Erstaunlich Es hat mich immer erstaunt, daß so viele Leute in Europa Deutsch reden, die nicht Deutsche sind. Die Leute in Niederlanden...
foreign languages Hey, glendann. When I was in college, we had a poster in the language lab, which read: "Languages are only forgeign, when you...
I think they brought the thing to the party to get the science teacher (my wife) to identify it, but also to show it off. My understanding is,...
We went to a party tonight, where we ate smoked ribs & pork chops & all the fixin's. A neighbor kid showed up with this bucket and had a...
Leute Es muß ja mehrere Leute hier geben, die Deutsch können!
Deutsch An Texas Tech Universität habe ich als Magister-student Deutsch unterrichtet. Da habe ich so viel gelernt. Ich habe eigentlich mein...
Anybody for German? Since we had Swedish, how 'bout some German? Der Garten Deines Freundes is sehr schön, Droopy. Bei uns in West Texas...
Texas, Our Texas I love Texas too! Everybody stand up now: Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty State! Texas, our Texas! So wonderful so...
Other country A lot of folks think Texas is like a whole other country. I like the diversitty we have: pine forests in the East, rolling...
travel to froeign lands I've been to: Mexico, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany (East, West & re-unified), the Netherlands,...
critters toni, There are a few small canyons (with lakes in them!) about 2 miles South of my house and I understand, vinegaroons live in them,...
vinegaroon One thing I know will eat snails is a vinegaroon - mastigoproctus giganteus: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg365.html...
I should have seeds & seedheads of the following available this Fall to harvest & distribute: Gaillardia daisy Shasta Daisy - Alaska...
When my family moved to this house in 2005, we discovered a large snail population. This Spring was very wet (18 inches!) and that seems to have...
Today, while working outside, I noticed 3 hummingbirds quarreling over the black & blue salvia. I decided to stand & lean on a porch post and just...
torenia Does the torenia want sandy soil? Is it like impatiens that way? It always seems to rot on me when in the shade of wysteria, or a porch.
blue bonnets But this Spring was great for blue bonnets in Texas - plenty of rain. I have never seen so prolific an explosion of blue bonnets -...
Howdy Howdy from the South Plains of West Texas.
Howdy Howdy from out in West Texas - South Plains to be exact. There are several Texans on this site already, but our areas are so diverse, I...
blue I have the worst luck with torenia. It always seems to rot in my pots - does it want direct sun, like blazing hot direct West Texas sun? I...
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