What's Going On ...

After striking out, we visited the local 'cowboy days' party in the small town and wandered the streets looking at all the handmade stuff (junk did you say?)...there was one booth that had some nice outdoor garden benches and such, but we still came home empty handed...I dunno if it was my hat or sunglasses or both, but I had a raging headache that just got worse as the night wore on...so bad that I could not lay down to sleep because the pounding would get worse...so I had to sit up to try and sleep...I haven't had a headache like this in ages, and eventually after about 90 minutes of it, I finally fell asleep...and I feel fine today...sometimes when I wear myself out, don't get enough sleep for a few days, don't drink enough water, this will happen...

Its gonna be a quiet day here...we have made a conscious decision not to go to Austin, not to run errands, just do stuff at the house...Brian has some pipevine (for the swallowtail) to plant, there's always stuff here at the house to do...We have 3 voracious monarch caterpillars who are doing some good damage to the plants as they grow...I hope we can spy where they cocoon so we can watch them turn...there's an old, dusty monarch (male) that visits the garden...he's worn out but I'm glad we're here for him...We saw an Acacia tree in bloom yesterday that was loaded w/ bees (maybe the only bees left!) and butterflies, and now we want to plant one too...all in good time...