Table of Contents
- September 9th, 2008 - Llano Notes
- September 11th, 2008
- September 18th, 2008
- Llano Notes - September 20, 2008
- Llano Notes - September 24
- October 27, 2008 Llano Notes, Just Wondering About Cockroaches
- October 30, 2008 Llano Notes—Moving Shit
- October 31, 2008 On the Road—Llano to Lamesa (Texas)
- November 6, 2008 Llano Notes—The Fall Garden
- November 8, 2008 Llano Notes—Rouge Rats, Cockroaches, Pest Control
- November 9, 2008 Llano Notes—Exhaustion and Beyond
- November 10, 2008 Llano Notes—Bewilderment and Butterflies
- November 11, 2008 Llano Notes—To Be or To Do?
- November 12, 2008 Llano Notes—One Rose after the Rain
- November 13, 2008 Llano Notes—Working at the Library
- November 14, 2008 Llano Notes—The Hunters and the Hunted
- November 15, 2008 Llano Notes—Festivities at Casita de Luz
- November 16, 2008 Llano Notes: The Law of Entropy and Personal Stewardship
- November 17, 2008 Llano Notes—Shopping for Shoes
- November 18, 2008 Llano Notes—To Blog or Not to Blog?
- November 30, 2008 Llano Notes—Finally It Is Fall
- November 24, 2008 Llano Notes—When Company Comes
- November 25, 2008 Llano Notes—The Carcass Count Rises
- November 27, 2008 Llano Notes—Thanksgiving Day Texas Style
- November 28, 2008 Llano Notes—Anniversaries
- November 29, 2008 Llano Notes—Recipes, recipes
- December 7, 2008 - Llano Notes—Remembering Pearl Harbor
- A Break from Blogging
- June 18th - Llano Notes
- Llano Notes—September 9, 2009
- Llano Notes - October 7, 2009
- Rain on a Strange Roof
- Hearing the Leaves Fall
- A Sweep of Starlings
- First Frost
- WC, Me and Anniversaries
- The Love Express
- Great Hiking
- The Rush of Spring
The Rush of Spring
The Rush of Spring
For the longest time our lives here at Casita de Luz felt gripped in the cold hands of a winter that refused to let go. Then, almost overnight, spring's seductive warm night air and squint-causing sunshine rushed in to overwhelm us with weeds to pull, grass to mow, raised beds to build and seeds to plant. Abundant blossoms on the fruit trees gave way to luscious bright green leaves and now the branches hang burdened with the developing orbs of apricot, plum, pear and peach. Vegetables that had braved the coldest months--cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts--bolted into tall flowering stalks that brought the bees and butterflies. A late frost obliterated the first sets of tomatoes, peppers, and chiles but we replanted the pots after an impatient wait of another ten days and also set out eggplant, zucchini, and yellow squash. Potatoes, peas, radishes, onions, lettuce and Swiss chard burgeon forth even as the cilantro and spinach succumb to days that are too warm. A few bold roses join the ever-increasing ranks of yellow and purple iris while the herb patch (parsley, oregano, mint, basil, thyme, chives, lavender) outside the kitchen door flourishes.
While robins and cardinals vie for a chance at the bird bath, the always enchanting doves call out "who-cooks-for-you…who-cooks-for-you…" Need I say more about what we've been doing on the home front?
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