We had a beautiful day here in south Texas with bright blue skies and plenty of sunshine.  The temperature was in the upper 50's this morning when we left the house for our walk and reached a pleasant high of 76 by late in the afternoon.  It felt good to be back in shorts and tee shirts once again.

Right after breakfast John headed off to wood carvers.  There are only five or six guys carving right now, but the numbers should increase in a few more weeks as more of the Winter Texans return.

A few days after we got down here, we payed our real estate tax bill that was waiting for us in the mail.  On Friday afternoon our neighbor, who also happens to work at the tax office, stopped by and returned our check saying that the taxes had already been paid by a mortgage escrow company.  How was that possible--we didn't have dealings with the company.  I tried calling Friday afternoon and found that the office I needed to contact had already closed for the day.  While John was gone this morning, I got on the phone and was able to speak with a very nice woman who said she would look into the situation and give me a call back.  It only took about 20 minutes for her to return my call.  Seems the title company had transposed the last two property ID numbers and ended up paying our real estate taxes by mistake.  Following lunch, John and I went into town to do some errands--one of which was to stop at the tax office.  I gave them my check and was informed the escrow company had already called and the gears were turning to get the error corrected.  Seems that money will have to be returned, new tax bills issued, and then payments resent.  Glad John and I are out of the mess.

We stopped at the post office for our mail and then headed over to the local grocery store to pick up a small turkey and a few other items for Thanksgiving.  On the way home we drove through the RV park to see if any of our Winter Texan friends had arrived--we are expecting some to show up any day.