*Shirley's Lone Star News*
Shirley's like our Miss Dale ........ a Texas gal.
Sis Shirley hails from the great state of Texas! She lives
there with "her kids" Miss Girty and her 'brand new little black poodle
pup who's six months' old, "Miss Precious" (no photos YET)! Mr. Casey is
the poodle on the upper left photo. He's the one who has been missin'
since Sept. 21, 2006). Miss Girty is the yorkie next to him. They have
lots of cousins and an abundance of "extended family".
On September 21, 2006, Shirley
and one of her friends were returnin' home from the 3rd Annual Roy
Rogers & Dale Evans Roundup in Branson, MO. When they arrived
back home in Texas, Shirley learned that Mr. Casey had slipped by
the repairmen that was repairin' her garage door opener, just a few
hours earlier that day! Casey went outside I'm sure to "go potty",
and the repairmen never even knew he slipped by him at all and was
stranded outside!
Casey must have started wanderin' 'round
and from what Shirley has learned, a woman told she saw an elderly
man pick Mr.Casey up along side of a nearby road and presumingly
took him home. It's been 'bout eighteen months now, and NO SIGN of Mr.
Casey!
They have photos and flyers posted all over Sherman,
TX. There is still a reward with no questions asked, if Casey is returned
home to his mama and his worried sis, Girty, and now his newly
adopted young sis, Miss Precious!
If any of you live near
Sherman, TX and have seen the flyers of Mr. Casey, you know he's
quite unique! He has an distinctive over bite and is white in color
with pale bits of apricot on his ears and body. He's goin' on seven years old.
His coat was trimmed real close regularly, but he may have a longer
or shaggy coat. Please contact the local authorities in Sherman if
you have seen a poodle with this description. His mama and sister
misses him terribly!
Sis Shirley and Girty are extremely
heartsick as Mr. Casey has been in the family ever since he was a
young puppy. They were a threesome who were hardly seperated.
We're keepin' our fingers crossed and keepin' ours prayers
to the Lord for Casey's well bein', constant. We pray for a safe
return to his lovin'
family!!
Sis Shirley enjoys
tellin' stories 'bout her favorite cowboy/cowgirl family; *The Roy Rogers
Family*. She's had the pleasure of knowin' them personally through the
years. She adopted the entire family, early in life as her very own
(Shirley was an only child)! <
In 2000, Shirley was Dale's personal
dinner guest. She had Dale all to herself for a few hours. Shirley was
presented a beautiful diamond and ruby belt buckle in recognition of her
loyalty and contributions to the Roy Rogers Museum in California.
She's is a jokester too, so she might try some of 'em, out on ya,
so don't be surprised!! She tells some mighty gooduns! Now remember folks,
she's a Texas gal, so they'll be biggun's. Ha!!
Ha!!
Casey must have started wanderin' 'round and from what Shirley has learned, a woman told she saw an elderly man pick Mr.Casey up along side of a nearby road and presumingly took him home. It's been 'bout eighteen months now, and NO SIGN of Mr. Casey!
They have photos and flyers posted all over Sherman, TX. There is still a reward with no questions asked, if Casey is returned home to his mama and his worried sis, Girty, and now his newly adopted young sis, Miss Precious!
If any of you live near Sherman, TX and have seen the flyers of Mr. Casey, you know he's quite unique! He has an distinctive over bite and is white in color with pale bits of apricot on his ears and body. He's goin' on seven years old. His coat was trimmed real close regularly, but he may have a longer or shaggy coat. Please contact the local authorities in Sherman if you have seen a poodle with this description. His mama and sister misses him terribly!
Sis Shirley and Girty are extremely heartsick as Mr. Casey has been in the family ever since he was a young puppy. They were a threesome who were hardly seperated.
We're keepin' our fingers crossed and keepin' ours prayers to the Lord for Casey's well bein', constant. We pray for a safe return to his lovin' family!!
She's is a jokester too, so she might try some of 'em, out on ya, so don't be surprised!! She tells some mighty gooduns! Now remember folks, she's a Texas gal, so they'll be biggun's. Ha!! Ha!!
Her doctors didn't want her to go, but she flew to California for the 9th Annual Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Film Festival.
She had her wheelchair handy so it would be easier to get around, and someone could push her.
Thank goodness for our dear friend Elizabeth (she lives in Los Angeles, CA) as she picked up Shirley at LAX Airport and they drove to Victorville. Thanks Elizabeth, you're a true friend! Even though Shirley wasn't up to her normal self, I can tell she had a great time anyway.
She met up with alot of her Roy Rogers pals out there and had dinner with alot of them. John, our friend from England, and our pals Jon Lock and Katie West was so glad to see her! Our pals Ben Cooper and his lovely wife Pamela were glad to see Sis movin' 'round. She got to visit with Mimi (Marion, Roy and Dale's foster child from Scotland) a good spell. She vsited with as many as she could.
Shirley said the Saturday Evenin' Banquet at the Apple Valley Inn (it once was called Roy Rogers Apple Valley Inn in it's heyday) was excellent as usual.
She and Elizabeth visited Roy and Dale restin' place several times while in California. Shirley knows the CEO of Sunset Hills and got to visit and talk with Chet. Sis says the new Roy Rogers - Dales Evans Chapel is comin' along just fine. To see updated photos of the chapel, Click Here.
