My New Nickname is Google

March 29/2018  Weather sunny, high of 82, low of 58.

Bluebonnets in Mason

We have a clear day after the storms and are heading north in search of Spring.  Spring in Texas is Wildflowers, especially the Bluebonnets.  The flower is prolific across the roadsides, the hills, the yards.  When it starts to bloom it is found everywhere.  Up till now we have only seen a few small patches.  Rain and 80's will make them pop.

Historic old barn and bluebonnets

Mason, Texas is an old fort town where the infamous soldier Robert E. Lee held his last post before joining the confederate army.  The Fort sits perched above  the town and leading up to it you see some historic old cabins and barns.  And......and.... and...... BLUEBONNETS!!!

Old Yeller and Travis

Now everyone who ever watched Disney on Sunday back in the sixties (yes that is us) did a big cry to the ending of Old Yeller.   Fred Gipson penned the novel from his home town of Mason back in 1956.  Spoiler alert:  Old Yeller defends the family, but he is bitten in the struggle before Travis(the young boy) can shoot and kill the wolf with the rifle.  After confining Old Yeller the young boy takes his first step to adulthood and is forced to put his dog down.   I want a tissue to mop up my tears just writing this.  What a classic movie.  At the Mason Library there is a statue of Travis and Old Yeller and inside the lobby they have many of Fred's books he wrote and some biography.  He was a country boy. 

Seaquist House

Snooping around town we found a cool old theatre from 1928 that is still showing movies and a beautiful old mansion that started ownership in 1886 with a Reverend and switched hands till the Seaquist's purchased it in 1929.  Since then it has been restored and opened to the public.    There are some good eats in Mason too, Cooper's BBQ and Willow Creek Cafe, little boutique shops where you always find the cutest things.  Billy found a coffee cup he thought he should have.....  Billy?????

My new nickname is Google?