A field of gold!

On Sunday, April 30 we spent part of the day at Jepson Prairie Reserve with some great friends, Tom and Louise! Jepson Prairie is in the Sacramento Valley near Dixon, California. Did you know that California was once 25% prairie? Much like Texas, the fertile prairie has been lost to agriculture and urban development. It […]

Easter!

It was so sunny and pretty out this morning that I just had to go for a bike ride before starting on dinner! Come ride with me on a 15 mile cruise through the neighborhood — starting out with this Phlox growing by our front door!

What a week!

Wow, what a week! Springtime is always busy, but this week was just crazy! Between going to physical therapy twice, the dentist, work, and all it was nuts. Yesterday was Austin Nature Day and Jason and I led a field trip at Brodie Wild. Then we stopped at Memory Depot — it’s mainly a scrapbooking […]

Brodie Wild!

On Sunday Jason and I put up these signs at Brodie Wild — a 4 acre property in south Austin that is owned by the city. Several groups are working together to maintain and restore the property, including the Native Plant Society of Texas, the Native Prairie Association of Texas, and the City of Austin, […]