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he tree that seems to have solved the squirrel problem the variety of birds visiting the feeder has surprised me our very first one was an adorable black crested titmouse he hasn t been back since that first day he must have just been passing through but he was absolutely adorable and i m so happy he came to pose for my very first picture black crested titmouse below are a few more of my birds house sparrow carolina chickadee lesser goldfinch northern cardinal male now to dispel the belief that eating like a bird means eating sparsely here is a picture of one of the plump white winged doves who would have no probelm emptying the feeder all by himself in fact thanks to the doves i m out of seed right now first thing tomorrow i ll have to make a run to the tractor supply store to restock posted by linda judd at 2 29 pm no comments sunday october 5 2025 amtrak to dallas with kay my friend kay has been through a lot lately so i asked her if she d like to get away for a couple nights i suggested taking amtrak from temple to dallas and she agreed i booked a hotel just across the street from the dallas union station and made round trip train reservations departing on wednesday october 1 and returning on friday october 3 we hoped we could find nearby restaurants and places of interest that were in walking distance neither of us had ridden amtrak before so it was an adventure for both of us i knew the amtrak station was in the same building as the temple railroad and heritage museum which i had visited before but didn t know exactly where the ticket office entrance was so the day before our departure i drove downtown parked my car and started walking to the building to check things out and that s when i tripped on a curb and fell on my face yes again this time wasn t as traumatic as before linda s window my big fall but i really whacked my chin i got myself up off of the concrete and relentlessly pushed on to find the amtrak ticketing area before driving back home to ice my chin the ice by the way didn t do the job as my chin has turned purpler and purpler with each passing day refusing to yield to the embarrassment of a battered face kay and i were chauffeured to the amtrak station the next morning by dan we boarded our train which departed nearly an hour late our tickets were for upper level seating which gave us a pretty nice view of the mostly farming country between temple and dallas our seats were wonderful roomy and comfortable we were prepared for a long ride amtrak advertises the trip duration as 4 hours it takes 2 hours to drive by car but delays inevitably cause the train ride to be longer for us the first delay came just north of mcgregor when the engineer had to make an emergency stop so as not to hit a car hauler truck that was stuck on the tracks we had to sit for quite a while until the truck could be removed and our emergency brakes re set we were all grateful for the engineer s skill which kept the train from hitting the truck our second delay occurred in fort worth where we had to wait for another train to arrive so one of its cars could be added to the end of our train then we were on our way to dallas we arrived at union station sometime after 5 00 after we checked into our hotel and rested briefly we walked four or five blocks to a restaurant we had found on line called texas spice it was a great meal our eyes were bigger than our stomachs though we ordered a dessert bread pudding to split between us neither of us could finish our half and we both knew we shouldn t have indulged in dessert our full stomachs made walking back to the hotel a much harder task than our walk to the restaurant here s a photo kay took of me on that walk this was some kind of office building and it had a number of these giant skeletons in anticipation we supposed of halloween we were happy to be back at our hotel the holiday inn express dallas downtown before sunset we being small town gals in our 70s wouldn t have been comfortable on the streets of downtown dallas near the train station after dark we were happy to play a game of bananagram and watch a taskmaster episode kay s first time to watch that crazy program we had a great view out of our window photo below the hotel itself was in a building built in 1925 the room was tiny but very clean there were two double beds so was comfortable for sleeping and the bathroom was lovely but two of us trying to move around was a bit like playing tetris the next morning we rose early excited to explore downtown dallas on our only full day we had already decided to walk the four blocks to the texas schoolbook depository where the sixth floor museum chronicles the assassination and legacy of president john f kennedy across a large intersection from the museum we came to dealey plaza named for george b dealey longtime publisher of the dallas morning news in the 1930s dealey donated land to create the park which was opened in 1941 and named in his honor through the rectangular arches lies a view of the infamous triple underpass i ve added a label for our hotel onto this photo of a downtown map which is made of concrete and stands in dealey plaza as we passed by dealey plaza a man approached us and began giving us a very informative discourse on all aspects of the kennedy assassination we knew it was a pitch for money but we let him continue for 20 minutes or so i began to feel lightheaded so sat down on a nearby bench this is something i ve been dealing with for some time lightheadedness after standing still for any length of time i believe it s from my blood pressure dropping too low i promise to see the doctor about it soon even then our pitchman continued on as he wound down he offered to take our picture using my phone and we took him up on that finally he offered to sell us a multi page newsprint tabloid and we felt it was a good time to hand him some money and move on standing across the street from the plaza is the old red brick texas schoolbook depository if you look carefully at the picture below you will see one only one window that is half way open sixth floor on the corner that is a chilling reminder of that day november 22 1963 when lee harvey oswald sat behind that open window and aimed his rifle at president kennedy s motorcade by the time we had crossed the street and made it to the entrance of the museum my lightheadedness had worsened and i was afraid that i would pass out if i didn t sit down we sat outside the entrance in the shade of a tree it was about 10 00 am so wasn t too hot yet we eventually went inside where i bought a bottle of water i insisted we go ahead and explore the museum so we bought our tickets and rode the elevator to the sixth floor i ended up having to find some seating once again while kay took in the displays but after about 20 minutes i was feeling just fine so was able to take in an abbreviated tour of the museum i found this 3 d model 1 4 inch 1 foot of dealey plaza fascinating it