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Photo Friday, No. 596

Current Photo Friday theme: Large

Just down the road a way is Thompson’s Antique Center of Texas. It’s in the old Northwest Mall, where only a few of the original stores survive, and seven days a week you can browse through 108,000 square feet of everything old, valuable, vintage, quirky, and nostalgic from toys to furniture to jewelry, clothes to dishes to old signs.

I don’t know the story on this chair, but it’s HUGE–maybe seven to eight feet tall? My head came to around the arm of it. That crazy lamp to its left is also huge. BECAUSE IT’S TEXAS, Y’ALL!

A man and his sleuthing dog

Tonight there was a booksigning and gathering for fans of Dudley, the dog who’s the writer of The Dudley Files for Cary Robinson. At least that’s who Cary says writes this series. I think maybe he’s being modest, the same way he’d be if he knew I was praising him for all he does for Houston’s Homeless Animals. He is a hero for the voiceless, and many is the dog I’ve photographed on transport day because Cary became a passionate advocate for his or her rescue. Tom volunteers with him at BARC, and that only scratches the surface of all the time Cary donates to shelters and rescue organizations. Dudley contributes, too, from the sale of his books.

I was really disappointed that I didn’t get to attend this event, but I’m doing some software training this week that’s kicking my butt. Eventually, it will make my job more efficient and maybe even allow me some free time other than in the middle of the night when actually, I’d just as soon sleep.

Tom was able to go and brought home the third book of The Dudley Files, SOUL HEELER, so I’m about to curl up and enjoy some reading time before I fall asleep.

Transport Thursday!

At least two of the reasons to feel good on transport morning.

THE HOUSTON ASTROS WON THE WORLD SERIES!

It has been so much fun to be out and about and see Houstonians happy and celebratory. If ever a city needed a boost…and baseball delivered, even to those of us who aren’t normally baseball fans.

Also, it’s great to be a big pig named Astro, the fourth pig transported by our rescue group to a new home where he’ll be allowed to live a good, long life.