We've been dog-sitting Casey the Jack Russell this week, while her master re-builds a humungous fence in their backyard. She seemed to grow tried of walking our local parks, giving us her "Im bored" look now and again. So yesterday we drove the 10 miles to Marlow, small town nextdoor, where there's a pleasantly spacious walking park: Redbud Park. Casey seemed well-satisfied.
In mid-park I got the odd feeling I could be back in England. Sky was partly cloudy, coolish breeze ruffling the leaves of plentiful trees. Only when I stopped to examine some of those leaves did I notice a difference. Oak leaves here are "pointier" than those of their English cousins.
Pecan trees were shedding their fruit - something not often seen in English parks, as I recall. Then, something else told me, in no uncertain fashion that I was not in an English park.
Marlow's claim to fame (outlaws) is recorded here and there in the small town. The Marlow Brothers' story was inspiration for the movie The Sons of Katie Elder. The five brothers Marlow, who it is said led a semi-nomadic life as frontier plainsmen, eventually became outlaws. Their love for each other, and their mother, a descendant of Daniel Boone, amounted to a passion. In the middle of Redbud Park I found a wooden shelter bearing this sign -
Marlow, like our hometown, lay on the Chisholm Trail, scene of early cattle drives and later where cattle trains halted for overnight and rest stops.
Story continues at website Marlow's Colorful Past
The sign and marble monument stand at the park's entrance.
(Photographs from husband's camera. Thanks husband!)
In mid-park I got the odd feeling I could be back in England. Sky was partly cloudy, coolish breeze ruffling the leaves of plentiful trees. Only when I stopped to examine some of those leaves did I notice a difference. Oak leaves here are "pointier" than those of their English cousins.
Pecan trees were shedding their fruit - something not often seen in English parks, as I recall. Then, something else told me, in no uncertain fashion that I was not in an English park.
Marlow's claim to fame (outlaws) is recorded here and there in the small town. The Marlow Brothers' story was inspiration for the movie The Sons of Katie Elder. The five brothers Marlow, who it is said led a semi-nomadic life as frontier plainsmen, eventually became outlaws. Their love for each other, and their mother, a descendant of Daniel Boone, amounted to a passion. In the middle of Redbud Park I found a wooden shelter bearing this sign -
Marlow, like our hometown, lay on the Chisholm Trail, scene of early cattle drives and later where cattle trains halted for overnight and rest stops.
Story continues at website Marlow's Colorful Past
The sign and marble monument stand at the park's entrance.
(Photographs from husband's camera. Thanks husband!)
