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May 10, 2007
Back in the day...
I'm trying something a bit new - I'm outside working on the computer...but its not easy to see the screen clearly, so the pics might be a little weird...I'm not sure...I kinda did my same old tricks, hoping the pics would come out, but if they look off, its cause i'm not seeing them in a proper light (too much glare)...sorry for that...but on the plus side, I've got some new pics of butterflies that I woulda missed if I was indoors, so that's good...I'll post those shortly...
I just bought two new additions to the yard - the Buddleia plant, aka Butterfly Bush...I had one of these in the Black Knight color years ago, but didn't get it in the ground in time and it died...also - don't buy buttefly bush plants in August and keep them in a pot and expect them to live...won't happen...lessons learned...(these pics are not from my house, just examples of the plant)...
About 10 years ago, we rented a little house near the University of Texas campus...we lived there about 3.5 years and really enjoyed it...its where we met and inherited Bagheera and Clementine who are still with us...When I found the house we moved into, it was renting for $895 a month...considering houses just down the street from us were renting for $1500, I was pretty happy we could live in the neighborhood for such a cheap amt...it was a nice house and we kept the yard and ivy growing...I see that Austin is offering a tour of other more stately, historical homes this coming weekend...we used to drive and walk by these houses every day...we lived just one street over from Duval, in fact...
Alas, we moved away when we bought our first house, and last I checked, the little red brick home used to rent is going for $1500/mo for rent (the taxes on it are $8000/yr, which is actually rather cheap in that neighborhood)...So, I'm glad we had our time there...I could hear the UT band playing during Saturday football games...and folks who had tickets would park on our street and walk to campus...its a neat little neighborhood that I would love to live in, if I was a multi-millionaire...
Posted by Donner at May 10, 2007 01:32 PM