Let's Think About Spring

Now that very cold weather has infected Texas, focusing on spring seems like a really good idea. So I'm picturing all the lovely wildflowers which will be blooming in our Wimberley backyard in a few months. Some of them planted by us. (By the way, should they really be called wildflowers when they come from store-bought seeds?)

Ann is pictured standing proudly by our latest efforts to help mother nature out a bit with the blooming flower thing. We had just spread a few thousand wildflower seeds and covered them with this straw mat which controls erosion and helps keep the seeds moist. Today the young seedlings are probably covered in some icy snow, but I'm thinking about the dramatic blooms which we'll be enjoying in April, just 56 days from now.