Here's #whatsintheyard today - all natives:
4-Nerve Daisy - simple & yellow
Grey Globemallow - lovely grey/orange combo
Spiderwort - shocking intense purple
Texas Paintbrush - such a bright orange
Texas Bluebonnet - or pretty weeds as I call them
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum - pretty white umbels
4-Nerve Daisy - simple & yellow
Grey Globemallow - lovely grey/orange combo
Spiderwort - shocking intense purple
Texas Paintbrush - such a bright orange
Texas Bluebonnet - or pretty weeds as I call them
Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum - pretty white umbels
09:07 PM - Mar 12, 2024
Deep into our annual NYE viewing of Interstellar. Coop is in the construct trying to get himself to stay. I'm not one to proclaim one thing or another to be my favorite, I like to leave options open. But this movie to us always gets better with repeated viewings. #newyearseve #movies #interstellar
12:00 AM - Jan 01, 2024
I would assert that Dante, the street dog from Coco, is the best animated dog ever. #coco #dante #animation #diadelosmuertos #dayofthedead
08:00 PM - Nov 02, 2023
01:26 PM - Oct 14, 2023
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Fall #whatsintheyard is a bit sparse after the relentless heat and drought in Austin this year. First up - not a bloom but the resultt of one - seed heads of Clematis texensis, Scarlet Clematis. It's native to the Edwards Plateau, also known as the Texas Hill Country. #gardening #nativeplants
01:03 PM - Sep 30, 2023
02:09 PM - Sep 21, 2023
Saw my first fall Monarch today. Healthy, strong flying female feeding on a Gregg’s Mistflower blossom. Gregg’s Mistflower is an excellent butterfly support plant, much better behaved than Blue Mistflower seen in the background. #gardening #monarchbutterflies #nativeplants #texashillcountry
07:42 PM - Sep 19, 2023
The Sevilla Margarita: Dunno where I got this recipe - I cannot find it online. Amazingly, it's a margarita with marmalade and prosecco in it. This is a stellar brunch cocktail. The double straining step is key, you don't want the marmalade chunks in yer drink. #margarita #Cocktails #marmalade
08:14 PM - Sep 01, 2023
Potential energy emergency this evening in Texas - oh what a surprise. In the graph you'll see some of the lines cross over and that's NEVER supposed to happen. So we've got our thermostat set on 81º for a few hours & have fans on. BTW it's 102º outside at 6pm central. #energy #TexasWeather #ERCOT
06:56 PM - Aug 24, 2023
This is the list of WiFi networks I can see at my mom's retirement center. Getting old does not have to boring or humorless. #Aging #elderly #Retirement #Wifi #humor #melbrooks #GeneWilder #terigarr #YoungFrankenstein
09:58 PM - Aug 22, 2023
Next Tuesday will be interesting for Texas. ERCOT, the power grid manager, is forecasting a shortage of power that day. The first image shows the entire graph, the second zooms in and shows demand/capacity details. Might not happen, but who knows? #Texas #PowerGrid #electricity #ElectricityCrisis
03:21 PM - Aug 11, 2023
Standing Cypress, Ipomopsis rubra, in it's first year of growth. It's a biennial & will stay in this little round form until next spring, when It will turn into a giant (5-6 ft tall) spike covered in bright red tubular flowers. Loved by bees & hummingbirds. #gardening #nativeplants #CentralTexas
06:34 PM - Aug 06, 2023
Zooming in on an 8k image taken by the Webb telescope, I'm wondering if the Riddler became an astrophysicist? Or maybe ? and the Mysterians? #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #JWST #???
