2ofus requested photos of the Waco Zoo (it's actually the Cameron Park Zoo, but it is in Waco) so here are a few. It's a great zoo, very walkable...
Mowing today--long overdue. With all the rain we've been getting our lawn is beginning to look like a very successful hay field. I want to get out...
Good one, 2ofus--we took the photo at the Waco zoo, and I'm going to send them the photo with your caption, properly attributed, of course!
Gee, I thought Texas had one of every insect, arachnid, and critter every invented, but we don't seem to have dome spiders. It's okay, you don't...
Our tomatoes drowned--only got a few pints of marinara sauce. Spring broccoli did well and we are planning where to put the fall crop in. We will...
Eileen, the birds were out in the pasture near the pond, and we didn't know the whistling duck was there until we saw the photo! Thank heavens the...
I always hope I can keep a perennial going, and read up on how to propagate it. Annuals, I collect seeds if it isn't a hybrid (never know what...
Toni, I am not judging the worth (moral or social) of people by their dress, but I do think that there needs to be a modicum of modesty, and a...
This morning we had an egret, a black bellied whistling duck, and a great blue heron at our pond, just hanging out together! We've had all three,...
We went to a funeral for a dear neighbor, and one of the other neighbors turned up wearing a baseball cap! At a memorial service for an...
Mystery solved! They are truly rain lilies, called Copper Lilies (Habranthus tubispathus var. texensis). It seems they grow in zones 7 through 10,...
Carolyn, we use the same remedy for anything that tries to invade the chicken coop. I'm a lousy shot, but can scare the heck out of feral cats,...
2ofus, you are so right about the language. The foul language is usually delivered in stentorian tones that can be heard several tables away! It...
Toni, they have been appearing in late summer/fall ever since we moved here--about 10 years. We didn't plant them, and they have been spreading....
Toni, believe me, I did not want to see those pencil-thin, overly-hairy appendages! If I could have avoided the sight, I would have!:smt086
We rarely dine out, and when we do, it is usually for lunch. However, when we vacation we like to go to good restaurants that might even be...
We've enjoyed a decent amount of rain over the past five days, and that makes the rain lilies pop up. I was discussing how our orange rain lilies...
Hummer, many people are sensitive to Rue. It's a pretty plant, blue green foliage with a tiny yellow flower. Just brushing against it can give a...
The sheer nerve and crassness of some people! I'm so sorry you had your plants stolen. Makes one want to sit on the porch at night, holding a bull...
Smile! That way we don't look so dangerous.
