Moon

September 12, 2023 I’ve been out in West Texas again for a week, doing garden shoots for the forthcoming book. Meanwhile, here at home, as I’ve been waiting for the summer from hell to break, I’ve been admiring stalwart agaves. They look good by sun… …and blue moon. Here’s to ...

October 12, 2022 Moonrise over Field of Light at the Wildflower Center Silhouetted black trees under a nearly full Hunter’s Moon last Saturday gave a unique Central Texas flavor to British artist Bruce Munro‘s light installation, Field of Light, at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. I’d purchased tickets for ...

December 10, 2018 Under a fingernail sliver of moon, we strolled quiet garden paths illuminated with hundreds of glowing luminarias, ultraviolet uplighting on trees, and the occasional white moon light at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center last night. The annual holiday event runs for four nights, but following two ...

July 23, 2017 When the sun goes down and the moon comes up, that’s when moonflower vine (Ipomoea alba) unfurls tissue-petaled white blossoms as large as your palm, inviting you to lean in for a deep whiff of its sweet perfume. In my mind’s eye, the flowers glow like miniature ...

January 05, 2017 Inspired by the idea of house concerts — performances in private homes, which support musicians and give a small audience an up-close and personal musical experience — I’ve decided to host a series of garden talks by well-known design speakers out of my home, and I’m calling ...

September 27, 2015 Kris Peterson, Los Angeles blogger at Late to the Garden Party, saw her blog title unexpectedly come true last week. Or rather, my friend Diana and I did. With flight complications, we arrived in L.A. four hours later than planned and were indeed late to the garden ...

March 21, 2011 Last Saturday, on the Pfluger Bridge spanning Lady Bird Lake, I joined a handful of moon watchers with tripods and long lenses, pocket-sized point-and-shoots, and camera phones held aloft to capture images of the “supermoon” as it rose over downtown Austin. I didn’t get the photo I ...

December 21, 2010 The nearly full moon shone through the colored lights of the Zilker Christmas tree last night, making a spectacular sight on the eve of the winter solstice. My dad, who is visiting from North Carolina, had never seen it. We made sure he took a spin under ...

August 10, 2009 I missed the full moon by three days, but the waning Green Corn or Sturgeon Moon looked so pretty tonight that I had to get out my tripod to take a picture. The moon, like a flower In heaven’s high bower, With silent delight Sits and smiles ...

December 07, 2008 We always spin under the Zilker Christmas tree at least once between early December, when the lights are turned on, and New Year’s Eve, when they go off. Even before we had kids, my husband and I would take a spin. Since they were born we’ve made ...

October 15, 2008 Last night the moon was in full bloom in the October sky. It shone like a newly minted dime as it peeked over the treetops. But by the time I’d set up the tripod in the dark street, wispy gray clouds had tarnished it. More clouds scudded ...

March 21, 2008 March’s full moon, the Worm Moon, occurs midday today in North America. I took a few pictures last night, as light clouds scudded across the sky, alternately dimming and brightening the moon. The first full moon of spring determines where Easter falls. Easter occurs on the first ...

February 22, 2008 Last night’s (almost) full moon, called Snow Moon or Hunger Moon. I missed the total eclipse on Wednesday night because the sky was clouded over. Attention-loving Austin was over the moon yesterday because all eyes were focused on the Democratic Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack ...

December 24, 2007 Last night the family trooped down to Zilker Park for the Trail of Lights. My favorite tree in Austin, this majestic pecan, was encrusted from trunk to twigs with thousands of colored bulbs—a magical vision! Other trees glowed beautifully too. We also took turns spinning under the ...

October 25, 2007 Driving home at sunset, I saw the biggest full moon I’ve seen in a long while rising over a house on a hill. It looked immense and weighty, as if it could crush the house. Here it is, moon fans—the biggest full moon of the year. It’s ...

October 25, 2007 Driving home at sunset, I saw the biggest full moon I’ve seen in a long while rising over a house on a hill. It looked immense and weighty, as if it could crush the house. Here it is, moon fans—the biggest full moon of the year. It’s ...