What a great weekend. Saturday I got stuff done around the house and then went for a bike ride. A cold front had moved in, so my ride was in the 60’s — felt good! Sunday I got to hang out with two good friends — Scott and Coby. (Jason had to work — poor […]
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Things that don’t fit in any other category!
Fall Workday at Brodie Wild
November 5th we had a workday at Brodie Wild. 21 volunteers planted over 350 plants — wow! Jason co-ordinated getting the workday together. Together with another volunteer, I placed the plants so they’d be ready for planting, and I helped plant too. My legs were really sore the next few days — yowza. Now we […]
Doeskin Ranch
On October 29th Jason and I went hiking at Doeskin Ranch, a tract of land in the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. It is about an hour northwest of Austin. I took a bunch of pictures (gallery), including this one of a Great Plains Ladies’ Tresses Orchid. Yep, there are orchids in Texas — 54 […]
NPSOT Symposium in San Antonio
I finally had a chance to create some photo galleries from the 2006 Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) Symposium. Every year members from all over Texas meet at the symposium. This year it was in San Antonio and was held Thursday October 19 thru Sunday October 22. Jason and I left Austin Thursday evening […]
Feeling Better
Finally! These past few days have been a blur of drinking tea, sleeping, waking up to drink more tea, sleeping some more — well you get the idea. First time I was sick all year though, so I guess that’s pretty good. Thanks a bunch for all of your get well emails, they helped. Got […]
Not Feeling Well
Hi everyone — just thought I’d let you know that I have been under the weather. Sore throat, fever, the works. Lost my voice on Halloween, Jason had to give out the candy to all 67 trick-or-treaters! I’m getting better, but still feel weak. Time to go make another cup of hot tea — it […]