It’s 34 and things are finally beginning to thaw out. Woke up this morning to a cacophony of neighbors trying to chip the ice off their vehicles. There was an article in the paper about what people are using to get the ice off — some strange things, including a boomerang! We may get more […]
More ice.
Woke up this morning to more ice — wow! Just had to take some pictures to share. Here’s the kitchen table — that’s a rose bush right outside the window. You can see the oak trees are all coated in ice and are leaning over the back fence. Some Lindheimer Senna seedpods: Switch grass: It […]
Brrr!
Howdy all! It’s cold here in Central Texas — 30 right now and falling — feels like 18 with the windchill. We had a bit of freezing rain earlier today and more is expected tonight and tomorrow — they’re calling for .5″ ice — zoiks! Those from up north will be laughing, I know — […]
The Small Object
Today was a pretty gloomy day here in Central Texas — rainy, drizzly and cold — we might get freezing rain on Monday and power outtages — but the day was made brighter by the arrival of these stamps from The Small Object! I stumbled upon these stamps while researching Russian nesting dolls on Russian […]
A new blog banner.
I’ve been working like crazy lately — had to take a break tonight — so I added this blog banner really quickly — still need to tweak the link colors and such. The photo was taken in the common room at the Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains State Park. The window was built by the […]
And now for something completely different!
I made this card for my Aunt Ruth back in early December — her birthday is Dec 23rd — but I just now had a chance to post it. You gotta be careful with December birthdays — don’t want your birthday card to be mistaken for a Christmas card, ha! I fell in love with […]