Bluebonnets are fading, but there are plenty of other wildflowers to take their place. We also encountered a teensy turtle, and a hitherto unobserved water snake.
Category: Plant Life
Random Thursday
Hot cars, colorful wildflowers, dramatic thunderheads: happy Thursday, y’all!
A Few Photos for Your Perusal
Here are a handful of random photos I’ve taken over the past couple of weeks.
*Bonnets: Blue & Otherwise
The bluebonnets in Texas are putting on quite a show this year.
2023: Ready to Rumble
2023 is already shaping up to be an interesting year.
Random Thursday: The Phoning It In Edition
We’re growing our own Texas Mountain Laurel. Also, I have a new cowboy hat. But wait…there’s more!
Random Thursday: The Farewell Edition*
*Not really. I’m just getting a head start on That Day Which Shall Not Be Named But Which Occurs Tomorrow.
Random Thursday
¡Feliz jueves, amigos! Today is National IPA Day, National Work Like A Dog Day, and National Underwear Day, which means you have an excuse to drink a beer for breakfast and then go chase a frisbee in your underwear. [What a frisbee is doing in your underwear, I don’t really want to know.] It’s also… Continue reading Random Thursday
Random Thursday: Nature Updates
Today is National Eat Your Vegetables Day. But God loves us and wants us to be happy, so it’s also National Cherry Tart Day and National Apple Strudel Day, and that’s a clear sign of what’s really important in life. The only way things could be better would be if it was also National Eat… Continue reading Random Thursday: Nature Updates
Loquat to No-quat
Debbie and I have spent the past few weeks repairing the landscape around our house following the devastation of the Great Texas Freeze-Out of 2021. We make a great team; she tells me what to do, and I do it. So far, we’ve taken out the following dead, or mostly dead, plants: 4 pittosporum 4… Continue reading Loquat to No-quat