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A Pecan Tree, Grass and Rain
When we bought our house, some twelve years ago, it had a largish deck in the back yard. It was in several levels and built along side a mature Pecan tree that remains the centerpiece of the property. We really … Continue reading
Sonoma In The Heights Goes To The Dogs
Rarely do two of my passions come together so nicely. Saturday, February 2nd Sonoma Wine Bar in The Heights is hosting a fund raising event for SNAP. A Saturday afternoon spent tasting wine is a nice idea all in itself. The … Continue reading
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TEDxHouston 2012 Edited Videos Now Online
Earlier today there was an announcement that the TEDxHouston 2012 video recordings were finally edited and being put online via You Tube. You can find the entire playlist here. You may recall that I was a volunteer working at that … Continue reading
A Hopeful Sign
We plant a lot of Milkweed in our garden. It’s the favorite food of Monarch butterfly caterpillars. This afternoon I found the little fellow in the side yard. He’s just about dry enough to fly. He was flying around about … Continue reading
Posted in The Good The Bad & The Ugly
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Halloween 2012 Photos
Halloween 2012, a set on Flickr. These are the photos that I took in the weeks prior to and on Halloween 2012. We had some family help with carving pumpkins and creating a few new headstones. Then some folks came … Continue reading
Halloween Hangout 2012
Halloween is well and truly upon us. I can tell from the mass of junk assembled in our front yard and the banking alerts arising from the candy spend. We’ll be up to our old tricks and expect a fairly … Continue reading
Gwen Goes To Urban Tails
Our younger dog Gwen is just around two years old. As any Labrador that age she has a lot of energy. We had thought that it might be good idea to help her burn off some of that energy by … Continue reading
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