She missed goin' to the Roy Rogers Ranch on February 20th (the ranch where Roy once housed his golden palominos and some of his race horses) as she was coughin' real bad. The weather had been cool and damp while they were there and she didn't wanna take any chances of gettin' real sick. All in all, I believe she had a good time out in Victorville attendin' the 9th Annual Roy Rogers - Dale Evans Film Festival.
Be sure to read how Shirley first met Roy and Dale, below!
1. Don't squat with your spurs on.
2. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
3. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in.
4. If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.
5. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
6. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him...........The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
7. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.
8. There's two theories to arguin' with a woman. Neither one works.
9. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
10. Never slap a man who's chewin' tobacco.
11. It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
12. Always drink upstream from the herd.
13. When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.
14. When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown around by somebody else.
15. The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.
*Ode To Texas*
The devil wanted a place on earth
Sort of a summer home
A place to spend his vacation
Whenever he wanted to roam.
So he picked out the State of Texas
A place both wretched and rough
Where the climate was to his liking
And the cowboys hardened and tough.
He dried up the streams in the canyons
And ordered no rain to fall
He dried up the lakes in the valleys
Then baked and scorched it all.
Then over this barren country
He transplanted shrubs from hell.
The cactus, thistle and prickly pear
The climate suited them well.
Now the home was much to his liking
But animal life, he had none.
So he created crawling creatures
That all mankind would shun.
First he made the rattlesnake
With it's forked poisonous tongue.
Taught it to strike and rattle
And how to swallow it's young.
Then he made scorpions and lizards
And the ugly old horned toad.
He placed spiders of every description
Under rocks by the side of the road.
Then he ordered the sun to shine hotter,
Hotter and hotter still.
Until even the cactus wilted
And the old horned lizard took ill.
'Twas summer now and
Satan lay By a prickly pear to rest.
The sweat rolled off his swarthy brow
So he took off his coat and vest.
"By Golly," he finally panted,
"I did my job too well,
I'm going back to where I came from,
Texas is hotter than *!*?*.
Some interesting facts about "the great state" of Texas:
Texas is the only State that flies it's flag at the Same height as the Stars And Stripes
Texas has more coast line than California.
Texas is the only State that can secede from the Union by popular vote of it's citizens.
NICKNAME: The Lone Star State
MOTTO: Friendship
SONG: "Texas Our Texas"
ENTERED THE UNION: December 29, 1845, 28th State.
STATE CAPITOL: Austin
STATE GEMSTONE: Topaz
STATE BIRD: Mocking Bird
STATE FLOWER: Bluebonnet
STATE TREE: Pecan
STATE INSECT: Monarch Butterfly
SIZE: 267,338 square miles
Second Most Populated State In the Union.
Second Largest State in the Union.
B. is for bad back.
C. is for the chest pains. Corned beef? Cardiac?
D. is for dental decay and decline.
E. is for eyesight. I can't read that top line.
F. is for fissures and fluid retention.
G. is for gas (which I'd rather not mention and not to forget other gastrointestinal glitches).
H. is high blood pressure.
I. is for itches, and lots of incisions.
J. is for joints, that now fail to flex.
L. is for libido. What happened to sex? Wait! I forgot about K!
K. is for my knees that crack all the time.
M. (Forgive me, I get a few lapses in my M-memory from time to time).
N. is for nerve (pinched) and neck (stiff) and neurosis.
O. is for osteo-for all the bones that crack.
P. is for prescriptions, that cost a small fortune.
Q. is for queasiness. Fatal or just the flu? Give me another pill and I'll be good as new!.... R. is for reflux--one meal turns into two.
S. is for sleepless nights, counting my fears on how to pay my increasing medical bills!
T. is for tinnitus--I hear bells in my ears and the word "terminal" also rings too near.
U. is for urinary and the difficulties that flow (or not).
V. is for vertigo, as life spins by.
W.. is worry, for pains yet found.
X. is for X ray--and what one might find.
Y. is for year (another one I'm still alive) so,
Z. is for zest.... For surviving the symptoms my body's deployed, And keeping twenty-six doctors gainfully employed.
I have LOVED *Roy Rogers & Dale Evans*, all of my Life!! I adopted the entire *Rogers Family*, as my second family before I was 6 years old. I met Roy & Dale in Houston, Texas at the Houston Rodeo, March 1964. The Lord, he made it all possible for my family! The rodeo tickets were given to us after numerous prayers! After the rodeo, I asked the Lord to please lead me to their dressing room, as the ushers kept stopping me, but I finally made it! Dale came out first, dressed in a full length mink coat and her Apple Valley, California suit. She signed everything and anything, people handed her. Once, a little boy had a broken leg and Dale said; "My goodness!! What happened to you," all the while she was getting down on her knee and signin' his cast. She came up to me and asked if their was something she could do for me. Dale signed all of my books, and we talked about Robin, Debbie and Sandy. I told Dale, I didn't understand why they had so much sorrow and heartaches; that they were always giving so much of themselves to others. Dale said, "Shirley, don't you ever question the Lord!! He wouldn't place any more burden on us than we could bare." Dale was talking and pointing with that index finger of hers. "I got the message and never forgot it either!" She quoted the verse, from the Bible. I remembered hearin' and reading it. I told her I remember reading that, and "I will never say those words again!" I never have! Dale was the most "gracious lady!" She would say,"I am what I am and that's all, ..... just a gal from Texas."
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Thanks for droppin'in! Adios, & Many Happy Trails,
~Buffalo Gal~
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