Hearne, TX

It seems that there is almost a wreck a week, sometimes more on the section of Hwy 6 in Texas between Bryan-College Station and Hearne. The goal to help prevent this is to eventually have the highway to be divided all the way north to Waco. I am sure this will help cut down on fatalities but in the meantime I am sure there will be many more. We have already seen friends lose their daughter on this stretch.

Many of the accidents involve large tractor trailer rigs like this one that I came on last week. There is a small car you can't see ( that is behind the yellow Truck) that looks like an accordian. Also I had just past another accident on Hwy 6 that shut down both lanes for hours when a pedestrian was run over by a Rig. Recently I got behind a gravel haul truck that almost hit me . He was doing 90 mph with a full load. How would you like to get hit by That!!!!

Texas needs to hurry up and finish the construction on Texas HWY 6 .

I had done an earlier post about how we had finally decided to put in a water well on our home place here in RobertsonCounty. Well they finally completed the well this week and it went 475 feet deep. We put an over-sized pump on it and it really pushes the water through!Hopefully this will help in watering all the gardens and grass and save a few bucks on buying city water. In this economy every cent counts. We haven't tested the water for bacteria but will. If safe we may connect to the home itself. If you are considering a water well be prepared to spend between 7 and 14 thousand. Our original plans were for a Windmill ...but the costs were absurd. Maybe another day we will re visit that.

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The last " real Aunt Jemima" is buried near our home in Robertson County. Rosie Lee Moore Hall was her name, and she is buried in the Hammond Colony Cemetary near the Black Jack community just a few miles from Hearne Texas. Rosie was just one of several individuals that played the part of Aunt Jemima for the Quaker Oats Company. Many of us can recall her smiling face in the morning, on a box of delicious pancakes.

Interested in more? go read at : http://www.rtis.com/reg/hearne/HearneAuntJemima.htm

We have been waiting almost 6 months to get our water well started. The decision was made to put in a water well even though we have a community water system here where we live. But as my recent water bill indicated it is now too expensive to keep things alive in our yard so we hope this investment will eventually pay for itself. Somehow I have it in my mind that it would be nice to eventually put in a vineyard and that action will require some substantial water for sure. Nevertheless we are truly excited about this event coming to fruition. Hopefully the plants and animals will enjoy the non-chlorinated water. If we ever decide to drink it we could always add purification.

The job is a little messier than we imagined but I am sure it is all a necessary part of the well drilling process.

Have a prosperous week!

Trey

Each year now for the last 4 years our home is visited in the summer by swallows. Now the first time they decided to set up home on my front porch I wasn't real happy. Then I found out they are protected and that they are tremendous insect eaters including mosquitoes as part of their diet. Last year we allowed a nest to hatch and I actually watched all 4 young ones launch and take off. They all survived. This year there was a repeat with 5 babies and now we have 2 more nests ready to launch. It is slightly messy just for a short while and then it cleans up rather easy with a water hose. The nests are made of mud with a little grass. The babies are almost cartoon looking characters with over-sized heads and huge mouths that are usually wide open waiting for a mosquito or other tasty morsel These areonautic acrobats are the only birds I know of that can take off without floundering too much or hitting ground. Not good at our household as we have 4 cats who would love a grounding to occur!

Have a great week!

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