was used by the fbi as they drew conclusions about the shots fired that day some of those conclusions were later proven incorrect the model was later provided to the warren commission for use in their inquiries the cords stretching from the open window are meant to indicate bullet paths the amateur photographer inside me was drawn to this display of the cameras used by the bystanders and the photos that they captured only one person abraham zapruder filmed the entire assassination his camera and well known images are shown in the second photo below here is the sniper s nest with its open window as seen from inside the area is enclosed in glass walls keeping museum visitors out preserved here is the place setting that was set and waiting for president kennedy at the dallas trade mart where a luncheon was to be held after the motorcade the seventh floor of the museum is reserved for temporary exhibitions what was featured while we visited was an exhibit called a child s eyes november 22 1963 it houses original crayon illustrations from a class of first graders in 1963 from prescott arizona showing how young children perceived the historic moment the photos below are a few of the displays when kay and i left the museum we strolled around a bit taking in a few other sights this is known as the old courthouse we could see it from our hotel room and wanted to go inside but discovered it is locked up tight and no longer in use this mobil oil pegasus sign used to sit atop the magnolia building since 1934 it was removed due to damage and a replica was installed this one the original was restored and now stands on a 22 foot oil derrick across from a restaurant where we ate dinner this log cabin sits near the courthouse commemorating the pioneers of dallas county a lovely city park we stopped here and rested a bit watching the dancing water fountains the two photos above are of the john f kennedy memorial it s a concrete box with a black granite slab in the center bearing the president s name in gold just across from our hotel was reunion tower it opened in 1978 is 561 feet tall and is topped with a geodesic dome of aluminum struts and led lights our trip home on friday was fraught with many amtrak delays our dallas departure was delayed to begin with then we spent unscheduled time sitting in fort worth and finally were stalled on the tracks near mcgregor because of a leak in an air hose that was another delay of 40 minutes or so while parts arrived and repairs were made the problem with those emergency stops is that the air conditioning is turned off which is miserable on a texas mid afternoon the seating though it looked the same as on our first train did not ride the same at all very uncomfortable we both decided we were glad to have had an amtrak experience but we d gotten it out of our system probably no future ones i ll always treasure the three days kay and i spent together she is such a special friend and we had lots of time to talk laugh explore eat and play games i ll be ready for another get away with her whenever she s up for it posted by linda judd at 3 22 pm no comments sunday december 29 2024 christmas 2024 it was a perfect christmas for the judds this year since clara now has a part time job at american eagle outfitters the family celebration needed to be in houston that was ok with me because it meant i didn t need to put up a tree or decorate our house i must be getting old i did however do quite a lot of cookie baking some of the french cookies went to friends here in temple and some traveled with us to houston on sunday december 22 tim drove from albuquerque to our house he spent that night with us and the next morning the three of us traveled in two cars to houston tim likes to have his own wheels while there so he can be a bit more independent as is our custom we had our big holiday dinner on christmas eve and since clara was scheduled to work that afternoon and evening we feasted at noon it worked out perfectly and the meal was lovely thanks to kelsey s delectable side dishes pasta salad sweet potato casserole green bean casserole hot rolls which accompanied the ham that i brought christmas morning started with kelsey s hot out of the oven monkey bread after breakfast the kids opened their gifts robert with zephyr in his santa suit afterwards i herded everyone into the family room for the gift giving activity i had planned which went like this each person was given a small plastic box with six jellybeans inside on the floor was a flock of paper bags of various colors matching the colors of the jellybeans everyone took turns going around the room eating one jellybean and then choosing and opening a bag of the same color the presents in the bags ranged from a candy bar to a 100 bill with many other gifts in between including gift cards and cash some gifts didn t fit in the bags so the bag contained a number which matched a wrapped gift a few of the bags had a werther s candy inside as well as the gift when someone found a werther s in their bag they got to wear a santa hat until someone else found a werther s and took the hat away when all the bags were gone the person left wearing the santa hat received an extra gift robert was that lucky one chris and kelsey s gift to all of us was a christmas afternoon outing to the movie theater to see wicked along with all the popcorn treats and drinks we wanted kelsey had already seen wicked and clara had seen it multiple times as well as having seen the stage performance more than once but they both wanted to see it again it was a good movie and the time spent together as family was priceless now i m looking forward to part two of wicked which will come out next year there was a fun photo booth in the mall we took a few pictures when the movie was over tim declined getting his picture taken we stayed thursday the day after christmas and then fairly early on friday drove home tim spent one more night with us in temple and then left on saturday he made it back home safe and sound by about 7 00 pm it s a gift to us that he takes the time and makes the effort to drive all this way every christmas to spend the holidays with family maybe the most wonderful gift was seeing chris strong and healthy again after his challenging months of illness surgeries and chemotherapy he has recovered although still has neuropathy in his hands and feet but he isn t letting that hold him back he walks almost every day usually around 5 miles for the month of december his goal was a total of 100 miles and he was on track to achieve that when we left on the 27th posted by linda judd at 2 40 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom rootstech insider badge european river cruise click picture above to begin the european river cruise daring bakers click picture above to see my daring baker challenges trip to inuvik click picture above to begin the trip to inuvik blogs i read alaskan red a lifelong alaskan learning about 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