Fun on the Fourth

July was upon us before I knew it.  We are still holding our breaths and praying that our barn is completed in the next three weeks, and that the closing on the sale of our home in Volente happens as scheduled on July 20.  

But, in the meantime we have been busy.  A couple of weeks ago, a group of us celebrated Larry Tigner’s birthday at the Valley Mills Winery.  The Tigners moved to this area two years ago, and live on Red Dog Ranch just a mile down County Road 313 from our place.  A good time was had by all.  The wines were plentiful, and a scrumptious birthday cake was provided by Phyllis and Ed of Corner Drug Cafe in Clifton.  

Intermittent downpours on Saturday threatened the Cranfills Gap July 4th celebration, but held off for most of the day.  The Saturday night dinner, silent auction and “stretch” auction were well attended, and we did our part.  John bid on and won two bottles of Silver Oak cabernet sauvignon, which we look forward to enjoying.  The stretch auction is an interesting event.  For $10, you get as many tickets as stretch between your outstretched fingertips.  You then put the tickets in containers in front of each of the donated prizes you want to take home.  As the tickets were drawn, we were excited to win not one, not two, not three, but four of the prizes!  By the fourth one, I was so embarrassed that I donated it back for another lucky winner.  Great fun, though.  We look forward to next year.  

On Sunday…the actual Fourth of July, John smoked a pork butt and we invited friends and family to share it with us.  The Cash-Vanderbecks were there, along with Sunny, Tisha and Christian.  Buck and Sidney Thomason, neighbors from just down Hwy 219 toward Clifton came as well.  

I thank Sidney for the photo of Kathy and Tisha admiring Kathy’s goat-scrotum necklace, as well as the pics of Kathy and her sparkler below.  (And, if you want to hear the story behind Kathy's necklace, you'll have to call me.😅)

Sunny and Tisha had brought a plethora of fireworks, and we joined a number of others from The Gap in smoking up the high school parking lot and lighting up the skies after sunset.  

We may have stayed up past our usual bedtime, but it was well worth it!