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Grueling Texas Sun
Posted by: Brenda Kula | June 9, 2009
What is truly lovelier? Pink petals…
Or a man working?
You guys know Robert. He’s hard at work with his whirring saws, creating the deck. Drinking coffee and then Mountain Dew. In the Texas sun that pounds you into ground beef fast. Read the rest of this entry »
Crepe Myrtle Blooms
Posted by: Brenda Kula | June 7, 2009
The various crepe myrtle trees are blooming in my yard. So pretty against the bright blue sky.
I am so intrigued by spider webs. Read the rest of this entry »
Heat Is Here To Stay
Posted by: Brenda Kula | June 5, 2009
Good old faithful, Purslane.
Rusted sculptured wind chimes hanging in a tree…
I think the heat is here to stay. The plants are dry and thirsty by noon, despite the sprinklers having gone off before sun up. Read the rest of this entry »
Deck Update
Posted by: Brenda Kula | June 2, 2009
Robert’s feet. Still muddling through the deck transformation. He finished with the drainage pipe upheaval and put new ones in. Read the rest of this entry »
And The Rain Came Calling
Posted by: Brenda Kula | April 17, 2009
It has rained most of the day. No gardening around here to speak of.
It is evening and I finally get to go outside. Look at this strange colored tulip. I don’t remember what color it was I bought. Read the rest of this entry »
Chaos In Paradise
Posted by: Brenda Kula | April 16, 2009
Here I am, in a beautiful spot in the pines of East Texas…
With beauty all around me… Read the rest of this entry »
New Saltwater Fish
Posted by: Brenda Kula | April 14, 2009
Isn’t he/she gorgeous? This is my new Tang. This fish was added by “The Aquarium Kids” (as I refer to them; the couple who come in once per month to see to my saltwater tank) yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Blooming Poppies
Posted by: Brenda Kula | April 12, 2009
They started out looking like this.
Yesterday they had progressed, overnight, to this.
Amazing.
Someone please save me from myself. I am beyond control. I cannot leave this poor birdhouse alone. I just can’t. I am mesmerized by its mysterious contents. Read the rest of this entry »
Flowers And Sunshine
Posted by: Brenda Kula | April 11, 2009
May your weekend be filled with flowers…
And sunshine…
Posted in Gardening & Nature | Tags: flowers, hen & chicks, sunshine Read the rest of this entry »
I Dreamed Of Having…
Posted by: Brenda Kula | April 10, 2009
When I was a little girl in the sixties, I dreamed of having a little house of my very own. It would be filled with color. It would have bright yellow walls. The sunshine would spill in the windows and dapple the hardwood floors. Read the rest of this entry »