My husband Jason presented a talk on Texas prairies last night at the Travis Audubon Society meeting. I helped set things up — including a display of prairie grasses. We had a great turnout — they told us that 85-90 people were there — usually they get 50-60! Wow! We didn’t get home until late […]
Nature
Critters, wildflowers, prairies, butterflies, and more!
Save the Austin Prairies!
The last public hearing of the City of Austin’s Bond Election Advisory Committee was Thurs evening at 7 PM — Jason and I went to City Hall and we each spoke in favor of using open space bond money to create prairie parks. Several other folks came out and spoke in favor of preserving Austin’s […]
Dreaming of Buffalo
Woo hoo, today’s Austin Chronicle has an article that Jason, Coby, and I helped out with! Go read it! It’s about some Austin prairies that we are trying to get saved — all are threatened by new development. I took this picture last spring at a place we call the Pflugerville Hay Meadow — it […]
Lunch in the Davis Mountains
It’s 34 F here this morning and the sun is barely shining, so I thought we needed some more pics from the Big Bend trip! These were taken in the The Davis Mountains at Fort Davis — a little over 100 miles away from Big Bend National park. Jolyn has a friend named Bob who […]
Grapevine Hills
It’s all gloomy here today so I thought it was time for some more Big Bend pictures! These are the balanced rocks on the Grapevine Hills trail. We did this hike with our friends David and Jolyn and we had a blast! It’s an easy hike out to the rocks — mostly flat and only […]
Luminarias at the Wildflower Center
Last night Jason and I went to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for their special Luminations: A Winter Celebration festival. We had a bunch of fun! It looked magical with all the luminarias and lights! I took a ton of pictures with the digital camera hoping that some would come out. These were all […]