<br><br>A Texas Blessing<br><br>Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry.<br>Please keep it cool in mid-July.<br><br>Bless the walls where termites dine,<br>while ants and roaches march in time.<br><br>Bless our yard where spiders pass<br>the fire ant castles in the grass.<br><br>Bless the garage, a home to please<br>carpenter beetles, ticks and fleas.<br><br>Bless the love bugs, two by two,<br>the gnats and mosquitoes that feed on you.<br><br>Millions of creatures that fly or crawl,<br>in Texas, Lord, you've put them all!!<br><br>But this is home, and here we'll stay,<br>So thank you Lord, for insect spray.<br><br>YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN TEXAS IN JULY WHEN...<br><br>The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground.<br>The trees are whistling for the dogs.<br>The best parking place is determined by shade instead of distance.<br>Hot water now comes out of both taps.<br>You can make sun tea instantly.<br>You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.<br>The temperature drops below 95 and you feel a little chilly.<br>You discover that in July it only takes 2 fingers to steer your car.<br>You discover that you can get sunburned through your car window.<br>You actually burn your hand opening the car door.<br>You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30 a.m.<br>Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, &quot;What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?&quot;<br>You realize that asphalt has a liquid state.<br>The potatoes cook underground, so all you have to do is pull one out and add butter, salt and pepper.<br>Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying boiled eggs.<br>The cows are giving evaporated milk.<br>You have to take out that 2nd mortgage on the house to pay the light bill.<br><br><br>

 

So true!! ;D I love this state!! ;D

 

Very Very True. Cant beat the Lonestar State.

 

<br><br><br><br>Amen to that. I wouldn't have understood all that until I lived here for a while. Now that I have, there isn't any place else I would rather be.

 

Sorry, but during the summer time heat, I would rather be in the Colorado mountains. I like Texas, but I have been to many more hospitable places that dont have 100 degree temps with 90 percent humidity.

 

June 27 5:26 pm the temp is 24c or 75.2F and the humidity is around 52% <br>Not too hot in the summer and not too cold in the winter...

 

Yes, indeed. Gotta love our natural air conditioning. Nice and comfortable. Got clear up to 76 today just south of WestCoaster. 8) 8)<br><br>~dave

 

All I need to do is look at this picture to remember why I love it here when it is 100* in the summer.



This was when we went to PA. for Christmas 2 years ago.
A car with Texas plates should never have that much snow on it.