So about a month ago, I got two morning glories (‘Grandpa Ott) from the Natural Gardener. At least that’s what the pots said. While the leaves looked exactly like morning glories, the flowers definitely were not. Brian says they’re ‘moonflowers.’ I’d never seen these before. They’re very interesting. Luckily, my morning glories from last year…
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The Dog Days
So, this has been an unusually mild summer, but the heat has hit. Can’t really complain though – a couple of 100F/38C-degree days in a row which is normal for August in Central Texas. Not much going on…still going to Abilene about every week so not much new in the garden, but I thought these two photos…
Odds and Ends
I know I’ve been posting pretty erratically. I’m still schlepping up to Abilene each week; sometimes twice. I’ll be so glad when I can finally put that venerable city in my rear-view mirror permanently. Ah well – that’s probably a while off for now. Unfortunately, these Abilene sojourns are putting me way behind schedule…
Now is the Month of Maying
Still haven’t had much leisure time lately, but May is here and finally had a free day to work in the garden. The end of April-beginning of May is the wrap up of the opera season in Houston. Last weekend was ‘Das Rheingold,’ the start of HGO’s four-year Ring Cycle. I’ve never seen ‘Rheingold’ and…
The Old Year Now is Fled Away
It’s hard to believe the year is almost gone; but Winter is definitely here. I’m sitting outside and it’s 51F/10C, but I’m bundled up and fortified with an exceptionally large mug of glühwein. So fortified, as a matter of fact, that I determined to honor the word of the year – selfie – with my first one….
It’s Fall!
Ah, September and Fall – my favourite time of the year. Of course in Central Texas, that means lower ’90s, but I’ll take what I can get. Today is exceptionally beautiful. After Friday’s rain – between five and seven inches…woo hoo! and Saturday’s transition, today turned out to be clear and fine. And I love…
Wanderlust
So last week, I went hiking in the Barton Creek Greenbelt behind the house. I still forget how lucky I am that I can just step out my back gate and be on the trail. A bit like Bilbo Baggins. It was one of those “Chamber of Commerce” weather days – amazing for mid-August – low 90s, a…
Gardening Inspiration – China
It wasn’t intentional, but I found that several aspects of my garden were inspired by some of trips we’ve taken. One of the most different from southwest Austin was our 2007 trip to China. I really liked all the variations I found on Chinese Guardian Lions, Shishi, (aka Foo Dogs). Here’s what we have on…
Dragon Fly
This dragon fly practically posed for this photo. It’s amazing to watch this one fly around – the white at the wing tips gets blurry…an interesting effect at twilight.
I am a camera.
I’ve been pretty busy lately so haven’t had much time to post anything. Brian’s parents are on their grand tour of Europe; six weeks and more countries than I can keep count of. Each afternoon we look forward to his mother’s recap of the day. They make me want to pack my bags. She’s an excellent…
The Runcible Existentialist 