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| February 22, 2017 |
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| March 19 |
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| glamour shot |
I'm looking at revamping my whole patio space in the backyard soon. I loved having an herb and flower border surrounding my patio area at the old house, and I was thinking about doing something similar in the new house. These columbines are going to anchor the "doorways" that will lead through the border into the yard, I think.
Here's the patio itself...well, most of it. It makes a great "before" shot, doesn't it? Full of leaves and those hateful, crunchy, little Live Oak flowers that carry that infuriating yellow pollen that sticks to everything this time of year. Also shown: a bunch of junk I hadn't cleaned off before taking this pic, muddy yard shoes, and a wee House Finch:
Don't see the bird? Here:
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| Hee. |
In the front yard, all of the Caladiums I planted in February have been removed by the @#*!! squirrels:
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| LEAVES. STAAAAHP. |
Did you miss it? Look again:
Little bastards.
Also, meet Frances:
Frances is a Funnel Web spider (Agelenidae) who lives on my front porch and prevents people ringing the doorbell. Frances is harmless - not related to the Australian Funnel Web spiders you hear about that are trying to kill you. (I think maybe everything in Australia is trying to kill you). She likes to collect dead bugs. She normally cleans out her web every few days, but she's really let it go lately. Bad Frances.
It's going to be a big weekend in the backyard. I'm hoping by Sunday evening the whole thing will have been completely transformed. Also, The Zilker Garden Festival is this weekend. I haven't been in a few years, and I'm so excited about it!
More soon.
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