Mom's fideo...

... (or vermicelli - for those uninformed) ... was so well timed when I went to San Antonio to pickup a generator from my brother. It was good to sit with my Mom and Dad over a hot plate of home cooked food for the first time since the power went out in the wee hours of the morning as Hurricane Ike rolled through the 4th largest city in the United States.

Nopales anyone?

Among the beautiful plants at my Mom and Dad's house is this healthy nopal plant.  For those of you who may not be familiar with them, they are a succulent cactus that is edible, and a great breakfast complement with scrambled eggs and red chili powder (maybe a few onions cooked in there). [I'm getting hungry already]  

They are so good!

Mom is fixing us a meal of tasty venison! O yum!

I went by the house to visit mom and dad, and I got a treat!  Dad had venison stored up from hunting season. It tasted sooo good. 

Galveston. TX

Mom & Dad came to the SilverLeaf Seaside Resort on Galveston Island this week for a much needed time of rest. My sister and I visited, and others of the family are hoping to come as well through the week. Mom will celebrate her 70th birthday next weekend, if God wills, and more of the family will be going to Slumber Falls for that celebration as well. I was able to visit for a few brief hours and woke to see my first sunrise in a long time. I enjoyed the rest overnight (I always rest well at the coast for some unexplained reason. It's good to be close to family again.