married a man that was the superintendent at a small West Texas school district where my aunt coached for a year. It is such a small world...
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