If Life is Making You Lonely - You Can Always Go DOWNTOWN...

On Monday [May 11th], our 52nd anniversary went without any celebrating outside the home...the first time EVER! The special day just blended in the week like any other day. Sad, but probably necessary. Maybe, like we promised ourselves, we'll make up for it when we can lead a normal lifestyle and go out on the town sometime. Hope it's sooner than later.

It's been very quiet around Hootin' Anni's abode here of late. Crocheting a bit, reading [by the way, I had to go to Walmart and purchase this...Sandra blogged about] -at least I think this is what she bought-[a pillow pad], yard work, and doing a lot of napping during the day. It's a bit boring right now. Ya, I have gone for walks around the parks and on Mother's Day I drove to the islands. All in all - I think I've said this already...boring!!!!

The reason I had to buy me the pillow pad was because, the book I ordered and finally opened the shipping package, the book is the weight of a set of encyclopedias!!! And huge in dimensions. There is just no way I could hold up the book and read it for more than a minute or two. Now, with the pillow pad, it's doable! And, yes, I'm still the kind of person that wants to hold a book, not a reader. [I have a Kindle Reader, but the battery hasn't been charged in years, and it's just collecting dust. I bought it so I could buy the books that I wanted and the print was so small, so I could enlarge it to a print that was better and needed no reading glasses. Still, it's just not like holding a book in my hand and the odor of printed paper and old school reading. Take me back 20-30 years BEFORE Kindle, and I'm a happy reader.] Besides, I like to collect books as Bud does. We've had a special room since the beginning of our marriage...a library. I like going into the room with shelves and shelves of books at my disposal, to sit back in my over-stuffed chair and READ while holding a collector's item in my hand.  It gives me pleasure; not at all like holding a piece of plastic and clicking to turn the pages instead of turning actual paper pages.  With a Kindle is cold and too electronic, with a real book, it's warm and comforting.

I also went and walked downtown.  Just for a change of pace and scenery.  I ended up at my usual park, but while walking in the area, I took photos of a partial part of the skyline and the city/county buildings near the park...

county courthouse


high-rise buildings looking toward the bay from the courthouse


Central Library [adjacent to the park I frequent]


Our church [Catholic] -on the bluff. It's on a hill, looking down to Corpus Christi Bay and Shoreline Drive.

The Sky view of the Historic Blucher Home [1800s] [now a bed and breakfast]. The Blucher family donated the property across the street from the home for a central city park with the stipulation it must be kept as a bird sanctuary [Mrs. Blucher was an avid birder].

At the front entrance to Blucher Park, the city and Audubon society constructed a Chimney Swift structure. They nest ONLY in chimneys!!!

Later, on another post, I'll share some scenes of the park...