Fun lunch guests!

Thank you, thank you, Sally, for bringing the residents of Blanco's beautiful Henry House over to enjoy a pizza lunch in our Wildscape gardens. (I apologize for not getting everyone to look over and say "cheese" at the same time. I just snapped a couple of quick shots.) James missed the fun hour because he had to work. So I had Emerie, Jewell, Corrine, Ivon, and Mr. P.A. all to myself. Thanks for coming,  y'all! Come back soon soon soon!

Texas periodical cicadas

Entomologist Mike Quinn recently posted some interesting information on his website: "Notes on Texas Periodical Cicadas." Check it out! And you can report your own sightings here.

Mallows

Rock roses in the front yard.

"Hey, you need to take some photos of the rock rose blooming!" James suggested while on a break from mowing awhile ago. Okay! So off I went with my point-and-shoot. Then I decided I might as well take photos of all our pretty mallows...

Rock rose bloom a little closer.

Rock roses and turk's cap competing for real estate, as James likes to say.

A different angle on the rock roses in the front yard.

Turk's cap just starting to bloom.

Turk's cap in the back yard. We have three colors: native, white, and 'Pam's Pink.'

Rock roses in the back yard sharing real estate with a longwood blue.

My surviving velvet-leaf mallow. Beautiful!

Gray globe mallow

Texas star hibiscus about to bloom.

Our Blanco County native globe mallow.

Globe mallow flowers

Pearl milkweed

James took photos this evening for me. I'm too tired to do much of anything. He was also the one who spotted the seed pod on the pearl milkweed. Cool!

Taller than me!

 My "baby," the Simpson's rosinweed that I planted from seed. It's taller than me!

The standing cypress that managed to grow in between the house and patio is also taller than me. It should bloom soon.

Back yard veggies

 Our first official pick!

Post-flood recovery

I'd like to pass along information about upcoming workshops and advice on flood recovery for riparian habitats....