So happy about the rain that has fallen down in #STL today! My yard REALLY needs it! #justsayin — Janice Person (@JPlovesCOTTON) September 4, 2011 That tweet is really easy for lots of people to understand. So much of the US has been drier than normal and high temperatures. We have all seen lawns like mine. The yard that seemed… Read More
South Texas Farmers Show Flat Stanley Around
Odem & Corpus Christi, Texas (1,258 miles from home) Dear Jake and the rest of Ms. Rorie’s class, We were thrilled Flat Stanley could come for a visit to Odem, Texas. About 2,500 people live in Odem. It is a little town near Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is on the Gulf of Mexico. Summers are hot and winters are mild. The wind… Read More
Flat Stanley Finds Out Brahmans are Big in Texas!
Nacogdoches, Texas (964 miles from home) A trip to a ranch means a lot of time outside helping with chores! That means a lot of photos of what Flat Stanley was doing while he visited MJ Brahmans in Nacogdoches, Texas. We’re putting the photos in a slide show and some along with the explanations so you can follow along! Flat… Read More
Sunflowers Always Make Me Smile
Sunflowers have an incredible lift to the spirit, especially when you take a whole field of them in at once with the most incredible late-day light with windmills in the background. Lots of photos!