The Caregiver’s Tales
Tiny essays on life, nature, grief and other things that catch my fancy in the Texas Hill Country. Here’s how it all got started.
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Looking Ahead
The Yellow Bells is putting on a show again this year. It is soaring to outstanding heights and putting out some fabulous yellow blooms.
Blue Skies
Well. It’s late afternoon. My typical writing time is early morning. But here I am, just back from Houston where I visited my dermatologist.
Here He Comes
Not much doing in the old garden at the moment. We’re in that long slide toward winter.
Uncertainty
Got back from Houston yesterday and the house was clean. It used to mean one of the kids had a party while we were gone.
What I Say
Deer. They certainly have minds of their own. Several weeks ago, I had a little lost deer in the yard. She’s gone now. Found her way out. Her replacement is a fair-sized buck with one antler.
Garden Lesson
I was out for my pre-dawn walk about, saying goodbye to the night, when a thought came to me. I enjoy walking under the outstretched limbs of my trees.
Moonlit Pasture
It is fine to see the neighbor’s pasture at night under the light of the moon, even at a glance.
Garden News
45. The temperature this morning at my house. This seems right. Winter is coming. To Texas. It feels good.
Something Good
It’s easy, as I stare at a blank screen, to think I have writer’s block. But upon further examination, the case is usually more mundane. Generally, it boils down to this.
The Sweet Bit
They’re stringing the lights in the trees at the courtyard of the headquarters of the Pedernales Electric Co-op.