Thursday, February 22, 2007

the UFO

Our first UFO? Terry saw it first driving back from Clifton about 8:15 p.m. and when she got home asked me to come out to look at the strange lights. They were relatively low and we had to move away from the trees to see. At this time it was west of us. It would move up and down in the same place and my first thought was that it had to be a helicopter. Only problem, no noise whatsoever. You can hear a helicopter from miles away. My first comment was that it was triangular in shape. I went back to the house and called our neighbor Vicki as I knew she would have a good view of it and it would be nice to have another eye witness. I asked her if it looked like a triangle. After talking to Vicki we got in the truck and drove west on 4195 for a better view. But the object came back over us to the east and was now over Gary mountain. We had to turn around and head back towards our place to see it. It was directly south of us from our house. No noise, just lights. This was now about 8:30 and our neighbor to the south heard the coyotes going wild.

I’m not saying I believe in UFO’s per se, but this was definitely an unidentified flying object to me. I couldn’t identify it.

When Caitlin got home we told her about it and the first thing she said was, “was it triangular?” “Must be the Texas Triangle UFO” Well I’ve never heard of such a thing so I googled it and sure enough there are numerous similar sightings. Even here in Bosque county.

CR 4195 PAVING PROJECT UPDATE!

I just spoke with Commissioner Jimmy Schmidt. As many of you have noticed the county has started work on our road!!! They are cleaning the ditches as a first step in the process to get it ready to pave. He said the work on CR 4145 has not yet been completed do to various delays. They currently have a vital piece of equipment in the shop being repaired, so they are using the down time to get started on our road. They will be pulling off 4195 to finish 4145 as soon as they get the piece of equipment back. It won't take long to finish their work on 4145, and he plans to move back onto our road upon completion.
Jimmy asked that we drive carefully and have patience as they will be working on our road for some time! He said "You will be seeing a lot of us in the near future!" Also, he asked that we let everyone on the road know what is going on. So, please pass this information on to our neighbors who do not have internet access!

Marvin Grelle

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

I'll try to learn to blog

Ok, I'll try to learn to blog... Ray, the "flying saucer in the western night sky" vanished soon after you called... Everyone keep getting those varmits and foxes and we'll get more chickens!

-- The Crockett's

Thanks to the "Big Guy"

Ray, this is a good idea. Will be posting some infomation and pictures soon. Need to learn how to use the site.

Glenn

Welcome Blog

Welcome to the new neighborhood blog! This should be a very useful tool. Good job Ray!

Marvin

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Fox


I'll go first. Here is a photo taken Sunday morning of a fox out in front of the house. I took this from our front window about 10:30 a.m. On Saturday we had some hunters who were in a contest get one fox from my upper pasture. They hunted the Grelle place as well. That's three we've taken in the past few weeks. We probably need to cull more. I'm looking forward to more fresh eggs from the Crocketts.

Ray McDonald

New Blog

I had the idea of setting up a blog for us for a while. With the garbage service changing so often I thought now is the time. This blog is for all neighbors who wish to participate and will be or not be successful depending on who and how often it is used. Think of this as our own local newspaper with all of as as reporters. Post news that would interest any of us especially happenings in the country side. Personal news is fine as well, let's hear about the dogs, kids, grand-kids, or family. I recommend subscribing to the blog. That way you will get any new posts in your own email. We need to sign each post as any of us can post and it may be confusing if we don't. Those of you unfamiliar with blogs feel free to ask questions. Some of us can help.

Log in: GaryCreekRoad@yahoo.com (can be all lower case as well-I think)
Password: CR4195 (CR in capital letters)

Ray McDonld