Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[robbyr]

Love baseball but they could speed it up. Never understood the batter having to undo his batting gloves and retighten after every pitch.

 

[check]

We often watch "Blue Jays in 30", where they basically only show the action shots. Saves a lot of time!

 

[bindian]

Guess Y'all just don't get the game as deep as some of us. I love to watch pitchers try to outwit the batter with pitch changes. It really is a mind game. Batters tugging on their gloves is the way the batter can break the pitcher's rhythm and concentration. I know, that's as clear as mud.
hugs, Brandi

 

[lostcreekranch]

I find the back and forth between pitcher and batter really interesting. Now basketball ...... that’s the real yawner IMHO.

Astros really need to win tonight so, they can close out the WS in MM Park.

 

[Bird]

Now basketball ...... that’s the real yawner IMHO.

I liked basketball when I was a kid, but not anymore. If they'd change the rules to create a penalty for touching the goal ( basket, rim, net, or any part of the goal) so that they had to learn to "shoot" I'd probably be a fan.

 

[txdon]

Ok, I'm watching the Astros and the first thing I notice is SPIT. What's with the spitting. The pitcher throws the ball, spits, the catcher throws it back, pitcher spits again, meanwhile the batter steps out of the box, spits, then the pitchers spits just spit spit spit, it a wonder it's not a rain out.

 

[robbyr]

ASTROS WIN!!

 

[Buppies]

Ok, I'm watching the Astros and the first thing I notice is SPIT. What's with the spitting. The pitcher throws the ball, spits, the catcher throws it back, pitcher spits again, meanwhile the batter steps out of the box, spits, then the pitchers spits just spit spit spit, it a wonder it's not a rain out.

Maybe they got it from Reggie Jackson

 

[lostcreekranch]

What a game!

 

[bindian]

I carved out a Sweetgum tree and another Jack-O-Lantern this weekend.
hugs, Brandi

 

[robbyr]

I carved out a Sweetgum tree and another Jack-O-Lantern this weekend. View attachment 526712View attachment 526713
hugs, Brandi

You’re digging one up and I planted one few years ago.

 

[two_bit_score]

You’re digging one up and I planted one few years ago.

You planted a sweet gum tree?

 

[robbyr]

You planted a sweet gum tree?

Yessir. My parents had two pretty ones in their front yard. I planted one several years ago. After some time it died. The next year a small limb came out of the stump after I cut it down. Now it’s bigger than the original tree. I also have planted chinaberry and some Chinese tallow and from what I can tell most folks don’t like them.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Nice Brandi. I like it.

 

[two_bit_score]

Yessir. My parents had two pretty ones in their front yard. I planted one several years ago. After some time it died. The next year a small limb came out of the stump after I cut it down. Now it’s bigger than the original tree. I also have planted chinaberry and some Chinese tallow and from what I can tell most folks don’t like them.

So you just like their ornamental qualities?

 

[robbyr]

So you just like their ornamental qualities?

The two in my parents’ yard made big pretty shade trees. As a kid my grandparents had a huge chinaberry they would sit under right out their back door. Don’t know about ornaments but I just like those trees.

 

[bindian]

Yessir. My parents had two pretty ones in their front yard. I planted one several years ago. After some time it died. The next year a small limb came out of the stump after I cut it down. Now it’s bigger than the original tree. I also have planted chinaberry and some Chinese tallow and from what I can tell most folks don’t like them.

You planted a Sweetgum and have planted Chinaberry and even Chinese tallow? Man, you are itching for trouble. You want shade...........plant a Cottonwood tree. Sweetgums have swallow roots and the one I took out (true to form with Sweetgums) had a giant tap root going straight out the side. Usually it pokes up above the grass. Makes a nice hinge when it gets blown over. Like Elm trees, Chinaberry tree's roots head straight for your sewer drain lines.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

The two in my parents yard made big pretty shade trees. As a kid my grandparents had a huge chinaberry they would sit under right out their back door. Don稚 know about ornaments but I just like those trees.

I think it is your grandparents having one that is the key. My Grandparents had Junipers in the farm house yard and that is why I love Juniper trees and bushes, along with Eastern Red Cedar.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Nice Brandi. I like it.

Thanks Kyle! Chloe loved them also. Now she has two jack-o-lanterns and I have the tractor pumpkin glowing right now.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Bird]

You want shade...........plant a Cottonwood tree.

Are you kidding? I would assume so. I cannot imagine anyone planting a cottonwood tree anywhere near their house. There was a really big one next door when we bought our current home. The "cotton" would blow everywhere and meant I had to clean my HVAC compressor frequently; finally put an extra screen around it. And the huge above ground roots in their yard made mowing a chore. They finally had it taken down and a stump grinder worked on those roots. As they decomposed . . . . well, there are still holes in their yard.