What Every New Owner Should Know
 Understanding the Time Needs of Your Pet: A Comprehensive GuideAs a pet owner, one of the most important responsibilities you have is understanding and meeting the time needs of your animal ...
Birds
Segueing my holiday decor, plus book sightings
December 05, 2025 Say hello to my neighbors — deer and big live oak trees. I spotted these snoozy companions on a recent walk. Until recently, we had an exceptionally warm and ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Pollinators’ Paradise garden
October 31, 2025 Last week I got a sneak peek of the 5 Austin gardens on the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour. Woo-hoo! I thought I’d miss the tour this year because I’ll be manning a ...
Austin Open Day Tour: Este Garden
November 03, 2025 Let’s continue with a sneak peek of the November 8th Garden Conservancy tour in Travis County. Today I’ll show you Este Garden. Quick side notes: I’ll be manning a ...
Kids’ Book Review: Review: The Great Dawn Choir
Living in Australia, many people are familiar with the sounds of birds singing a greeting as the sun rises and the day begins.It's often called the dawn chorus, and that's how this book gets its ...
Kids’ Book Review: Review: The Last Hollow
What happens when a tree, home to many creatures, is lost?The Last Hollow traces the final days of the Elder Tree and the animals who lived in it. The first thing that strikes you is just how ...
Cottage garden charm in Tom’s Tarrytown garden, Part 1
April 25, 2025 Spring is when I get invited — or invite myself — into gardens all around Austin. It’s a rush to see as many as I can before summer and the Death Star arrive. Right now though, ...
Cactus flowers, lizards, and another owl sighting
April 23, 2025 It may be peanuts, but that’s a good thing when it comes to peanut cactus. My peanut (Echinopsis chamaecereus) erupted with starry orange flowers last week, and they’re still ...
Wildflowers, donkeys, and old-sign magic at Katie Bird Farm
April 22, 2025 Last week I invited myself to Kay Angermann and Julie Nelson’s utterly charming Katie Bird Farm, their home garden on 3 acres in southwest Austin. I love everything about their ...
Screech owl nesting in new owl box
April 15, 2025 We’ve been sadly without a screech owl family for several years after losing our owl-box tree and having to move the box. We actually have two owl boxes now — one in the front ...
Wildflower safari east to Independence
April 13, 2025 The wildflower reporters I follow — and my own eyes — say this is a poor year for Texas bluebonnets and other spring wildflowers, especially from Austin west into the Hill ...
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