Good job! The person who posted about Balmorhea is a Texas music aficionado and author (Joe Nick Patoski) who posted in July about the pool. He's a denison of Marfa and the West Texas area; friend of Stevie Ray and Willie and ZZ Top and everyone in between, who loves to visit the local beauty areas.

Trimming, weeding, and mowing out front done, though it wasn't a full job (I didn't take the string trimmer around all of the front yard, I just mowed up and down the curb and driveway in addition to hitting the grass patches in the front yard). The code enforcement guy should have no complaints this week (I haven't had a tag since last year, but once burned, twice shy).

Indoors I've researched stringing pearls (with knots). I have two strings of cultured pearls from great aunts that (according to eBay) are worth a great deal of money now. One is an 15" string 1 centimeter pearls and the other is a 16" double strand of 8mm pearls. And I doubt they've ever been restrung. I don't want 100+ year old silk failing and dropping either of the necklaces, so they need a restring. Jewelers do it, and can offer a more secure clasp than what is on now (and a sterling clasp will have a cost - I can buy one also - it's a toss up). I'll do some calling around before I decide which way to go. I should probably practice stringing with the cheap freshwater pearls I have around here.