Carol's Pond

  October 27, 2022 Carol's Dragon Fly Ranch Home of Carol's Pond Winter is coming and that is disgusting. I hate cold weather. One way I know old man Winter, alias jerkface, is just around the corner is that a Darter showed up on the pond last week. A darter is a type of cormorant and like a cormorant they can not fly when they are wet. They have to get out of the water and dry off. But so far I have only seen the one. As I write this there are 3 turtles on the log and one trying to get on. My other neighbors, Sam, Sam Jr., Samantha Jane and Baby Jane have been absent. Best guess is they are looking or are in their winter homes. It was 40 yesterday morning and that is too cold for man or beast. This past Monday on the 24 th , I had some heart test in Tyler, Texas. The preliminary report is that it is time for a pacemaker. Well people in Hell want ice water and don't get it and I will not get a pacemaker. Why? Simple, since 1981, I have had 15 surg...

October 3, 2022 Carol's Dragonfly Ranch Home of Carol's Pond. September was not a good month for me or my family and friends. Gene Voorhies and his wife Jane and I went to Indiana for a class reunion. There was also a family reunion on the 14 th . At the family reunion, my brother had a fatal stroke. Frank lived to get to the hospital and they tried but the stroke was too massive and did too much damage. He hung on for a week before passing. He was my only brother, and being 7 years older, taught me a lot. I do and will miss him. The class reunion was one of the best ever. The committee did a great job. Later, Rex