Favorite Place

30 Days of Thankful 2014 - Day 16 - FAVORITE PLACE

When I began thinking about my FAVORITE PLACE for this post, I kept thinking about one of my favorite songs as a child.  Long before DVD's or VHS movies, the major networks would air some of the classic movies once a year, like "Peter Pan" with Mary Martin, "The Wizard of Oz" and "Cinderella".   I loved them all, but especially loved Cinderella.   I thought Lesley Ann Warren was beautiful and her dress when she goes to the ball---Oh my!--Gorgeous!   My favorite song from the movie was "My Own Little Corner" and Kathy and I often sang it as we played and pretended.  It reminds me of those special places that you can be totally yourself and dream about the future.

(Just in case the embed doesn't work, here is a link to the video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xdn7nEhEZo)
Where is your FAVORITE PLACE?  Are you like me and have so many that it's hard to choose?  What makes it your favorite?

Exploring the Refuge

Wednesday evening, after work, Ron and I decided to check out the Red River Wildlife Refuge we'd recently heard about.  Located just over the Jimmy Davis bridge, I can't believe that I never even knew this place existed.  Of course, until recently, it was just donated land.  But it now boasts a beautiful new visitor's center



and a small lake  that was filled with cypress trees and birds.







We were the only visitors that evening and it was so peaceful and pretty.  The mosquitoes were thick, but so were the dragon flies.









There were even some frogs and turtles.



And as the sun began to set, the trees across the lake began to fill with white egrets.





We sat on the porch in rocking chairs for a while and just watched and then visited with the Center's volunteer, Nancy.  It was really nice and we plan to go back to check out the 7 miles of hiking trails around the lake.



On the way back, we decided to stop back by the movie set to see what was going on.  Filming in that location is now over, so we parked and got out to take a few pictures.





Being up on the decking brought out a security guard, who yelled to me with a laugh---"Keep shooting until I get there"!  He was really nice and explained that we could take as many pictures as possible as long as we didn't step onto the property.



As we turned to go, this beautiful sunset was ablaze in the sky.  So pretty!!

Meet the Family, Part One

Yesterday evening, Ron finally got a chance to meet Callie and I had a chance to meet his youngest son, Tyler.   Fortunately, nothing as dramatic as you see in the movies occurred, and instead we had a easy, comfortable time while visiting the movie set yet again (it's kind of addicting to see what's happening next).

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There were no explosions this time, but we did see/hear lots of machine gun attacks.





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It was hot, though, and since we couldn't get very close, we eventually left the small crowd that was gathered and headed to Johnny's for pizza and then home to watch the Olympics.

Sorry for the blurriness of this first one :
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Stayed tuned for part two, where I meet the Tyler's siblings and their families in the next couple of weeks.

Olympus Has Fallen

Yesterday, after work and a hand doctor checkup, Ron picked me up for a bike ride and run---his, of course!  ;-)   He was riding along Teague Parkway, so I brought my camera along to take pictures.







While he rode, I walked up the path a ways in order to get a better look at the "goings on" near Century Tel Center.  The movie business is still booming here.  The most current film in the works is "Olympus Has Fallen", featuring Gerard Butler and Dylan McDermott, and others.   For one of the sets, they have constructed a large replica of the White House along the parkway, just behind the Century Tel Center












We've heard that they are supposed to blow the thing up in the next day or so.  Wish I could see that, too, but the parkway is closed now until after the weekend.  With Barksdale right next door, there  were times when it certainly appeared that the White House was under attack from our own B-52's. 



Several of my friends have run into Dylan McDermott around town and had pictures made with him---they've all commented on how nice he was.   I look forward to seeing the movie in the theater in the future.

Later in the evening, some of the people in the running group were talking about this: http://www.ksla.com/story/19103935/shots-fired-at-clyde-fant-joggers-spd-looking-for-truck    
I'm glad we were not there, but it is so crazy!!!  Who does that?!?!