Happy Easter February 17, 2021: Encased in a tomb of snow. April 2, 2021: Alive! Full of Promise. Wishing you a wonderful Easter Day. Karen
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Happy Father's Day! Thanks, Jim, and thanks to Father's everywhere who give their kids experiences — both fun and frightening — we moms would never think of! Happy Father's Day!
Seeking Flowers, Finding Spiders, Considering the Lilies
On most visits to the ranch lasting more than a day, I gather plant material — whether bare branches or full blooms — and make an arrangement to display at the house. It might be a simple zinnia or fern frond in a vase, an oversized arrangement of fall leaves and grasses, or a quickly … Continue reading Seeking Flowers, Finding Spiders, Considering the Lilies
Saturday Sedum Watch: The Final Week
We started to watch sedum plants at the Lost Madrone Ranch beginning March 4th. I will be honest, I did not realize it would take this many Saturdays to reach the peak blooming period for this little succulent. Thank you for watching the sedums with me! I arrived at the ranch yesterday happy with the … Continue reading Saturday Sedum Watch: The Final Week
Saturday Sedum Watch: That Was Unexpected
Crunch, crunch, crunch. Anyone with unirrigated land in South Texas knows how it feels and sounds as you walk across dry parched grass. Crunch is the sound I heard as I walked to see the sedums this week. That was unexpected. Just last week at the Lost Madrone Ranch, I walked through a bright yellow … Continue reading Saturday Sedum Watch: That Was Unexpected
Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: April 8
Five hours is all the daylight I saw this week at the Lost Madrone Ranch. Five hours of wonder. Returning from a short vacation, I made a quick trip to the ranch late Thursday afternoon to work in the garden, maintain the house, and check on sedums, of course. The pace of my short visit … Continue reading Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: April 8
Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: April 1
It’s week 5 of watching wild sedums at the Lost Madrone Ranch in Comfort, Texas, and I am shocked by the change at the ranch from one week ago. As I drove through the gate and proceeded along the one-mile road to the house, my eyes blinked; my jaw dropped; I gasped. Like magic, “Greenery” … Continue reading Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: April 1
Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: March 18, 2017
Welcome to the Saturday Sedum Watch — a series of postings following the growth of wild sedums at the Lost Madrone Ranch in Comfort, Texas. The Texas Hill Country is full of splendor, and spring brings the most colorful show of the year. Warm weather and plentiful rains are kicking off an … Continue reading Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: March 18, 2017
Finding Gold in the Grass
A couple months ago, after a long, chilly, morning gorge walk, I was dragging my feet down the road in the direction of the house a mile away. Exhausted, exuberance is not an exaggeration of the emotion that flooded in when I saw Jim driving toward me. As I jumped in the Ranger, relieved for … Continue reading Finding Gold in the Grass
Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: March 11, 2017
It’s Saturday, and we’re watching the sedums — a delightful perennial flowering plant. Last week, my first Saturday sedum blog post noted that Sedum nuttallianum is a sedum variety native to Texas and grows wild at the ranch in Comfort. Sedums are in the plant family commonly called “stonecrops,” and when the sedums first emerge they … Continue reading Saturday Sedum Watch at the Lost Madrone Ranch: March 11, 2017