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Stone's Throw

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Day 211
Camouflage
It's hard to get an accurate view of the depth in this photo. The water looks murky, but it's crystal clear and the murkiness is sand and a...
Day 200
Jessie In the Pond With a Toad
We have MILLIONS of frogs on our pond right now, and there is also one big toad. We hope he's alive. Do toads go into a...
Day 166
Planting the Bog Pond and Putting In the Waterfalls To the Pond Below
Today the bog plants went into the top part of the pond, and the slabs were put...
Day 165
Almost a Frog
When I was cleaning out the tank where I had stored my water lilies before putting them in the pond I found this little guy. Instead of...
Day 164
Working On the Pond
Checking the water flow for the three waterfalls from the bog pond to the pond. #outdoors #afternoon #landscape #tuesday #water #r...
Day 160
Tornado Light
This photo was not edited at all--specifically, it wasn't edited for color. If you have ever lived for any amount of time in the midwest...
Day 154
Stripping the Cedar
These are the pieces of all the juniper cedar trees we removed to make way for the new gardens, pond, and apiary. The bark is bein...
Day 153
First Pass at the Edging on the Pond
Nope. This one just isn't going to work--way too jagged! #morning #outdoors #friday #old #landscape #house #water...
Day 145
Late Afternoon In the Beeyard
#thursday #outdoors #nature #evening #landscape #wood #tree #park #garden #grass #leaf #bench #wooden #yard #travel #sum...
Day 143
Double Rainbow
View from the backyard ad the storm passed over. #evening #tuesday #bow #rainbow #may
Day 132
Rescued From Kaiju
My daughter rescued this little guy from one of our cats out in the yard today. He was very happy to hang out with her for awhile b...
Day 131
Tremendous Storm Today
The detail makes the photo--Jessie off to the right, the water shooting off the roof, and the blur of the rain in the backgroun...
Day 130
My Bees!
The bee with her butt in the air is sending out "here's the way to the hive pheromones, and check out the pollen on one of the other's legs!...
Day 125
Orchids In the Bathroom
I have always wanted to have flowers ringing the bathtub, now I do! #friday #evening #flower #plant #jar #vase #container #pot...
Day 120
It's Like a Jar Full Of Fireflies
I love these lights! I think they will be so pretty hanging in the trees in the evening. Just wish there was some wa...
Day 118
Peeled Juniper Cedar Limbs
Some of these were cleared from the new garden because they were crowding other plants and trees, and some were cleared bec...
Day 114
The Bee Yard
The first four hives are set up in the garden, and the bees are installed. There are two Langstroths, a hybrid Langstroth/Top Bar, and a...
Day 112
Build It And They Will Come
The new garden is freshly in, and we already have two monarch butterfly caterpillars chomping on the milkweed! #saturday #...
Day 110
The beds are almost all planted!
My husband likes to say he's always liked botanical gardens, he just never thought he'd own one! #thursday #afternoon...
Day 100
Spreading Seed In the Rain
Today we put down the native grass and wildflower seed that will make up the wildflower meadow in our front yard. We are fe...
Day 98
Front Yard After Burning
What was weedy grass there was has been burned, and a truckload of new topsoil is being spreadt in preparation for putting in...
Day 97
Blooming Prickly Pear
It's spring in Austin and the cacti are bursting into bloom. Prickly pear jam anyone? #friday #evening #garden #flower #plant #f...
Day 91
Goldenball-Lead Tree
Ready to go into the garden on Monday! #saturday #evening #leaf #plant #herb #april #dandelion #plant-part #theme-spring
Day 90
The Mexican Redbud
The first of the new plants to go into the backyard today was the lovely little fedbud tree in the midle of the photo #forest #tree...