Cemeteries, cemeteries, cemeteries .... !!!

We have found 7 small, old cemeteries in the country in this area and some are a mess like this one ... overgrown grass & weeds and thistles. I can't seem to talk John into bringing along a weedeater though! He says he has enuf to carry with a broom, cornstarch, pruners, scissors, small shovel!!

In a field next to another cemetery was this antelope and, no, that's not snow ... it's a harvested cotton field.

And still another cemetery had lots of lantana around some of the graves - I love the colors. John had to prune alot of them - they get pretty thick.

.... and a flowering cactus.

For the past few days we've been working on the city cemetery in this little town of Loraine, Texas - probably about 2500 burials there so it'll take us a few days! Alot more in the cemetery than living in the town!!

We stumbled onto this little cafe in town ... I say stumbled because there's no sign saying it's a cafe but we kept seeing alot of cars in front and one day the door was open & it looked like tables with people sitting at them, so we peeked in. Sure enuf it was a cafe that seats about 30. They have specials every day (open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) or you can order sandwiches. We had cubed steak (real steak) with gravy, REAL mashed potatoes, corn or beans, bun, a drink and .... home-made peach cobbler with ice cream. All for $6.95. So gooooooood.

This is the sign beside John's shoulder!!!! Hilarious!!! Or maybe they're really serious.

Also, in the cafe we asked one of the patrons for directions to one of the cemeteries we were having a hard time finding. He happened to know all about the area & spent about an hour talking cemeteries with us!! And he's also a "witcher" and locates bodies in old cemeteries and he's been asked to do just that many times. We exchanged cards and his said his name is "Texas Red" and he's a "Texas Gunslinger"!! Interesting fellow.