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April 22, 2006
Road trip!
We are heading out to our local water garden place, to listen to the local garden gurus who are broadcasting their radio show out there today, and to learn more about water gardens, although we aren't ready to put one in the ground just yet...we have a spot picked out, and eventually we'll put one in, but we do all our digging in the fall/winter, so we have awhile yet...but it'll be cool to see our local heros in person, and I'm gonna take a quick side trip to the yarn store and pick up some more bulky stuff to make more bowls...hee...
We caught the new movie w/ Kiefer Sutherland last night...its like '24-Light'...if you like '24', you'd probably like this movie, i enjoyed it, but then I also checked my brain at the door and did not pay attention to the plot holes that I could drive my Miata through...if you have some extra $ and don't mind eating $10 popcorn (I had some ciabatta bread w/ goat cheese, salmon and capers, with creme brulee for dessert - did I tell you how much Alamo Drafthouse rocks?), then go check it out...Kiefer on the big screen is always worth the extra cash...
I found yet another cool garden friend yesterday, while trimming the orange tree, I saw what looked like a large piece of bird poo (I know, pleasant, right?)...but after having learned what to look for from the Austin Butterfly society a couple of weeks ago, I didn't flick it off the the leaf immediately...and as it turns out, its a Swallowtail caterpillar...they are rather ugly, very poo-looking, but they'll turn into the most fantastic butterfly...last week we had our first adult flying around the garden, dropping eggs on our fennel (its host plant)...I doubt this caterpillar was sprouted from an egg last week, so I have no idea how it got here, but then I didn't see the parade of monarchs arrive either, so I'm not gonna ask questions, I'm just gonna enjoy the scenery...its all good...
Time for some Cocoa Puffs before we head out...yum!
Posted by Donner at April 22, 2006 08:08 AM
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Hi Donna-
I'm finding your garden and all the creatures so fascinating to follow and I always look forward to your updates! Thanks for sharing here.
Enjoy your weekend!
Rachel
Posted by: Rachel G. at April 22, 2006 09:53 AM