IMAGE TAKEN FROM “THE BEND” MAGAZINE
Corpus Christi is getting ready for the solar eclipse on October 14 around noon with an opportunity to view the ring of fire. Viewing parties are being held at libraries, bars, the downtown bayfront. the flight deck of the USS Lexington Museum, backyards and front yards. Happy viewing wherever you are!
Photo by Husband
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Welcome fall!
From Elizabeth’s at the Art Museum of South Texas; credit unknown
I saw this photo on the Facebook page of a restaurant, Elizabeth’s at the Art Museum of South Texas. The photo was taken inside the restaurant with the mirror reflecting the interior and the USS Lexington Museum across the way. The Art Museum of South Texas is located right beside tihe Corpus Christi Ship Channel and offers views of ships coming in and out of the port. Often one can catch a dolphin playfully breaking the water.
The restaurant is located inside the museum and is available even if you are not visiting the museum. The menu is Mediterranean-inspired and the Turkish coffee is excellent!
PHOTO BY SON
“SWEET FARRAH” by artist Krystal Cook
This is one of six new murals in downtown Corpus Christi as part of Mural Fest 2023 held in June. The quote at the top right hand corner reads : “Every day is a good day, just some days are better. – Farrah Fawcett” The traffic light and palm tree distract a bit to me, but it is a colorful addition to the downtown area.
Below is a part of the description of the mural on the plaque next to it on the lower left.
This artwork commemorates the late Farrah Fawcett, celebrating her talent and the vibrant city she hailed from. Born in Corpus Christi on February 2nd, 1947, Farrah attended Ray High School before becoming an award-winning actress and beloved international icon. The mural portrays her using black and white imagery, blending her. classical aura with modern elements. Surrounding her are Texas wildflowers, emphasizing the beauty of her hometown.
This is a photo of my mother and my two older sisters taken on the sands of North Beach in the summer of 1936. North Beach is a part of the city of Corpus Christi. Access to it then meant crossing the ship channel via a draw bridge. It would have been an eighty-mile drive for my parents from the small town of Freer eighty miles west.
There was a permanent carnival that went almost to the water’s edge with many attractions and rides like a Ferris wheel, Tilt-a-Whirl, bumper cars and the merry-go-round my mother and sisters were posed in front of. The midway offered cotton candy and candied apples and the usual games hawked by carnival barkers. The sound of the waves competed with the sounds of the carnival. Going back there years later as a child with my parents in the 1950s, I thought it was a magical place infused with the scent of the sea. Maybe I still do.
The carnival is gone now and the attractions are different. The USS Lexington Museum, a WWII aircraft carrier. is docked not far from where this photo was taken. Further down the beach near the ship channel is the Texas State Aquarium.
I live about ten miles from North Beach.This is a Desert Bird of Paradise (Caesalpinia gilliesii) in our backyard that I grew from a seed I planted in the spring of this year. I was surprised that it was blooming by the end of the summer.
It was hit hard by three nights of a hard freeze and lost all of its leaves. I was afraid it would not come back because it was not well established yet, or so I thought. This “Pretty Bird,” as I call it, has already put out new growth! I think it was be fine as long as we don’t have another hard freeze.
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Photo by Husband
Husband and I send holiday wishes to everyone! We celebrated the Winter Solstice with a fire and champagne at Briar Cottage. May 2023 bring peace, joy, prosperity, hope, good health and new adventures!
We planted three Mexican Butterfly Weed plants in the backyard and babied and watered them through the hot dry summer. This week we saw our first Monarch butterfly visit. I hope we have more stop by on their journey south to Mexico this fall and again in the spring when they head north.
Photo by Husband
H. R. M Queen Elizabeth II
Husband taking photo of yard sign he put inside the window of our front bedroom that serves as his office also.
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