01:19 AM - Jul 27, 2023
First episode of new season of #Justified is just spot on. And besides who doesn't like a big heavy dose of Keith David as a judge? #KeithDavid #JustifiedFX
07:12 PM - Jul 21, 2023
Renewables are saving Texas' gravy in this insane summer heat storm. We have over 7000 megawatts of extra capacity right now and no concerns of shortage - due entirely to wind and solar. You can see on the fuel mix image that we are still burning WAY too much natural gas and coal. #RenewableEnergy
01:27 PM - Jul 19, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
A tale of two Ironweeds. First up is Wooly Ironweed, Vernonia lindheimeri. Two foot high grey wooly stems with slender needle like leaves and lovely purple fringy flowers in cluster on top. Native to the Edwards Plateau here in Central Texas. Next is . . . #gardening #plants #nativeplants #ironweed
05:47 PM - Jul 13, 2023
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We all love Trent Crimm (the Independent) from #TedLasso
Here he is in Spaced, Simon Pegg's twitchy sitcom that was the UK's answer to Friends back in 1999. #SimonPegg #spaced #britishcomedy #friends #jameslance
Here he is in Spaced, Simon Pegg's twitchy sitcom that was the UK's answer to Friends back in 1999. #SimonPegg #spaced #britishcomedy #friends #jameslance
04:10 PM - Jul 08, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
Standing Cypress is an unusual native flower. It's a ridiculously vertical member of the Phlox family. Some of these bloom stalks are 5 ft tall. It has soft fern like foliage & is biebbial. #standingcypress #Polemoniaceae #phlox #gardening #nativeplants #CentralTexas #TexasHillCountry #horticulture
07:03 PM - May 20, 2023
Kind of mediocre year for Barbara's Buttons, but still nice - also known as puff balls! I believe this is Marshallia caespitosa. It makes a good cut flower BTW.
#gardening #nativeplants #CentralTexas #TexasHillCountry #NativeFlowers #flowers
#gardening #nativeplants #CentralTexas #TexasHillCountry #NativeFlowers #flowers
07:43 PM - May 12, 2023
3 Threaded Spouts
Completely unaltered images of a Epiphyllum cactus blossum. They bloom infrequently and open at night, lasting 24 hours. Epiphyllums are tropical cacti that grow on the surface of other plants, like trees. #epiphyllum #orchidcactus #gardening #horticulture
11:41 PM - May 05, 2023
Here's #whatsintheyard today: Giant Spiderwort, Red Yucca, Firewheel, Blue Eyed Grass, Cedar Sage, Green Feathershank, unidentified and tiny, Blackfoot Daisy, Barbara's Buttons
#wildflowers #CentralTexas #horticulture #gardening #flowers
#wildflowers #CentralTexas #horticulture #gardening #flowers
07:36 PM - Apr 26, 2023
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01:08 AM - Apr 26, 2023
It's going to a good year for my Hill Country Penstemon. Blooms are just beginning to open and there are at least 8 bloom stalks. Scientific name is Penstemon triflorus and it's are real hummingbird magnet. #gardening #nativeplants #CentralTexas #horticulture #Hummingbirds
11:52 PM - Mar 27, 2023
I like native plants & prefer using them in my yard. That is not an exclusive relationship however, and there are plenty of non-natives I can't resist. Gerbera is one of those. Added this one to a big pot for the patio. Gerbers are in the Aster family and hail from South Africa. #gardening #plants
06:38 PM - Mar 27, 2023
Remember the 2008 "banking" crisis? Remember derivatives? You know derivatives, those opaque & sketchy instruments of doom that became worthless to the tune of trillions of dollars. Well they're back! Look at those TRILLIONS of dollars in derivatives held by the top 10 banks. #derivatives #Banking
05:17 PM - Mar 27, 2023
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on the ground tonight. Probably nearing end of life. I moved it to a bush to give it some protection from bad weather coming later. #Butterflies #TigerSwallowtail #insects
09:38 PM - Mar 23, 2023
March 2023 #whatsintheyard : First Castilleja indivisa, Texas Paintbrush. Then Tetraneuris linearifolia, Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy. Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia is next, 2nd shot shows bloom. Then Aquilegia canadensis, Eastern Red Columbine. Last is Texas Bluebonnet #nativeplants #wildflowers #Texas
12:43 AM - Mar 12, 2023
