Home from a week in the Lone Star State. We went to visit Jerry's daughter, Julia and her family in McKinney, about 30 miles north of Dallas, and then to spend some time with Jerry's son David and wife Michele, in Arlington. Barely made it out of the Metroplex.
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| Julia and her granddaughter, Addison, met us at the airport |
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| Spoons Cafe in historic square, downtown McKinney |
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| In Spoons Cafe: Love it! |
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| Lots of upscale shops in the square. Managed to resist a $65 baby dress |
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| The former courthouse, now the McKinney Center for the Performing Arts |
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| In the Performing Arts Center: A Doo Wop group, "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," four women of a certain age in circle skirts, petticoats, and saddle shoes. Note flags: At the end, they sang the hymns for all five military services. (No escape--a stern usher stood guard.) |
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| Lots of Lone Star flags and pick-ups, very few Priuses |
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| Addison on a shopping spree for clothes at Target. A girl's gotta to have some duds, and besides, her first birthday was coming up. |
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| Checking out her haul... |
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| ..to be wrapped up in pink tissue paper |
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| Julia and Jerry at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary | |
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A trail sign warning of copperhead snakes. We saw none, thank God.
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| After a family dinner: Addison with her parents, Amanda and Matt |
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| Four generations: Jerry, Julia, her son Matt, and his daughter, Addison |
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| It's still Texas, after all |
Tomorrow, Part II: Art, the Titanic, and What's Really Under a Bustle?
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