Posted on 02/20/2006 9:35:01 PM PST by Billie
A bit on the 'braggy' side today, ain't we? : )
Great thread, great state, terrific graphics, and, yes.....I read the whole thing. LOL
BTW, this Missouri boy has no desire to be a Texan. : )
Sssshhh. Can you hear it?
"That's 10."
"That's 20."
"That's 30."
"That's 40."
Forever into the night.
Them cars ain't growed a lick since I been watchin' 'em mosta muh life! Whadder they feedin' 'em, anyway?
Why, yes, Ma'am, I am!
Loved your little animation slide show up above the "Dubya Walkin'" one - it has my birthplace, my marriage place and one of my job places all in one little neat package!
I'd like to add ... This is Texas ... the Lone Star State of Texas ... this is the Giant ... Land I Love!
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Just like a sleeping giant sprawling in the sun,
In one great hand the Rio Grande
In the other, Galveston.
Where oil wells laugh at angels
And buzzards wheel above,
This, then, is Texas--
Lone Star State of Texas.
This, then, is Texas--Land I love.
My ma was born in Dallas, Father in Ft. Worth.
You can bet your boots I got my roots
In the good old Texas earth.
Just see the silver dollars
Falling from above.
This, then, is Texas--Lone Star State of Texas
This, then, is Texas--Land I love.
God made these lonely acres where I ride alone,
But the devil cursed this land with thirst
And he bleached it like a bone.
One day a wild tornado
Next a gentle dove.
This, then, is Texas--Lone Star State of Texas
This, then, is Texas--Land I love
Song Title: Giant
Music-Dmitri Tiomkin
Lyrics-Paul Francis Webster, 1956
HOWDY ((((BILLIE)))!
Hughs from a MARYLAND GAL!
;o)
A little town called Houston. Some people have heard of it.
;-)
More than 4800 trail riders are heading into town right this minute, to converge in Memorial Park Friday for a hootin' and hollerin' good time.
Friday is GO TEXAN Day, where everyone wears Western wear - EVERYONE!
Check out the Trail Ride routes and stops - if they're coming through your town, go out and wave "Howdy!" to these hardy souls who've braved freezing temperatures and rainstorms just to come to our Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Parade this Saturday!
Then come on down and ...
I did get to be home during Lynrd Skynrd's appearance at the rodeo last March, though. Got to go to the pig races and livestock show and all of it.
And no, we couldn't resisit the urge to yell "Freebird!" during Skynrd's concert. ;-)
A German artist named Ludwig Bemelmans once visited far West Texas, exploring its forbidding but majestic mountains and barren desert, and afterward said: “It is what Beethoven reached for in music. It will make you breathe deeply whenever you think of it, for you have inhaled eternity.”
He said; “Never ask a man if he is from Texas. If he is from Texas, he is going to tell you. If he aint, your just going to embarrass him”.
A simply lovely thread Billie in EVERY way possible. Great material, factual & fun. Great Graphics. GREAT/GORGEOUS presentation from deep in the heart of Texas.
After living in Houston for two years I fell in love with the state. Only left as I had a "better job" offer in Charleston(as fate would turn out never materialized as my short time to help mom here "first" turned into a decade plus.)
I loved San Antonio & "my beach" was a quaint fishing area with closest community being Matagorda. I DID have to go to see "southfork" as I was a Dallas addict during it's years of glory. I traveled to DFW in 2002 to be part of the Billy Graham crusade & just relished in lunch & a shopping spree at Neiman Marcus.
MOVIE ADDICT THAT I AM.. I must recommend recent movie Glory Road about a touching story about a Texas college football team from a few years back
ah.. let's change the word FOOTBALL to BASKETBALL in prior post!
That's Right (You're Not From Texas)
You say you're not from Texas
Man as if I couldn't tell
You think you pull your boots on right
And wear your hat so well
So pardon me my laughter
'Cause I sure do understand
Even Moses got excited
When he saw the promised land
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
See I was born and raised in Texas
And it means so much to me
Though my girl comes from down in Georgia
We were up in Tennessee
And as we were driving down the highway
She asked me baby what's so great
How come you're always going on
About your Lone Star State
I said that's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
Oh the road it looked so lovely
As she stood there on the side
And she grew smaller in my mirror
As I watched her wave goodbye
Those boys from Carolina
They sure enough could sing
But when they came on down to Texas
We all showed them how to swing
Now David's on the radio
And old Champ's still on the guitar
And Uncle Walt he's home with Heidi
Hiding in her loving arms
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
They're OK in Oklahoma
Up in Arkansas they're fair
But those old folks in Missouri
They don't even know you're there
But at a dance hall down in Texas
That's the finest place to be
The women they all look beautiful
And their men will buy your beer for free
And they'll say that's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
So won't you let me help you Mister
Just pull your hat down the way I do
And buy your pants just a little longer
And next time somebody laughs at you
You just tell 'em you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
"Anyone that can survive our heat in an un-airconditioned car deserves at LEAST an honorable mention! LOL! Come back to see us some time!"
In true Texas form...I am hereby obligated to state I survived in an un-airconditioned car while very pregnant-
when the back window broke on a trip to Corpus Christi.
And I made a few new Texans ; )
(not in the car, mind you LOL!)
(cain't say they was lil' Texans, neither, 'cause they wasn't!)
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