Umbrella Today

Input your zip and see if you'll need your umbrella today.

Here's their answer to "Is it going to rain today in the Pampa area?"



Short and to the point!

(Not going to rain, huh? What else is new?)

(I seldom use an umbrella, and usually just look outside to see if there's a chance of rain, but...this is still a neat site.)

Input your cell phone # and they'll even send you a text message on the days you'll need your umbrella.

Umbrella Today

My Umbrella Matches My Heart

What Your Black Umbrella Says About You

When faced with adversity, you respond with authority. You don't let problems faze you. You are naturally powerful and commanding. People look to you to take charge. You are elegant and classy. You know how to always say and do the right thing. While you stand out, you also fit it. You thrive in a variety of situations. On a rainy day: you carry on as normal - a little bad weather isn't going to get in your way!

The Umbrella Test

I'll Be Around - The Spinners

Original recording dubbed over a recording of a live performance.

Scoreboard!

What a game.  Whew.   I couldn't bear to watch it at times.   I know I'm supposed to have faith, but...  Horror movies never scared me, but sometimes while watching Dallas play I have to cover my eyes.

I'm not nearly as big a fan of the Cowboys as I used to be, but there's two games...three if they meet again in the playoffs...I agonize over every year, and it's when the 'Pokes play the Eagles.    It's torture to watch them lose to Philly, but it's even worse to see the posts by Eagle fans in forums, particularly the Dallas fan sites.

I won't go into specific reasons, but let's just say Will Rogers never met an Eagle fan.

Family Tree Templates

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Family Tree Templates

The Lesson

This statue is in front of the Pampa Lovett Memorial Library; it's one of a pair that were dedicated Jan. 9, 2005. (blog post about the other, Pioneer Woman)

Here is a closeup of the plaque on the base:

The statue was done by Don Ray of Channing and is named "The Lesson".

A closer look reveals the superb detail:

To me, the woman looks tired, but glad to take the time to help educate her young charge:

I like the expressions on both faces, but the one on the boy's seems to be a combination of love and trust, almost an amazement at what the woman had been reading to him.

The boy is barefoot, and the attention to detail by the sculptor is evident, even in a part that might be overlooked in favor of others.

(and no, I'm not trying for the unintentional hits that this blog received from "My Sister's Feet" )

Stepping around to the back of the statue shows more of the fine detail that normally wouldn't be seen...

...even down to the slingshot in the boy's rear pocket.

From the library's website:

Gift of R. L. Franklin: The sculptures are dedicated to all those women whose service to family, church, and community has brought and brings aspects of American life to what was so recently in historic perspective a dangerous and daunting land. Four women of such acumen and industry are: Virginia Green, Louise Franklin, Betty Henderson, Annie Buckler.