Road Trip to South Padre Island

by | Jul 26, 2020 | Bright Lights

We  chose the hottest week of this summer to make the two-day trip down to the southernmost tip of Texas to play in the water and eat lots of shrimp and fish at South Padre Island, across the causeway from Port Isabel. All three families-us, Caroline’s, and...

South Padre Island 2016

by | Jun 14, 2016 | Bright Lights

We had so much fun at South Padre in 2011, the decision was made to go back and try it again. So we did. Let me share some pictures of the things we enjoyed while there. We visited the new birding and nature center that just happened to be across the street from our...
Ingrid’s Custom Hand Woven, Inc.

Ingrid’s Custom Hand Woven, Inc.

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Bright Lights

if you are in the area of the Texas Hill Country, I suggest you take a little side trip to Paint Rock to see what I fear is a dying art once done by hand-taking fleece, cording and spinning it into yarn, and weaving the yarn into rugs. Beautiful, one of a kind rugs....