We Have A Creek

 We've been exploring our recently purchased "raw" land and discovered we have a creek and natural spring. I would love to add some Spring flowering plants along this creek.

Cold Snow Day In Texas

 

The temperature got down to 0 degrees and we were without electricity for 2 days. It's been intermittent power today. We do have water from the our well and have been using the generator to keep the pump from freezing.

Bird In The House During Snow Storm

A bird flew out of our fireplace while I had a fire going! It's amazing it wasn't burned. It flew around from skylight to skylight (we have 2) for about an hour before I was able to coax it into a box with some birdseed. I was able to release it outside. We've been experiencing power blackouts since yesterday so I decided to make a fire to keep warm. I haven't used the fireplace since 2012 and we had to use some cut up 2x4s we had in the garage as we had no wood stored. Little bird was a welcome distraction from the cold and I'm glad it was able to fly away. 

 BURRRRR - it's now 3 degrees and have been experiencing power blackouts since 5:20 am.

Happy New Year

 Just purchased 18 acres. I've got lots of landscaping to do.