Tex Attends a Crawfish Party

Tex attends a Crawfish Party with

Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen

On Saturday, April 7, 2018 Tex attended a Crawfish Boil at the Ranch in Matagorda County with Mr. and Mrs.  Normann-Petersen.   As Tex, Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen ate Crawfish at the Ranch and together they answered together the following questions:

1.    Where is Tex?  Tex is at the Ranch in Bay City, TX with Mrs. Normann-Petersen enjoying their family and celebrating each other.

2. What is the geography like there? Bay City lies in the southeastern part of Texason the Gulf of Mexico.  Bay City is a small farming community located in Matagorda County.  Since it is on Gulf Coast the area is very flat with a few Mesquite trees and has had its fair share of hurricanes and tropical storms.

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  Many types of food are eaten Ranch.  Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s father-in-law is from Denmark, therefore we traditionally eat many Danish dishes.  For example, herring, salmon, capers, rye bread, and Italian salad are served at Danish lunch; duck is served instead of turkey for Thanksgiving Christmas Dinner; but we do eat normal American cuisine such as crawfish, shrimp, and steak!  During the Crawfish Party we ate Crawfish, Potatoes, Andouille Sausage, Broccoli Cole Slaw, and s’mores for dessert, one of Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s favorite dessert!

4. What types of jobs are there?   Many people who live Bay City are famers, or they work for the South Texas Nuclear Project, the hospital, or the local school district.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends?  During spring time Mrs. Normann-Petersen enjoys cheering on the Sugar Land Skeeters, having crawfish boils, and picking Dewberries with her husband and mother-in-law; during the summer we go fishing at the Bay House; and during the fall and winter we enjoy cheering on the Houston Texans.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s Crawfish Trip with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen in the Ranch!

Here is Tex with Jake, Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s German Shorthair Pointer checking out the live crawfish. 

  

  

Before the crawfish are cooked they must be purged and cleaned.

Tex liked the purple bags that the crawfish because purple is one of Tex’s favorite colors.  Each bag has a label on indicating which farm it came from.   The crawfish that the Normann-Petersen’s buy comes from Cornelius Crawfish Farms.  Mr. Normann-Petersen’s cousin is the owner/operator of Cornelius Crawfish Farms.

Tex liked sitting in the Gator with Jake, Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s dog, while they watched Mr. Normann-Petersen cook the crawfish, potatoes, and andouille sausage.

After cooking the crawfish, everyone sat down together to enjoy each other’s company while they peeled and ate the crawfish!  Tex and Mrs. Normann- Petersen inspected each batch of cooked crawfish.

 For more information on Bay City, TX please visit the websites below:

            http://www.cityofbaycity.org/

For more information on Cornelius Crawfish Farm please see the contact information below:

https://www.facebook.com/cornelius.crawfish/about

           

            Cornelius Crawfish Farm

            Wadsworth, TX

            979-245-4390

            979-429-4599

Tex's Easter Trip

Tex’s Easter Trip with

Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen

On Friday, March 30, 2018 Tex left his home in Houston, Texas to go to the Ranch with Mr. and Mrs.  Normann-Petersen.   Tex, Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen celebrated Easter at the Ranch and together they answered together the following questions:

1.    Where is Tex?  Tex is at the Ranch in Bay City, TX with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen enjoying their family and celebrating Easter.

2. What is the geography like there? Bay City lies in the southeastern part of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico.  Bay City is a small farming community located in Matagorda County.  Since it is on Gulf Coast the area is very flat with a few Mesquite trees and has had its fair share of hurricanes and tropical storms.

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  Many types of food are eaten Ranch.  Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s father-in-law is from Denmark, therefore we traditionally eat many Danish dishes.  For example, herring, salmon, capers, rye bread, and Italian salad are served at Danish lunch; duck is served instead of turkey for Thanksgiving Christmas Dinner; but we do eat normal American cuisine such as crawfish, shrimp, and steak!  For Easter lunch we ate Lamb Chops, Asparagus, Deviled Eggs, Dewberry Pie, Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s favorite dessert!

4. What types of jobs are there?   Many people who live Bay City are famers, or they work for the South Texas Nuclear Project, the hospital, or the local school district.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends?  During spring time Mrs. Normann-Petersen enjoys cheering on the Sugar Land Skeeters and picking Dewberries with her husband and mother-in-law; during the summer we go fishing at the Bay House; and during the fall and winter we enjoy cheering on the HoustonTexans.

6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex’s Easter Trip with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen at the Ranch!

Here is Tex enjoying pink flowers, purple flowers, and fake sunflowers.

 Tex helped Mrs. Normann-Petersen drive the Tractor to the Rice Field.

After working on the tractor, Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex went on a bike ride.

After all of the hard work made Tex and Jake, Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s German Shorthair Pointer, tired.  Tex and Jake took a nap together but not before Jake had to smell Tex!

After nap time, Mrs. Normann-Petersen was ready to dye eggs with Cousin Allison’s daughters’ Isabel and Genevieve. 

The next day was Easter Sunday and Tex and Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen woke up early to attend 7:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Bay City.  After mass we came back to hunt Easter Eggs, and play with the confetti eggs!  Here is Mrs. Normann-Petersen, Tex, and Jake looking for Easter Eggs.

Here is Tex being silly with Mr. Normann-Petersen and his mother Cornelia.  They were having fun with the confetti eggs.

Tex like the Easter Egg Hunt and the Peeps! 

After hunting for eggs, everyone sat for a scrumptious Easter lunch: ham, asparagus, deviled eggs, and dewberry pie.  Tex liked the dewberry pie and centerpieces the best!

