From National Serpent Day to “We Are the World” to Rachmanioff’s 2nd Piano Concerto to a home-grown Medusa: we’ve got it all right here.
Category: Plant Life
Butterflies at Christmas?
Our tractor seat plants are a surprise attraction.
Our tractor seat plants are putting out blooms like crazy, and attracting swarms of pollinators. We were surprised about both events.
Local Fall Color
The change of seasons here isn't dramatic, but it's still noticeable.
We don’t get a lot of fall color, but we like what we do see.
Random Thursday: The December Eve Edition
From pretty flowers to pretty dumb quotes, and many unrelated things in between…
Sprinkler Controller Replacement: A Rare DIY Win
Replacing our decades-old sprinkler system controller seemed like a daunting task, but it turned out to be so simple that even I could do it.
Neighborhood Nature (Pt. 14)
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.
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.