What is happening at the property....I love spring!!!

 

I worked on getting the garden in today and before I got busy I walked around and took photos! Beautiful day in South Texas!!

 

 

 

Michael's cacti is blooming, too cool...

 

 

Love these...

 

Front pasture...very pretty with a few bluebonnets here and there but not as pretty as the back pasture!

 

Dewberries blooming...

 

 

Pumpernickel...

 

The back pasture is stunning...Bluebonnets every where!

 

 

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Prickly Poppy

 

 

 

 

 

It smelled so sweet back there...

 

 

 

 

I know I've been doing a good job taking care of the bluebonnets as every year they move further and further over and are probably covering 2/3's of the back pasture now. We don't mow/shred until the wildflowers have gone to seed, which is usually mid-june...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I spotted a wine cup amongst the bluebonnets!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Busy Bee

 

 

Split wing skipper

I went over board with the photos but just couldn't help myself...

 

 

 

I have 12 rows planted in the garden and probably 4 more rows to go and then Fred uses what is left to plant his watermelons and cantaloupes...It's going to be another big garden this year. I put in more potatoes to can as that is what we ate the most of...looking forward to fresh vegetables!

 

 

 

Wildflowers at Goliad State Park

I went into Goliad yesterday evening hoping to find some wildflowers and I was a bit disappointed. It seems the city mowed most of my favorite spots. I was in shock!! It really ticks me off when people mow over patches of wildflowers. I then decided to check out the Goliad State park and they had mowed too!! What is wrong with these people!! At the State park they had left patches here and there but not one bluebonnet...I saw a lot of coreopsis and phlox, such a shame. I do have to say I must be doing something right at our property as I have bluebonnets with so many other wildflowers mixed in with them. 

 

 

 

This is pretty but with better management it could be so much prettier!

 

I found this little patch way in the back of the park...So far it has escaped the mowers!

 

 

 

 

 

Glad I got a few photos and I will continue to drive around and look for wildflowers.

 

One drive that is really pretty is FM 236 out of Cuero to FM 622 (turn right) then turn down Camp Colet Road and continue on to Arnold Rd back to FM 236, turn right and head to Hwy 77 (towards Victoria). There are some beautiful areas and fields of Bluebonnets and Indian Paint brushes...Most are in private yards but still nice to see that some people aren't mowing.

 

 

 

Peducah Kentucky March 17 2014

 

We had a busy spring break. After getting home from a Hill Country vacation Michael and I took Grandma back home to her house in Michigan. We drove her car and on the way spent a couple of days in Peducah Kentucky, as Mom is a quilter. She loved it. They have the national quilt museum, which was out of this world and then they had a Hancock's warehouse. The Hancock warehouse was enormous. I was stunned when we walked in there bolt after bolt of fabric. Mom didn't even make it all the way through...Who knew things like that existed?? 

 

 

Peducah is located where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi river. They have built flood barriers and on the flood barriers are murals. The murals were beautiful and told the history of the area, so neat!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few close ups of the Murals...

 

 

 

Town was not hopping as it was cold and windy but I can imagine in the summer it's a pretty busy place...

 

 

 

Tug boat with barge...

 

Mom loved the brick roads...

 

I liked the license plate with a foal on it...

 

Michael and I checked out the River Discovery Center. He was able to drive a simulator that handled a speedboat, coast guard cutter and a tugboat...

 

Flood gate

 

We found a pile of snow in the parking lot, ekk!

 

 

The National Quilt Museum!

 

Mom was enjoying it!

 

We ate lunch here and it was delicious and reasonably priced too!!

 

After lunch checking out the town!

 

 

 

I saw the silhouettes in the top windows, too cool!!

It wasn't a place I'd normally stop to check out but so glad Mom wanted to as it was pretty interesting.

 

More photos coming soon of the rest of our trip!!