Week-end Fun

Shopping at Karma Leon

Yesterday, (the last Saturday in September) was the last Houston Street Fair in downtown San Antonio. “Lead the way” Moye said and I gladly made a beeline for the booth called Karm Leon. Claudia and Sandra were actually hand sewing some of their amazing cuff bracelets. That made it even more special knowing that we were shopping as locally as it gets…..no imports for us today. It ended up being kind of a late night for us. We had dinner with our friend Martha at the White House Cafe in Floresville. I am just now getting ready to go for a run and it is already 9:00 and it is HOT. I will add more photos later to this post, but click HERE to see what Leicaman has to say about the Fair.

The Best of the Fair

I was thrilled to see that they had bins to recycle cans and plastic!!!!!!!

Look, Mom.......recycling bins in downtown San Antonio

We had some water, but after a few days of fall weather, Saturday was hot, so we went into the Marriott to cool off  and enjoy some botañas……

San Antonio Stroll

Cerveza con hielo, por favor?

I had to say hi to my mallard friend. I gave him a few corn nuts from the bar……

He's wishing I would fall in...Quack Quack!

My 300mm man

This was the last Houston Street Fair, but the Floresville Peanut Festival is just around the corner and Christopher will be here to watch his younger brother Peyton ride in the parade on Saturday as a Duke representing Sacred Heart School!!!!! Lagrimas, muchas lagrimas !!!!!

WOW From Karnes City

 

WOW getting some beauty rest

We stopped by the cattle barn to see WOW taking a rest before his unhaltered class at the South Texas Longhorn Association Show held  on the first Saturday of the San Antonio Stock Show. We missed seeing his performance in the unhaltered class for steers, but we are sure he was stellar as usual. It was great to meet the beautiful Dr. Joyce Kimble and to see her beautiful daughter Dr. Joyce Kimble O’Brien and her handsome husband Sean O”Brien.

Sean O"Brien and Dr. Janice Kimble O"Brien

Houston Street Fair in San Antonio, Texas

 

There is my crazy sexy husband

I found out how to recycle all those used wine corks

Start saving all those corks!!!!

 

 

wonderful Mariachi band

 The Houston Street fair in downtown San Antonio is held on the last Saturday of the month. This month the theme was Christmas. The crowd was not so huge. Lots of cute little kids having fun!

 

Ride 'en cowgirl

 

Soooooo tempting

 

Law enforcement

     

World famous Photographer

Texas Flag

Hi Santa

This is a great family place to go on the last Saturday of the month. There were SO many nice people selling jewelry, T-shirts,toys and just about everything you could imagine. The live music ranged from mariachis and country to rock. It was all great. We bought a CD for Peyton and he loves it. They had a ski slope with snow and bungy jumping (no thanks!)  I talked to Santa and told him that I wanted a Longhorn for Christmas. He said “Ho, ho, Ho I just rode here on one this morning!  I am giving Rudolf and the other reindeer a chance to rest up for Christmas!” Sure enough, BINGO the cutest sweetest Longhorn in the world was there!!! Here are some of the pictures of the festivities.

Roper

 

sounds good

 

We bought a CD called Sweet Disaster by Nate Davenport

 

www.segcitysanantonio.com

Carrot nose

This ski slope is available for parties

Snow in San Antonio!!!!

 I could tell that Bingo remembered me……..Longhorns are so smart! We saw Bingo and his buddy Tator Tot in the Floresville Peanut Festival Parade in October and here they were again! I missed seeing Santa Claus riding into town, that must have been SO cool!!!!  Greg gave me a boost up on Bingo and we talked about some of the gentle cows and steers that he has on his ranch in Bulverde. The ranch is called Saving Grace. I can just see us next year at this time with our little herd of Longhorns to spoil!!!!!

I LOVE this guy!!!!

 

Happy trails to you until we meet again!

We had fun looking at all the arts and crafts. Tom bought me a bracelet for $3.00. Michael McMahon had some beautiful jewelry.A local author and illustrator had some great children’s books for sale. Her name is Mary Borgia. Tales of the Texas mermaid is about a girl that gets her legs stuck in a cowboy boot. The tale is told by Blarney a Texas Longhorn. How could we resist such a great book and the beautiful author was there to sign it for us!

