My Place: a CAT, Mahindra, and Ducks

[bindian]

The drought ended Thursday afternoon with 5 inches dumped in about 1.5 hours.

That gate in the corner was where I was standing when I took the photo above, when the pond was down 4 feet.
hugs, Brandi

 

[groundcover]

ducks said that was the best day ever !

 

[bindian]

The day before it rained cats and dogs, I took a roadtrip down to Galveston. I was only there for an hour. But it was an hour of history with the Battleship Texas, BB35, coming back to Galveston and drydock after 34 years.

The first 3 photos were taking from the railing at Fisherman's Wharf in Galveston. The last photo was sent to me and it was taken from Gulf Copper's Shipyard side on Pelican Island.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

ducks said that was the best day ever !

The ducks have a blast when the pond overflows. I have broken concrete down stream of the overflow culvert. At the level in the photo, white water is going out the culvert and over the broken concrete. The ducks get in a line and get into the white water to do what I call dumpster diving, as they float with the current. Then they repeat it all. The are a blast to have around.

hugs, Brandi

 

[Redlands Okie]

Neat pictures of the old Texas. Got to tour parts of it a few years ago. Would really be neat to be able to see more of it after the repairs.

 

[bindian]

I was 6 or 7years old on my first visit. I made sure to get my kids on the Texas before they got much older than that. Luke might have been 12 then. When he enlisted in the navy, he told the recruiter he wanted to be on a Iowa class battleship. The recruiter said we don't have any active Iowas'. To which my son replied............."None active today"!

When we last went, the engine rooms were blocked off. But now I am hearing they are installing lighting in the rooms. So hopefully, in about 1.5 or 2 years, we will be able see more of her. She'll be in drydock 10 to 12 months, then she sails to her new home on the upper Texas coast. I sure hope it is Galveston!

It's not too often you get to see the only WWI and WWII surviving battleship float by. So we plan on making it a family trip to see her come out of drydock next year.
hugs, Brandi

 

[oldballs]

Where was the Texas BB35 when Pearl was struck?

Thanks for the photos

Cheers,
Mike

 

[bindian]

Where was the Texas BB35 when Pearl was struck?

Thanks for the photos

Cheers,
Mike

Texas was in Casco Bay, Maine at that time, preparing to go on another Neutrality Patrol in the North Atlantic, watching for German U-boats.​

hugs, Brandi​

 

[bindian]

Got my girl new rear boots. I won 4 of them with Mahindra rims in a Big Iron online auction. Now I got to sell 2 of them.

hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Made some sawdust Saturday. Turned this 20 foot SYP log

into 25 2x6s.

hugs, Brandi