When we got home from Dallas this evening, this is what I found in the backyard: Daffodils in a row: [img] Peach tree in bloom [img]...
My wife & I drove back to West Texas today and went right through the fire area. We took this picture. Awful, isn't it? We saw cowboys out mending...
Here are the girls at Mass - they were selected to present the elements to the altar for consecration. My daughter carried the bread, my youngest...
My daughter & her cousins had great fun this weekend at my brother & sister-in-laws' house in North Texas. My daughter & nieces getting ready...
My wife, daughter & I were driving from our little town in West Texas to visit my brother's family in North Dallas. En route, we saw this huge...
llano estacado Yeah. Droopy, it's very flat here, but as the links said, the South Plains are dotted with small playa lakes, which provided...
mountain Where I live - on the Llano Estacado - this entire plateau is built of eroded soil from the Rocky Mountains. So I reckon, I technically...
garden My daughter will not have her own garden, inasmuch as her own spot, or spots in a flower bed, in which to grow her very own pink zinnias....
flowers She has dug holes for me and assisted in setting the roots down into the holes in the past. Trouble is, she gets bored withit pretty...
Texas snow Hey, we had snow in West Texas too. That front blew through with winds up to 70 mph. All our snow was airborne - pretty much the whole...
beautiful A beautiful yard, there. I also thought the heavenly bamboo is the same as nandina. Then I remembered, seeing it tagged both ways in...
My daughter and I planted zinnia seeds - pink flowers, of course (her favorite color) in these little peat pots on Friday. We noticed, they're...
Thanks Thanks, folks. My daughter is doing well. She started off poorly this morning, but got rather rambunctious later in the evening & has not...
apricots This is the only apricot tree, that has started to bloom. I have 2 others, which are budding, but haven't bloomed. Maybe we'll get...
March 2, 1836 - the Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico. Texas is now 172 years old! Everybody sing! "Texas, Our...
beautiful Beautiful tulips, Sjoerd! I love them, but they do not do well in West Texas. I was told, our Winters are too warm, so they burn up a...
Here are some shots in my yard & gardens over the past few days. Apricot tree in bloom (way too early - no fruit this year, I'm sure!) [img]...
But... But we don't get a storm surge and hurricanes spawn tornadoes anyway. Tornadoes don't spend that much time on the ground and bounce up...
How 'bout these to brighten your day? Rudbeckia [img] Hummingbird [img] hibiscus [img] another rudbeckia [img] another...
Do you think Astrantias will grow in West Texas? What do they like? We are very dry and in Summer, very hot. Winters are pretty mild, but we can...
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