Success!

I don't really have anything to add, but wanted you all to know I finally figured out how to post!
Barbara

Judy Belle

This is so much fun! Jenna, Chad, and Jack have a blogspot which is what prompted Helen to get interested. This has prompted me to ask for a digital camera for my birthday. Wow! Is that really my house and yard? Here is the recipe for Ugly Cookies. Equal parts white chocolate, roasted almond pieces, walnut pieces, and dried cranberries. Get your nuts and crans together, melt the chocolate in the microwave, pour over mixture, and drop onto wax paper. I told you it was easy! Love you, Judy

65 Years On The Earth Reunion

At Judy's we talked about the Fall 2008 Reunion to celebrate our 65 years on earth. We decided that Austin is the best place because it is centrally located. Our week is the third week of October (which we chose a couple of years ago). That will be October 20 - 27. However I see that we can get special rates at some places in starting in November, so that may turn out to be the best for us all.

Barbara and I are checking on locations. Perhaps we will have a "spa experience" since this is a special year for us. We may have to spend more money than we are used to spending, if we want to go somewhere great!

If you have stayed anywhere near Austin that would be fun, let me or Barbara know your recommendation.

Mary and Barbara

From Annette's email

I have seen the blog and will try and comment later on. Loved it and I have never “blogged” before, so all new to me too. Tried to comment and did write in the space provided but then I had to go get a password and account with Google, etc and then when I did that it took me back to a blank comment section. Didn’t feel like repeating it all but may at a later date. Love to you all, Annette

I didn't know that you had to set up an account and a password to comment on a post. Sorry that you can't just post a comment without registering, but I think that this is a way to keep things that are posted 'appropriate' for our group and for the Blogger site to monitor postings. This all gets easier as you use it.
Mary

Carnivorous Pitcher Plants

Our stroll through the Pitcher Plants.

Judy's Bear

This is a bear they are raffling for the Cancer Society. They call it Judy's bear.

Pictures from Woodville

Judy's yard

I wish the rest of you had been with us in Woodville. It was so pretty. Such a quaint, friendly town with big pine trees, flowering dogwoods and unbelievable azaleas!

The Houston Part of the Reunion

What a great reunion! After a great visit at Judy's home in Woodville with such beautiful flowers, we were on the move. Helen left for Ft. Worth and five of us (Judy, Mary, Cathie, Jan & Barbara) drove to Houston for further education!

While we ate lunch on the patio at the Museum of Natural History, Mary found a Monarch caterpillar and kids to share the story. We also saw a Monarch in Tyler County.

We met Judy's friend Carol at the Museum of Natural History for a private tour of the special exhibit from Ethiopia, "Lucy's Legacy". We saw other cultural and religious things from Ethiopia as well. She also led us through an exhibit on Leonardo Da Vinci. Carol was a great tour guide.

Thursday night we had dinner at the Grand Lux -- Linda Bromley and Sandy Jones joined us for dinner. We all had a chance to catch up on their lives.

The waitress was interested in our reason for being in Houston and had the chef make a dessert plate special.

Friday morning we had a tour of Bayou Bend, the Ima Hogg Mansion. Ann Hodges on the left was the docent. We learned a lot about antiques, furniture and art.

Luckily we saw the azaleas in Woodville because the gardens at Bayou Bend had already bloomed.

We ate lunch at Otto's across the street from Bayou Bend. Ann Hodges said they were going to tear down this icon of Houston soon and suggested we enjoy a hamburger before it was gone. She mentioned that Bush 41 liked to come to Otto's and had they catered events for him.

Then it was on our way to San Antonio, Midland, Huntsville, Woodville, College Station and Austin. Wish you could have all been there. It's so great to see old friends and catch up on each other's lives. Thanks to Helen for getting us interested in a blog and to Mary for setting up a blog we can all post on. How neat! Now you can all see what went on at the 2008 reunion in Woodville.

Judy, We had a wonderful time at your house this week. The beauty of Woodville was glorious! Those azaleas! How did you get them all to bloom for us? Thank you so much for all the driving--I had never before seen all of Tyler county in one day! Really, the trip to the pitcher plant bog was a real treat for me as a biologist. That is the first time I have seen carnivorous plants in the wild.

Jan, thanks for leading the trip to Houston. You got us where we needed to go. I loved seeing Lucy and the Ethiopian treasures.

Barbara, thanks for the yummy toast/grilled veggies. And I am glad we got to see you, Sandy and Linda. The meal at The Grand Lux was stupendous!

Cathy, thank you for taking me with you in your car. You are a great chauffeur and I really enjoyed the Tom Clancy book that we listened to.

Helen, you are a wonderful blogstudent and you get an A+ for your project!

Everyone else, wish you had been with us!

The Azaleas in Woodville are in full bloom and are beautiful. We took a long drive with Judy as our tour guide and shopped all the quaint stores as well as many nature sites.

Circular drive

Judy and Huntley have landscaped their beautiful yard. This picture was taken looking from near the house, looking toward their front driveway.

I took a few pictures of Judy's house and yard. She welcomed us with a beautiful spray of dogwood's on the front door.