The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 54, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 2002 Page: 4 of 14
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kind Peaches, squash, and cu-
cumbers promise bumper crops
This makes up for the eggplant,
peppers, broccoli, and cauntiower
that I probably planted too late. I poles Easy to see how humans
am still learning I think the old thought to pattern cartoon charac
peach trees will bear in spite of ters after these two fellows Their
me Other than a few roses, all the antics are comedic,
bushes, perennials, and annuals I Who the Owl lives on in the pe-
planted this spring are growing can bottom We still do a variation
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here this season. I am starting to Costello routine J
feel like a bed and breakfast for the us
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David Kuna
Dear Editor,
Oh, yes-I remember the CUE
TEX Theatre so well'When 1 was
ajul m the mat-Us, a group of us
(Krystie, Carolyn, Donna, and
many more) could walk to th*
movies, and even walk home in th#
dark afterwards. 1 remember thM
Sons Of Confederate
veterans Chapter
Will Meet Tuesday
hands for the first time in fourth; WACO-The local Sons on Con-
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that theater — and the time I spent
in Clifton
Deb Jones
Dear Readers,
The best way to know what is
happening in Clifton if you are not
residing there is to keep reading
The Cufton Record On-une.
We attended the (all-class) re-
avian community. The humming- ter exhaustion has set in. There union and had a great time, and
birds found my feeders easily and are blue birds and cardinals, birds hope there will be another one like
delight us almost daily A wide va- of every variety. I can’t figure them this in the future . The same week-
riety of feathered friends visit the »U out, even with the help of my end as the FreedomFest may not <
other feeders and the birdbath. I bird book I never really under- be the bedt time to havrit to got"
wonder if I stop making it so easy stood bird watching until now. the locals interested in it.
for them, will they begin dining in- A possum ran across the front Pot Bass
stead on the tomato worms and porch the other night in search of -
the plentiful grasshopper and cat food I opened the door and please lay your eggs elsewhere.
June bug population that has shooed it away. Boy was I sur- There was a huge tomato worm on
sprung up seemingly overnight? prised All my previous experi one of my tomato plants a couple of
One little house wren happened ence with possums has been that weeks ago. He was so well camou-
into the barn when no one was they just look at you, stand their flaged that the only way I could lo-
looking and made her nest in a ground or continue on with their cate him was to look up from the
leather tool belt. It hangs on the business, bare their nasty little trail of tiny green hand grenades he
inside of the shop door. She is rais- teeth, and give you that look that left in his path. You don’t want to
ing one rapidly growing bird baby says, in no uncertain terms, know how I dispatched him to tomato
there while the other three eggs “* ~ %%@k_*k * *+"@+ !!!!!!! I worm heaven. I was angry. He had
await hatching (Or perhaps they still haven’t shot that skunk. If it eaten most of the blossoms off that
are duds). This is a Kodak Moment, stays awav, it may get lucky. plant Woe be it to the unfortunate to-
forsure.....babe in a tool belt. Some of our other flying guests mate worm that crosses my path.
Another low nest on a fence line are also unwanted, wasps and hor Several other crawling prats have
houses four perfect Mockingbird nets. Suddenly they are every- been spotted as well. All spiders
eggs. Every birdhouse I hung has where. I am constantly spraying other than black widows and brown
been occupied. It’s a seller’s mar- nests. All you lovely butterflies recluses are welcome outside (not
ket. A silly killdeer made her nest please stop leaving your hungry lar- in), but scorpions, please stay away,
in the middle of the road to the vae on my vegetables. Entertain us And chiggers beware. I will be
house Every time any car or truck with your grace and beauty, but spraying again tomorrow,
passed over it, she would run out,
indignantly squawking, fussing, and
spreading her wings. Going into her
injured bird act she tried to steer
us dear of her ill-placed little home.
She finally realized we weren’t go-
ing to run over her babies and
learned to just get out of the way
when she saw us coming. We
watched and watched those eggs,
praying they wouldn’t be stepped on
by some oblivious, lumbering cow.
We were looking forward to seeing
the killdeer babies running after
mom or dad, as did an earlier batch
in almost the same location. (There
are killdeer —or is it kiildeers?-
near that spot every year and have
been for as long as anyone can re-
member). But it was not to be. Poor
Mrs Killdeer returned to her nest
one morning to find her eggs had
gone missing. We suspect a snake,
possum or raccoon. Since the eggs
disappeared, so have the parents I
miss them.
Some of their relatives are liv-
ing in that neighborhood, and I
hope their eggs don’t meet the
same fate. This nest placement
makes one wonder how kiildeers
ever survive the egg stage. And
talk about bare bones decorating.
... just a little indentation in the
gravel or dirt, and drop the eggs,
honey Mother nature might have
goofed on this one, in my opinion,
unless the Killdeer is put on this
earth to provide a breakfast spe-
cial for others. Place killdeer
homes in the same category as too-
big avocado and mango pits, mos-
quitoes, chiggers, tide, and fleas.
There is Rodney the Roadrun-
ner, well, actually several
Rodneys. I love that funny tuft of
feathers on their heads, there is
that pesky woodpecker that con-
tinually makes holes in the house
and in the telephone and electric
grade (though I can’t
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always have great memories of Southern history, culture, and tra
ditions are welcome to attend the
which are held on the
r of each month,
ation, contact
Johnny Scarborough at (254) 836-
1324.
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second Tuesday of ea<
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Smith, W. Leon. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 54, Ed. 1 Friday, July 5, 2002, newspaper, July 5, 2002; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth791153/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.