Schools out for Summer!

My Grandaddy's wake and funeral in Georgia renewed my faith in the goodness and generosity of people. Like the preacher said, LBJ looked forward to returning to his Texas Hill Country ranch after living in the White House because, "in the country, people ask how you've been doing when you are sick and cry when you die." The folks that loved my Grandaddy were many and they all came to pay their gracious respects.

Sweet summer is in full swing in my own Hill Country home....

Cruising town
Leveling for the pool
Pool pony
Sandcastle cake

Ella illustrates early in the morning
... and spies a baby rat snake outside her bedroom window
Daddy day at the nature center

Two Years 11 Days

....since our family of four moved to Austin, Tejas. This is my short list of the good, the bad and the undiscovered.

Good:
Breakfaste Tacos
Hot weather, cold water (Deep Eddy and Barton Springs)
Our front porch
Mathews Elementary
Feeling like you live in the Country in a City

Bad:
Bugs
Heat
Traffic
Feeling like you live in the Country in a City
Bugs

Undiscovered:
Hill Country (Texas Wine Country)
Music
Border Towns (starting with Laredo)
The Stitch Fashion Show and Guerrilla Craft Bazaar (every fall)
Canoeing on Town Lake (recently renamed Lady Bird Lake)