Dog House Ramblings

Weird Texas Spring has arrived.

As usual for this time of year, the weather is starting to get a bit goofy. We had severe weather warning in the area today. Of course, I went windsurfing. I arrive at Fire Ant in the early afternoon to find no one else from the crew there. They were either working or scared off by the weather. I only managed about an hour on the water, but got a 30mph run out of the day on the Madd with a 5.5 SE Wave. I tried my Screamer for a few laps, but the barn-sized holes made the scholgg no fun. If I can loose some weight, it won't be so bad.

But the weird was reinforced when I headed over to my favorite hardware store beforehand. It's not one of the big chains. It's a "Mom & Pop" store off the beaten path called Arrington Hardware. I've shopped there for quite a few years for my non-landscaping supplies. It had a been a couple of months since I'd been in the place, so I was deeply disappointed to drive up to see "Store Closing" signs. I've known one of the owners, Pat, for about 5 years when we were first on a city planning committee together. We had a long chat, but the basic story is Walmart had sucked the life out of their business. So they decided to close before things got ugly.

Oh well.

posted by The Dog @ 8:49 PM