OLD JAIL ART CENTER

Today Nancy and I took a trip to Albany, TX to look at the art museum. Nancy first commented on all of the sculptures in the entry way. Did you know that elbows are supposed to end at waists? Not many or any were correct, but the sculptures were not very correct in other aspects either. I am not a lover of modern art. I like Remington's sculptures better. The art center has very interesting permanent art from China and Pre-Columbian art that I always enjoy. We went upstairs to the "junk" art room that has an eclectic assortment of stuff they sell. We didn't find anything to buy there. I did buy the latest Bob Green book, History As It Lingers, that was published by his widow, Nancy Green. I also paid my membership. I have been a member for years but Nancy hadn't seen it so I hadn't renewed. We enjoyed the temporary exhibit of art from other Texas museums. One painting of a child waking up in bed was intriguing. One explanation was it was the child Samuel saying I am here, Lord. Nancy liked the wall size oil of a man feeding one of two horses.

We ate lunch at the famous Beehive restaurant in Albany run by Lebanese emigrants who have opened another in Abilene. I had the special that was meatloaf with green bean casserole and mashed potatoes with the skin on them. Nancy had a half-pound hamburger with fries. We both took a take-home box. I found it delicious. Nancy liked hers also. We drove up thru Baird but came back thru Moran. Coming back we turned a corner and saw cows resting in a pasture. Nancy saw a black cow under a tree and insisted that it was caught in the tree. She wanted to let someone know. We drove a mile of so, turned around, went back and found that the cow was just smarter than the others and was standing in the shade of a mesquite tree. She looked as us as if saying "what is the problem?". We also observed several pastures where white and red cows were all gathered together close to each other. In another large pasture black cows were scattered all over the place.

We also took a side trip from 880 to go look at the old Scranton Academy ruins and read the historical marker. It was started in 1907 grew to 325 students and closed in WWI. Nancy looked at the walls standing and decided it could be rebuilt into a great home or bed and breakfast.

We had rain yesterday and looking for more tomorrow night. The Lord is good.