 

Book signing by San Antonio author/illustrator Mary Borgia

Next stop was a tatoo artist. Tom helped me decide which one to get. There were so many great ones to choose from!

A horse, of-course!!!!

Longhorns And Bluebonnets

I just picked up an incredible Giclee of my painting…… I did not have to worry about the care and consideration of my cherished paintings! I could hardly tell the original artwork from the reproductions. I can go to HEB and get copies of snapshots, but this process is just incredible!!! The print is done on the same paper that I use for my originals and it is even more archival than most surfaces that artists use. I can put my originals side by side and they are so comparable it is awesome. it is not expensive and I love being able to share my artwork with my friends and family without giving up my originals……I did some price shopping and also checked out some mediocre labs and this is what 

Giclee of Longhorns And Bluebonnets

I found out….

 

ALAMO PHOTO LABS,INC in San Antonio,Texas ROCKS!!!!!!!!!

3814 Broadway

San Antonio, Texas 78209   210 828-9079

Fancy Seeing You Here !!!!

 

Bingo & Me

Good news, bad news……the good news is that I saw my Longhorn  buddies Bingo and Tator Tot at the P-Nut festival in Floresville. These little angels shared my snow cone and gave me an awesome ride down to the courthouse to see the giant peanut. The bad news is that Bingo is for sale and I want that guy !!!!! The first thing I will do is take the ring out of his nose and ride him home….I think that ring might be the reason that he is so laid back, not sure but I will find out soon.

 

The first time I met Bingo

This was our first encounter at the Houston Street Fair in San Antonio. It was love at first sight for me and I really think that Bingo remembered me when I saw him in Floresville at the Peanut Festival.

Floresville Peanut Festival Parade

 

Judge and Mrs. Marvin Quinney

Floresville Peanut Festival Parade

 

The King and Queen of the Peanut festival

 

Floresville High School Band

Levi Campos

The weather was perfect…….The band played awesome and it was a treat to see Palin,mMcCain and Obama having such a great time in Floresville!!!!

Purple Rain

 

Me And My Girls

My Sheltie following faithfully, a little scared of the water and my Pomeranian dashing off after a seagull……..

Oil painting on canvas

Baby Blue By Dana Parish

This is an oil painting that I am working on. It is on canvas. The original is 8×10 inches.

Julian Onderdonk is coming to the Witte Museum in San Antonio, September 18, 2008. Not Julian himself, but his wonderful Texas landscapes will be there and so will I. I may get arrested for drooling on them, but hey, I have friends in low places that will bail me out. He has inspired me to paint in his incomparable impressionistic way, as Andrew and Jamie Wyeth continue to inspire me to paint detail and honest realism.

oil painting on canvas by Dana Parish

Buenas Snowshoes

Here’s a natural born skier. I wish we had a ski resort in Texas back when our sons were learning to ski and  snowboard. We are looking forward to checking out Bearfire Resorts in Fort Worth. Scheduled to open in the fall of 2009. It will consist of a made made mountain constructed  from steel and concrete. the skiing surface will be made of “Snowflex” a surface designed a decade ago. It is similar to Astroturf, lubricated by misters and it has a foam padding underneath to cushion a fall. I like that idea. It may not be real snow, but it’s not as slippery as snow.  Olympic athletes train on Snowflex year round. If it’s good enough for them, it should be good enough for recreational skiers.

The Alligator Pond

The Texas Monthly article written in the July 2002 issue about the Alligator Man was heavy on my mind when I saw these laid back looking guys soaking up the sun. The story told of a character who operated a saloon with the main attraction being a pit of frenzied alligators situated out back. Patrons were entertained by cock fights and other disturbing activities. At that point, I skimmed over the details of the speculations concerning the missing barmaids, ex wives and anyone who the Bluebeard Of South Texas took a disliking for… The Honky Tonk and the alligator pit as well as the butcher/slash/bartender are long gone, but the alligators were donated to our very own San Antonio Zoo.