prairie point

We just got back in town from a trip to Kansas for Tricia’s family reunion. I found this link in my emails. You probably got the email too.
If not, it’s worth clicking over for the whole series of photos of a nest with two tiny hummingbird […]

Thursday we had a “dress-up” day at the office. Usually we wear khakis or Dockers and on Fridays we wear jeans. But Thursday we had some important clients visiting and somebody came up with the notion that we should put on a show and wear coats and ties […]

We got a couple of nice rains last week, enough moisture to put life back in some of the plants. But it’s still mostly the western plants that are doing any blooming, including the red yucca.
Sometimes we see hummingbirds on the yucca, but not as much as on the flame acanthus or […]

Here’s a meme that tells you a little something about me, or at least about my travels. My sister-in-law has a photograph of herself in front of every state capitol. I’m not nearly so well-traveled myself. It looks like I have completely missed the northwest and the southeast too, […]

We are actually getting a light but welcome rain this fourth of july afternoon. The parched lawn and garden really need it.
We had a very traditional holiday weekend. Joined the neighbors for a fish fry down at the volunteer fire department. Sipped cool drinks out on the deck while […]