Spring Flowers

On Saturday morning, I started the day out by carving myself a new signature stamp. My old stamp (a custom made one) is starting to show signs of wear and tear...plus it's high time I did this anyway. After this, I went in search of two boxes in Nacogdoches. I started out by finding Batty placed by Josephine. She placed this box close to an area where bats exit in the evening and it's a great stamp with a cute little poem to boot. After encountering this friendly bat, I went in search of New York City. After I found the park and the hiding place, I decided not to go after the box since I was boxing alone. The climb up the rocky slope seemed a little scary for someone as klutzy as myself. This is a nice park, however, and I'm thinking of placing a stamp there myself.

After this, I went home and did a few chores, then headed to meet Blue Butterfly and Stinky Monkey. We headed to Martin Creek Lake State Park to find BB's Spring Flower Trail Series. We had so much fun finding all of these flowers on this trail. Even though there were a lot of people in the park itself, they all seemed to be out on the lake swimming/boating/fishing, so we had the trail to ourselves. The stamps in this series are well done and the boxes are cleverly hidden. Even this afternoon, Stinky Monkey still wanted to look at his "pretty flowers" that he got yesterday. I hope others can get out to enjoy this series!

When we got back to the trail head, I left SM and BB resting in the amphitheater while I hid my newest box, Coffee Break. After hiding it, I met back up with this dynamic duo who didn't want to leave the park without finding this box. So, I followed them as they deciphered my clues and took a short "coffee break". Then, we loaded up the van with our inky fingers and headed home. However, we stopped at a convenience store to get something cool to drink. As I was paying for our refreshments, the clerk looked at me and said, "Have you been coloring Easter Eggs?" I just chuckled and told her no, but it was something else I'd made a mess of.

Flowers Are Blooming

It's spring and we all know that in TX, the flowers are already blooming. Unfortunately, I did not get to enjoy spring, flowers, hiking, or boxing today. I was stuck indoors. Blue Butterfly called me in the early afternoon and asked me how many boxes I'd found today. I told her I'd only found one box-the Turbo Tax box at Wal-mart. I did my civic duty today and calculated the amount of money that I owe this great nation.

The good news is, I've now got that out of the way and can do something that's more fun and more personally fulfilling. I carved two stamps this evening...they are Hank Hill and Peggy Hill from the Fox show King of the Hill. I'm hoping to add Bobby and possibly Luanne to the mix, too. Tomorrow will be a great day because I'm supposed to do some boxing with Blue Butterfly and Stinky Monkey. I can't hardly wait!!

Cherokee County

Yesterday after the birthday party, Blue Butterfly, PS Guru, and I loaded up the van and headed out to Rusk State Park. BB and I needed to get the rest of the boxes that we missed at the gathering while PS Guru wanted to take a few pictures.

We arrived in the late afternoon and immediately picked up Letterboxing Coyotes. This is a fun, innovative box. Even the physical box itself fits in with the theme of LB'ing Coyotes. After stamping in here, we went on down the trail to find Baja Oklahoma, which our friends HappyDays had left for us to find. We had a bit of trouble because their landmark sign was missing, but we managed to seek out it's hiding place. After returning this box to it's rightful place, we headed up to find our good friend, Box Car Willie. After seeing this stamp, we are DEFINITELY looking forward to finding more of the Music Box series.

We had one more box to find, but we'd forgotten to print out and bring along the clues. BB and I decided that we'd read through the clues for General Sherman enough times that we may actually be able to find it. We made our way down to the appointed RR track, estimated where it may be, and began the search. After only about two minutes of looking, BB pulled our prize from the track.

After stamping in here, we located PS Guru and headed to Maydelle to eat at the famous Big Bertha's. The three of us enjoyed the All-You-Can-Eat Catfish. While eating dinner, we decided to try and head for ID Fairchild State Forest while there was still a little bit of daylight left. There are two boxes in that forest and I also wanted to try and plant my Camp Out box.

After paying our bill to Bertha's niece, we headed toward the forest. We found the trail head and BB and I began our journey. We easily found the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker. After stamping in, I left BB to do the obligatory rehide while I went off in search of a hiding place for my box. I found a nice place for it next to a good landmark. By the time I'd gotten it hidden, BB had caught up with me, so I gave her the clues and she stamped in.

By the time we were finished with this, it was getting too close to dark to try for the Loblolly Pine box. We'll definitely have to make another trip out in order to stamp in there!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROARIN' LION!

Today is Roarin' Lion's 5th Birthday. Now, when he counts his age on his fingers....he can go all the way to his thumb!!! (Something he was excited about a few weeks ago.) After we attend the big birthday party today, Blue Butterfly and I are going to sneak off to hit those boxes we missed in Rusk. I think it will be a great day with family and boxing.

Camp Out & Coffee Break

I have two new boxes that are ready to be planted! Camp Out and Coffee Break are two stamps I carved last weekend while making myself stay at home instead of going out boxing. I was going to try and plant at least one of them today, but had to change my plans. I may go out and try to find a couple of new local boxes instead. I also heard a rumor that Blue Butterfly has a new series which will be planted soon. I can't wait to go find it!