Sunset at Lady Bird Lake
A sherbet-colored sunset over Lady Bird Lake during a recent walk turned Austin’s glass skyscrapers into a pastel rainbow row.… Read More
Early spring walk at Lady Bird Lake
March 01, 2024The trail around Lady Bird Lake was pink, brown, and blue last weekend. Peach trees were flowering against a bluebird sky. Bald cypresses were biding their time, waiting to be sure all freezes are over. Eager redbuds proclaimed … Read More
Golden hour at Lady Bird Lake and downtown Austin
Austin’s glass skyscrapers and orange-needled bald cypresses along Lady Bird Lake glow beautifully at golden hour on December walks.… Read More
Another fall walk and deer destruction at home
Beautiful fall weather enticed me out for another walk around Lady Bird Lake. But at home, the deer were on a tear.… Read More
Thankful for today
I’m finding much to be thankful for today and hope you are too. I’m grateful for cooler weather and walks around Lady Bird Lake.… Read More
Graffiti plant
Last weekend I spotted this graffiti of a flowering yucca or palm on a bridge support at Lady Bird Lake.… Read More
November walk at Lady Bird Lake
A perfect fall day calls for a walk around Lady Bird Lake, so on Sunday there I was, at Lou Neff Point, viewing Austin’s mushrooming skyline and the towering Jenga building.… Read More
Paperwhites and palmettos at Lady Bird Lake
January 09, 2019A post-holiday hoof around Lady Bird Lake reveals some beautiful surprises, like a spring-fresh cluster of paperwhites in bloom. Inside the Pfluger Bridge Circle, designed by Christine Ten Eyck (my next Garden Spark speaker!)*… …I smiled to see … Read More
Deer, egrets, and aloes and a happy Thanksgiving to you
November 22, 2018 The buck stops here. And here and here and, well, everywhere in my neighborhood in autumn. On our daily stroll, the dog and I walk a gauntlet of edgy male deer standing vigil near groups of does. … Read More