A Sunday Drive for Pictures ...

After many rainy days, we finally had a gorgeous day.  I have been meaning to take pictures of Gonzales for months, but haven't for a variety of reasons.  We're hoping to make large prints of some of the pictures to cover our bare walls at the office.  So on Sunday after church and naps, we went on an afternoon drive to take pictures.  Here they are:

Gonzales Memorial Museum
Inside, you can see the "Come and Take It" cannon, which started the Texas Revolution.

Old Jail Museum
Apparently this jail is haunted. We haven't taken a tour yet.

Gonzales County Courthouse
Tons of small towns in Texas have these in the center of town.  They are generally tallest  buildings in town (and nothing else comes close).

Confederate Square Memorial
In honor of the Texas Confederate soldiers who died in the war.

This sundial is in Confederate Square.  I thought it was really cool.

The Randall-Rather Building
Built in 1896 and was the 3rd cotton exchange in the US.  Apparently there is a ghost in the ballroom.  

This is on the wall of one of the many antique stores in town.  If you know Tom, you know he LOVES Coke and all things Coke-related.  

These are our neighbors ... everywhere.  We are in cattle country and chicken country, so everywhere we go are pastures for cattle or chicken houses.  

I love this fence.  Very rustic looking.  Because of all those animals, there are fences everywhere you go.  Even when you think you're in the middle of nowhere, it's actually somebodies property and it's surrounded by a fence to keep their animals in.  

There must have been a carcass nearby ... all of those birds are vultures.  They're even sitting on the fence.  That's the most I have ever seen together.  They are very evil looking birds.  

Cactus is everywhere, but they are cactus bushes.  

2 important flags for the people of Gonzales ... the Texas flag and the Come-and-Take-It flag.  

Because we live in an historical town, these stones are everywhere documenting important places and moments in Texas history.  We've stopped to read a few, but we should definitely stop more often.

The Sam Houston Oak
After the Alamo fell and the Mexican Army was marching toward Gonzales,  the city of Gonzales was burned to the ground and Sam Houston led his army and the people of Gonzales here for a short while before marching onwards.

Our country life ... big trees, wildflowers, green fields, cattle ... definitely a change from living in the city.