So I normally do posts about places that I’m visiting, but yesterday was such a spectacular Autumn day, I decided to play tourist in my own back yard. I’m not sure why, but it seems to me that the fall colour in Austin this year is particularly vibrant – and a tad early. The sumacs…
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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…
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…
Birds…and one lizard
I don’t think I’ve written about the birds in the garden yet. I’m pretty lucky to live on the edge of the Barton Creek Greenbelt which is a nice mix of trees (a gigantic live oak; cedars; Houston Yaupon hollies; a Texas persimmon; etc.) and meadow land. The ecology provides abundant nesting opportunities as well…
Garden Update – First of the Year
So yesterday was my first real ‘work day’ of the year in the garden. I’ve been piddling around here-and-there all year, but yesterday was the first ‘back-breaker’ as it were. Odd-number years are never good for me because of the Legislature and this year was particularly bad because I was juggling so many bills and…
The Runcible Existentialist 