Today we had to head out a few hours hours from home to help one of John’s elderly relatives. On the way home, we made a stop at Bastrop State Park, a park in a beautiful area of Texas known as the Lost Pines. This pocket of pines, far separated from the pine forests found …
Our dog walks are increasingly filled with blooms this week, like these native redbuds blooming at the side of the road. Bluebonnets, the Texas state flower, have started blooming along some of the highways so in the next week or two we’re hoping they’ll start appearing out here!
Today we’ve been busy shooting photos for our upcoming Texas with Dogs guidebook. We’ll soon be hitting the road for more distant trips (including, hopefully, some wildflower trails soon) but, for today, we headed to another area lake. With just a light wind and temperatures in the 80s, it was a great day for some …
We’re just going to go ahead and declare it spring here…and today’s ladybug proves it to me! Sitting in the sun perched out by our wood pile, she seemed to be letting us know that the time for chopping wood (for our wood stove) was done. Spring is here. Psst…we’ve got a fun photography giveaway …
Well, although we’re still deeply entrenched in a really serious drought, we did have a 1.5 inch rainfall this weekend…so, to Irie and Tiki, that means plenty of water for a quick dip! Our creek wasn’t running after the rain (although it did wash plenty of dead cedar needles down into the water) but the …