**everything happens for a reason**

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.....everything happens for a reason....08 29 10............. 
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....Bill asked Jonas how he wound up in Texas.........

.I've heard the story before, Jonas is from Chicago...

.(long story. here in a nutshell)............


.he left Chicago in 1973 headed for San Miguel in Mexico.


.his car broke down at the border in Laredo and a strange man came and told him
.he needed to return to San Antonio where he would meet a woman
.that was born on April 6th, and she would give him a message.


.when he got back to SATx something told him to exit at Southcross.


.the woman was there and Jonas asked her if she was born on Apr 6th.

.she said yes and told him to continue on his way
.and he would meet an old man who would help him
.to become an artist in Texas and then the man would die in 5 years.


.the way was Willow Way, the Ford Homestead, and the old man was Lynn Ford.
.Lynn did help Jonas and did die in 1978.
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..Willow Way is on the banks of the San Antonio River.
.Willow Way is history now. everyone has died.... RIP...
.here below are a few pix I snapped there in 2004........
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.Lynn's shop.....

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....CLICK any picture for a larger view....

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.Next three are the Main House...........

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.Next is inside one of the other buildings.
.had to get a shot of the vine coming in one window
.and out through a leaded window........

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.and here we are 37 years later at the Perkins Foundry........

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.Bill and I left for lunch at the cafe on GrapeTown Road.
.Jonas has been real sick for the last year
.and he declined the invitation to join us there.
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.....Alamo Springs Cafe ... 08 29 10.....

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....So. it is Sunday Afternoon and the Cafe is packed.
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....Most are in their Sunday best.....

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....CLICK any picture for a larger view....

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.Our waitress Missy was a friendly young lady.....

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.She offered to show us her tattoos.....................

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....Right about now, the old hen at the next table says
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.."Honey, you do know that God gave you that body for a reason"......

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..............W.C Fields -
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..............Everything Happens For A Reason........

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..............sometimes you go North to get South........

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..............The Characters. A Simple Story........
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