Tex Visit with

Texas Wildflowers

On Saturday, March 24, 2018 Tex saw the wildflowers in Texas at the Bay House with Mrs.  Normann-Petersen.   Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen answered together the following questions:

1.    Where is Tex?  Tex is at the Bay House in Port Alto, TX with Mrs. Normann-Petersen enjoying the beautiful Wildflowers.

2. What is the geography like there? Port Alto lies in the southeastern part of Texason the Gulf of Mexico.  Port Alto is in between Port Lavaca, TX and Palacios, TX.  Since it is on Gulf Coast the area is very flat with a few Mesquite trees and has had its fair share of hurricanes and tropical storms.

3. What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  While you are at the Bay House you tend to snack a lot, but our favorite breakfast is eggs; for dinner Mrs. Normann-Petersen likes to eat      fresh fish and shrimp.

4. What types of jobs are there?   There are no places of employment in Port Alto because it is a very small town of 200 homes.  Many people who live full time in Port Alto are either retired or have to commute to Port Lavaca, Victoria, or Palacios to work.  Most people who have a home in Port Alto only come “down” on weekends since their homes are Vacation Homes.

5. What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends?  During the spring and summer, looking for wildflowers, jet skiing, walking on the beach, playing in the water and fishing are      Mrs. Normann-Petersen’s favorite activities.

6. Where are you going next Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! Tex’s clue is at the end of this post.

7. Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen in the Wildflowers!

Here is Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen in a field of Wildflowers that included Bluebonnets and Indian Paint Brushes.

Here is Tex in a field of bluebonnets.  The bluebonnets are the state flower.

For more information on Texas Wildflowers please visit the websites below:

            Lady Bird Johnson’s Wildflower Center in Austin, TX

            http://www.wildflower.org/

            4801 La Crosse Avenue

            Austin, TX

            512-232-0100

                                     

            Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg, TX

            http://www.wildseedfarms.com/home.php

            100 Legacy Dr.

            Fredericksburg, TX

            1-800-848-0078

           

For more information on Port Lavaca, TX and/or Palacios, TX please visit the website below:

Port Lavaca

http://www.portlavaca.org/

http://www.cityofpalacios.org/

Tex Goes to the Crocodile Encounter

On February 11, 2018 Tex went with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen to visit Houston’s only reptile zoo, the Crocodile Encounter.  Tex, Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen had adventure learning about alligators, crocodiles, and capybara, and celebrating their nephew, Connor’s Birthday.  Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen answered together the following questions:

1.  Where is Tex?  Tex is on an adventure with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen learning about alligators, crocodiles, and capybaras at the Crocodile Encounter. 

What is the geography like there? Crocodile Encounter is located in Angleton, TX which is a city and the county seat of Brazoria County.  Brazoria County lies in the southeastern part of Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and is within the Woodlands, Houston, and Sugar Land metropolitan area.  Angleton is located at the intersection of State Highway 288, State Highway 25, and the Union Pacific Railroad.

What are typical foods that are eaten there?   What type of foods do you and family and friends like to eat?  Our tour guide told us that visitors should not eat food during the tour of Crocodile Encounter because you will be too busy learning about the reptiles.  But the tour guide did share with Tex and the other visitors that after they were finished then could enjoy cake with the Birthday Boy!  Alligators and crocodiles are carnivores and they typically will eat fish, insects, snails, crustaceans, worms, alligator gar, turtles, and various mammals, particularly nutria and muskrat, as well as birds, buffalo, wild boar, deer, and other reptiles.  The pigs are omnivores like people, but the  pigs eat bugs, vegetables, and fruit.  The tortoises eat a wide variety of plants including vegetables, flowers, berries, and grasses.

When Tex asked the tour guide what did the alligators and crocodiles eat at the Crocodile Encounter.  The tour guide said that they eat mainly raw chicken parts.

What types of jobs are there?  At the Crocodile Encounter the types of jobs are the owner, the tour guides, and the zoo-keepers who take care of the animals and reptiles that live there

What are the popular sports or games played there?  What popular sports or games interest you, your family, and your friends?  The people that work at Crocodile Encounter and the visitors who come to learn about the reptiles enjoy participating in all types of sports from swimming to basketball, soccer, and football.  They also enjoy rooting the hometown favorites: the Houston Astros, and the Sugar Land Skeeters, the Houston Rockets, the Houston Texans, and the Houston Dynamo.

Tex, can you include any pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?  Please see the pictures below of Tex at the Crocodile Encounter.

Here is Tex at the start of the tour at Crocodile Encounter.

  

Here is Tex with the tortoises.

 Here is Tex with the Farm Pigs and the Potbelly Pigs.  Tex liked the Potbelly Pigs the best!

After Tex watched the pigs he got see some elliptical waterbucks, which are mammals that are related to the deer.

Finally after the tortoises, the pigs, and the elliptical waterbucks, Tex and the other guests on the tour got to meet the Alligators and Crocodiles.  Here are a few pictures.  The first four pictures are of Sultan, an alligator.  The last pictures of a Nile Crocodile. 

 The Nile Crocodile

After the tour everyone enjoyed cake and wished Connor a Happy Birthday and took pictures with each other.  Here is Connor and Riley with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen and Tex. 

 For more information on the Crocodile Encounter please contact the staff at the information below:

Crocodile Encounter

23231 CR 48

Angleton, TX  77515

281-595-2232

crocodileencounter@gmail.com

http://www.thecrocodileexperience.com/