April 28th and 20° outside this morning!!!!!

I sure do wish spring would finally get here. I was watering yesterday, and now all the hoses are frozen. Glad that the fruit trees were not in bloom yet, that would have been really frustrating to have happen.

Will really be striving to work hard on the house this morning, so much to pack up and take care of.



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Edward Jefferson [EJ] Bentley family reunion canceled

For the first time in probably over 50 years, the EJ Bentley descendants are not having a family reunion.

EJ Bentley had 8 children, and they would get together every summer in Texas, swap stories, eat good food, and play 42 with dominoes.

Now, we are scattered around a lot, the families are getting older, and we just don't seem to have the time together any longer.

What a shame in a way, but it is not really that surprising any more.

Hopefully we will be in TX ourselves next year, and can get together with the rest of the cousins & their kids. It might not be at the heart of Texas Baptist Encampment, but surely somewhere.

It really is the beginning of the end of an era in our familie history & geneology.

a Follower of the Way

April Snow in the mountains

Well we had a nice snowstorm blow through yesterday afternoon into the wee morning hours, which has left about 2" of fresh snow on the ground. Gotta love springtime in the high country.

This is good though, because I burned all the high weeds and grass off the front yard yesterday morning, and it will green up nicely with the brand new moisture. And if I had waited to burn, it is now too wet to do anything for another week or so.




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Flying on a smaller Jet aircraft ExpressJet

Flying ExpressJet from San Antonio to Abq flight 500 this morning. They have really nice service, and lots of snacks. As far as SanAntonio to/from ABQ, they are a really nice way to go. I wil recommend them to others, and asy that their planes & service are really good. I am glad I found it when perusing the Expedia.com website several months ago. They are going to give Southwest a run for their money, at least for the short term. Who knows how long they will last in the crazy airline world, but we will see.
It is a small to midsized jet, capacity of about 50passengers, and there are only 3 seats wide across the body. I wonder if they are looking to buy some of the jets being made in ABQ, by whats their name and expand their fleet. It sure beats the small turboprop planes that I flew in going to Kay & wiltons back when they lived in Mount Pleasant. That was a long time ago.
Rows 1 & 2 are across from the galley, and consist of one seat only. I was in seat 3B, and had the bulkhead in front of me, so no seats reclining all the way down inmy knee space.

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