There are 15 new styles of Texas license plates available to Texas motorists. So get ready to show your support for your favorite school, sport, hobby, charity and/or occupation. The plates are available at www.myplates.com.
With 27 parks in Abilene that cover over 1,000 acres, I knew I had better wear some comfortable shoes for this task. For the sake of this blog I'll clear the air on this, Abilene has playgrounds for young and old alike. and not all the playgrounds have swings, teeter-totters, merry-go-rounds and slides. Some feature water works and/or statuary or large art sculptures and areas that offer a place to relax. There is even a playground for dogs.
Put your dancing shoes on and head to Ennis, Texas. Celebrate the National Polka Festival on Memorial Day weekend, May 27-29. It's 45th annual National Polka Festival. if you're a polka fan you can listen and dance to polka music all weekend long.
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas all have a problem with illegal aliens finding their way across the border from Mexico and causing problems here in the states. However, the federal government hasn't seen fit to build a wall between the countries to help solve the problem. Arizona has now come up with a great plan and it won't cost the federal government a penny.
Wildfires are burning across our state and many of them have been right here near Abilene. If you live in this area then you have stepped outside and smelled the burning brush, seen the haze over Abilene and your car is probably covered in a thin layer of ash. A homeless man in Austin has been arrested for starting a fire that burned 18 homes.
The NASA space shuttle program is about to come to and end, sadly. The retired shuttles will have new homes, but Houston is not one of them.
I have heard from a couple of my friends that have hunted with Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, that nothing, and I mean nothing gets in the way of Blake Shelton's deer hunting. Check it out.
While watching the Texas Longhorns and the Kansas Jayhawks battle it out this past weekend on the court, I remembered a You-Tube video I once saw and wondered if this kid is a Jayhawk. Check it out after the jump...
