Growing Up In Bandera

I. G. Thetford did what I wanted to do most of my young life in Bandera. He lived on the banks of the Medina River west of town in what we called the river loop area. His home was a wagon and he rode a horse everywhere he went. If anyone was ever an authentic holdover from our early pioneer days he fit the bill. He was outfitted in every way like the cowboys of the past. 
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Lakehills Library Leanings

The December Book Sale will be Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The January Book Sale will be Saturday, Jan. 4
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This month at the Medina Library

The Medina Community Library will be closed Dec. 24-26, 31 and Jan. 1, 2025. On Monday, Dec. 23, the library will close early at 1 p.m.
​The Best Book Sale will continue until Dec. 21. Stuff a small bag with books, magazines, puzzles, DVDs and audiobooks for $5; stuff a large bag for $10.
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Bandera Library Happenings

We are pleased to announce the first ever winter reading program at the Bandera Kronkosky Public Library. The theme for this year is, “How the Grinch found the joy of reading - celebrate the joy of reading and watch your heart grow!”
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Sublime rambling

Uh, oh, Hubby and I have caught each other saying some very un-Texan kind of things lately. For instance, “Would you like a bit of tea?” and “How many p for that car park?” and “Look at those lovely jumpers!”
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Back to the Beginning

There have been so many kind comments about your missing my humor, so I think the best way to explain my humor, and why my brain needs to work in a whole world of silly, is to start at the beginning. So, let's get silly. 
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Sailing the Pacific
How the Manila galleon shaped international trade

In March of 1521, Portugese explorer Fernando de Magallanes docked off the coast of Cebu in the Philippines, achieving the first European navigation from the Atlantic Ocean to Asia. The same year, Spanish General Hernán Cortés conquered the Aztec empire, expanding the Spanish-owned territory from California to South America.
Divided by the Pacific Ocean, the Spaniards needed a way to commute between their newly-established sovereignty. Thus was the birth of the Manila galleon.
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A Walk Down History Lane
with the Bandera Natural History Museum
How Juan de O'Donojú y O’Ryan helped end the Mexican War for Independence

Mexico's independence from Spain took a decade of war. None expected a Spanish general of Irish descent to play an integral role in achieving peace.
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Quetzalcoatlus
Life-size replica on display at the Bandera Natural History Museum

Taller than a giraffe, wider than a city bus, and able to soar over tall buildings in a single bound, the Quetzalcoatlus (pronounced Ket-sol-coh-aht-lus) ruled the skies about 80 million years ago.
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