Willie Nelson Came To Town

And performed in Concert At The Ironstone Amphitheater which is only one mile from my home in a bucolic area .  The amphitheater sits on a twelve and a half acre destination property .  The major feature is the Ironstone Winery and Vineyards - 17th largest winery in the United States .  In another post I will elaborate on this destination property that includes many interesting  activities like tasting room (of course) jewelry store, museum, gift store, beautiful gardens, wedding/party venues, very large entertainment room with fine art, magnificent pipe organ and high-end professional kitchen to just mention a few .

Ironstone is a magnificent location to spend as much time as you have . During the 25 years that I have lived here, I have had the opportunity to witness the development and evolution of a vision of a hard working family of four generations .

In my last post I mentioned that I would blog about some mischief/vandalism in the neighborhood .  So - - - what does Willie Nelson have to do with it ?  Well, nothing personally,  but his presence and especially his fans contributed to disheartening activity at my home and nearby.

On Sunday morning when I went out my front door, I noticed that my vertical gate was open.  I thought that was strange and with further observation I saw lots of yard waste from my filled barrels that were placed on the opposite side of my driveway inside the fence .  While checking things out a Sheriff drove by and I waved for him to stop.

Allegedly, the Out Of Town visitors for the concert who became mood altered from overzealous partying left their NOTICE of their attendance to our little town by vandalizing MANY HOMES near Main Street which is about one mile from the Amphitheater.

I had six barrels ready to be picked up and two were missing from an obscure location along my front flower bed and the driveway.  One of the barrels was up the street and I did not see the other one.

I proceeded to clean up the yard waste (thankfully it was not smelly household waste) and after looking around I noticed another of my barrels across the street in the flower bed.  I put a red star on the photo.  You can also see more of the yard waste behind a neighbors vehicle.

And, this is what was done to my next door neighbors fence.

I guess there were about 10 homes affected by this irresponsible behavior .  Garden pottery with plants were broken as well as garden furniture and other types of vandalism .

Thankfully, no people or animals were injured or killed .  It could have been a lot worse.  But, what a sad event  and what it says about today's world .  Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event and it seems as though wherever you live your life it is filled with disrespectful and  dishonorable acts.

What happened to the Golden Rule ?   "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

I guess this post is a little bit of labor of love .  I had to rewrite it because somehow it disappeared when I had almost finished it yesterday .  Don't you hate when that happens ?????

Until next time !

Mary