Texas State History Museum

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            Have you been to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin?  If you are a Texan you should have.  Native or Naturalized Texans should all visit this Museum.  I’ve been there before.  More than once.  But, ya’ll know how I roam.  High School Girlfriend wanted to revisit the Museum.  You see, they have a new exhibit.  “FORGOTTEN GATEWAY: COMING TO AMERICA THROUGH GALVESTON ISLAND”. High School Girlfriend’s grandmother came from Hamburg, Germany and landed in Galveston.

            Last Thursday we left the east bank of the Brazos river and headed west on Interstate-10 to Columbus, where we jumped on Hwy. 71 to Austin.  First stop, Hruska’s Bakery, at Ellinger, where we partaked on some kolaches.  Peach and Apricot for me.  Back on Hwy.71 heading to Austin.  Whoa, whoa, I pull off the Highway at LaGrange.  Weikel’s Bakery.  They have the best blueberry kolaches.  Well, might as well get a few more peach and apricot kolaches for later.  Onward.  We arrive at the Texas State History Museum about 10:30 am.  First thing, I want to go to the Texas Spirit Theater.  It’s great.  I’ve seen the feature presentation, “The Spirit of Texas” more than once, and love it.  The girl at the ticket counter suggested we wait until the noon showing because the 11:00 am feature was full of first graders.  Where is she from?  I told her I would pay extra to be in that theater full of first graders.  It was a blast.  Then High School Girlfriend and I approached the FORGOTTEN GATEWAY exhibit.  Two hours to take it in.  Charlie, it’s worth the trip.  Talk about Texas history.  And, it’s a history of immigration from the early 1800’s until today.  Yes, that exhibit really sheds light on immigration.  It’s an education worth seeing.  If I’m going to sell Texas Dirt, I’ve got to know as much as I can about Texas.  All true Texans should see this exhibit.  It’s now after 1:00 pm and we head over to have lunch at Hofbrau’s.  We both get the large t-bone steak.  High School Girlfriend gets her steak rare to medium, I get mine medium-well.

            After lunch we head back to the Museum where we see “Across the Sea of Time” in 3D at the Museum’s IMAX Theatre.  Lavern, do it.

            We get out of Austin before 5 pm.  Stop at Hruska’s on the way back to stretch our legs and use the facilities.  Hey, Hruska’s rest rooms can compete with Bucee’s.  Cross the Brazos River and home on the east bank before dark.

 

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Craig Dickson

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A picture is worth a thousand words!

These photos were taken last week. The 700 acres is located south of Waller, Texas on Penick road. The building is located on FM 529 just east of FM 359, we call it the café building because it started out as Carolyn’s Café. The new buyer said he is going to convert it to his machine shop. Also, last week, two offers on Redhorse Ranch near Columbus, Texas and now, an offer on 5 acres just off Interstate-10, Brookshire, Texas.

Chasing the Texas sunsets,

Craig

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Night Life ! Texas style.
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What are they laughing about? Animals love me. Last weekend I attended the Royal FFA Stock Show. AND, came home with the bacon.

Also attached is a photo of the Royal FFA officers. I knew it. I knew it. I knew that they would take over if we let them in. Back in the mid to late 60's I was a FFA student at Katy High School. Katy High had just integrated and we had a few Black American boys in our FFA class. But, girls weren't allowed. They were directed down the hall to the Future Homemakers of America. Well, not long after I moved up the Brazos they opened the Future Farmers of America to girls also. Well, they have taken over. Every officer in the above photo is a girl.

Seriously, when I look back at my High School days I realize that FFA was some of the best education I could of gotten to become an entrepreneur. I learned to sell, I learned to sell myself, yes I use geometry everyday, but if you wanted to put a pin on the class subject that I believe did the most to forward a successful career selling real estate, it would be FFA.

Craig J. Dickson

Day Trip

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            Last Monday Little Dixon and I took on the Houston Zoo.  Most of ya’ll know that I have a goal to take Little Dixon to every zoo in Texas.  He has a good start.  San Antonio and Houston under his belt (well diaper).  But, don’t think he is too young.  He enjoyed every minute, all 240 of them.  Dixon smiled, laughed and observed the whole time.  Let’s see we really liked the giraffes, baby and big daddy especially.  Then of course the primates put on a show, head lined by this huge orangutan.  The bat cave, oh the Komodo dragon, and Dixon especially liked the aquarium.  He loved the aquarium.  Where are the best public aquariums in Texas?  I’m taking Dixon to one of the best aquariums this June.  And of course, Dixon, is a Dickson.  We love to entertain.  We did our best for Cassie, Rachel, Charlie and complete strangers.  Dixon had a fan club, started at “The Eagles Nest”.  See attached photo.  Vern,  when was the last time you were at the Houston Zoo.  I recommend it.  Last Monday the weather was perfect.  This visit to the zoo reminded me of one of my early trips to the Houston zoo.  I believe I was about 4 or 5 years old and I was forever trying to catch those damn pigeons.  Chasing them endlessly!  Well, my mother was taking a 16 millimeter movie of me when I actually jumped up and caught a pigeon in mid air.  And, that was at the Houston Zoo.  Yes, Joan, Dixon and I chased the pigeons.  We didn’t catch any, but came damn close.  Dixon knows the object and I can’t wait for him to be more mobile.  I still have those movies somewhere.  Does anyone have a 16 millimeter projector I can borrow?  Some people who don’t really know me, I have to prove that I caught that pigeon.

 

            I’m up town.  I have a blog.  Go to www.TrueToTexas.com and pull up the TrueToTexas blog.  I have more photos there.  Check out the marquee.

 

            Between the rains, the Texas bluebonnets and 4 straight days on the stock market Dow Jones going up - - the real estate buyers have taken off their camouflage and are hunting prey.

            And, I’m hunting a unique Texas sunset 

 

Chasing the Texas sunsets,

 

Craig Dickson

craig dickson realty

www.TrueToTexas.com

 

Houston Zoo

Houston Zoo

Spring in Texas - Well, spring on the east bank of the Brazos. Yesterday, Little Dixon, Rachel, Charlie, Cassie and I went down to the east bank of the Brazos River for some photo ops with Dixon and the Texas Bluebonnets. One thing that makes these bluebonnets special is that I bought 5 pounds of bluebonnet seeds 20 years ago and planted a small sand hill. Now, well they have migrated and expanded. That 2.5 inch rain really helped.

Chasing the Texas sunsets,

Working girls !

Street sweepers... Sidewalk washers? Who are they?

It's raining all over Texas.

The Rainman !

Big Daddio and I are heading to the Houston Zoo.

Dixon

This is my test blog. Like fighting the rapids you have to make the right turns.