The Mother’s Day fairy brought mom this lovely orchid yesterday.
May 9, 2011
May 8, 2011
Hoping all the wonderful mothers out there had a wonderful mother’s day!
May 7, 2011
My sister, Francine, surprised me by meeting me at the airport and picking me up last night. So I spent the night at her house. I got to visit with my niece and nephew, Rebecca and Aaron, in the morning before heading off to visit my mom, who is in the hospital for some tests and observation.
It’s so pretty here, though 40-50 degrees colder than Austin; much wetter and greener. This is a shot of blossoms on a tree in Fran’s driveway. I think this is a cherry.
May 6, 2011
This is a shot of a sago palm that I bought a month or so ago. This one blade on the frond is different than all the rest. Gone its own way. Most interesting part, i think. 🙂
I’ll be heading up to Seattle to visit my mom for a week or so.
More later.
May 5, 2011
It’s 2 weeks to the day since I planted the Chinquipin Oak sapling for Earth Day. I’ve been careful to water it and have been watching it for signs of life every day or two.
It has 8-10 buds on it now, and growing !
May 4, 2011
This is a tiny floret on one of the lantana plants in the backyard. I planted these lantana about 3 years ago, and they have been bright yellow/orange. I have to say that my favorites are the multicolored lantana.
This year, i’m happy to see there there seem to be a few multicolored blooms on this sprawling, hearty plant. I’m wondering if this is from cross pollenation (?) as last year I planted a multi-color lantana in the neighboring bed.
Either way, they’re beautiful. And they attract butterflies in droves.
May 3, 2011
I’m getting better at this. 🙂
May 2, 2011
The neighbors two houses down have a huge agave plant in their front yard. It has been there for about 40 years. It is also known as a century plant, because it blooms once in its lifetime. It takes so much energy to put up a stalk this size that it saps all the life out of the plant, and after it blooms, the plant dies.
We have always admired this agave because it is so huge. This is a shot of the remarkable stalk that is growing out of the middle of the plant. To get a sense of scale, note the power line at the right of the frame – it is at least as tall as the power line now, and still has more to grow.
It’s an amazing thing to witness. I’m sure the bloom will be a sight to see.
All of a sudden I have a craving for asparagus 🙂
May 1, 2011
After closing Shades last night, Lori, Dave, Joe and Monte and I tried our best to stay awake for iPod wars. But we have some work to do to get back in top shape 🙂
We slept on the boat last night. This morning we took a little ride up the cove. The water is dropping – at 657′ now.
This momma duck and her babies were out for a morning cruise, too.
Apr 30, 2011
After little over six months in dry dock, today was the day we relaunched Cupholder. Thanks to Marty and Sue for the ramp duties. Here she goes! She’s back in her slip where she belongs.
This auspicious occasion also marks the beginning of lake playtime. We had a great turnout today: Joe, Kurt, Wally, Kevin, Shannon, Lori, Dave, Marty & Sue, and we even had a drive by from Ken and Chris.
We missed you Teri & Ace!
Oh, yes, she is a sailboat, but we still have a little work to do on the masts, so we may need to do the next raftup as a motor yacht 🙂
Apr 29, 2011
I had an appointment with the eye doctor this morning. First they numbed my eyes to check for glaucoma. Then they dilated my eyes to look in them. I’m going to give the monovision contacts one more try. If that doesn’t help then i’m going to have to try the dreaded progressive lenses. 😮
I took the opportunity to see what my dilated eye looks like up close. It kinda reminds me of something from an old movie I just saw the other day – The Exorcism of Emily Rose. The kind of scary movie that keeps me up nights. You’ll have to see it, cause I don’t want to think about it.
Anyway. Suffice to say that my eyes eventually got back to normal
Apr 27, 2011
I just can’t seem to be in the right place at the right time.
Apr 26, 2011
This is as close as we’ve gotten to rain in a long time. It blew by well south of us.
I was mesmerized by this shape-shifting cloud this evening. I could not get a clear picture of it, though, what with the power lines, trees and roof tops blocking the way.
Even so, pretty awesome.
Apr 25, 2011
This isn’t exactly a stealth shot…as I took it from across the kitchen at max zoom, which is why it’s so grainy. Last year I got pretty good at this and got some good, clear and upclose shots.
That’s ok. I like this one. I’m leaving lots of room for improvement
Sheila365 