The Silk Creek Retreat Room

The Silk Creek Retreat Room is slowly coming along. A hardy soul
could actually stay there now.

Ceruean Blue

Of course, they are pretier with their wings OPEN!

Raccoon Story

One morning last week I got up and saw a raccoon in the nighbor's
garage window--the neighbor had recently moved away and no one else
has moved in--the house is for sale. I thought the raccoon was just
hanging out--maybe it had a nest in there or something--but it was
there for hours and I finally realized it was caught! It had been
climbing up the garage door and it had closed, pinching its finger in
the door! When Keith got home, we went over with a couple
screwdrivers and wedged open the crack and pulled out the damaged paw.
The raccoon sat there a long time--a very long time. It had chewed
and chewed on the door trying to free its paw and may have damaged its
teeth. Eventually it got down and went away--I HOPE IT SURVIVED(S)!!
One of the neighbors was threatening to call animal control, so we are
glad it left when it did. Poor thing!

Today at Nashua Creek I

We walked at Nashua Creek today under threatening skies--the rain held
off, but the lighting wasn't too good. I carried three cameras--here
are a few from the first one.

Nashua Creek
Cutleaved Toothwort
Wild Currents (or gooseberries--but they had no thorns)

Eager in the Violets

I am rehabilitating a baby squirrel

Christms cactus photo by Julie Levy

Christmas cactus, by Julie Levy, submitted by David Piece on her behalf.

orange rhodies

Rhodie bush on Hewitt Road, lit/backlit as much as the weak sun could muster late this afternoon.

 

While I was taking pictures, two people driving by stopped to comment on how beautiful that bush is. Only one was someone I knew.  Leaflady (Gail)

The Bridge

Sorry I have been M-I-A, but I hope you will like this post & photos!

These photos are a bridge near my ex-.

Gone But Not Forgotten

I took these photos back in February on my last trip to Galveston. I've been meaning to post them for sometime now, but have been very distracted lately.


This was taken at the east end of the island where the bird sanctuary used to be. Somebody named Chris spray painted the words "gone but not forgotten" on the steps. The clean up process after Hurricane Ike is going to take a while, but the birds are making do. There are more photos of birds on my other blog.


This is where my favorite restaurant used to be. I'd park at the east end of the island, and walk about 2 or 3 miles, eat lunch, and then walk back.


A bit crowded here.


Making a home among the wreckage.

spring flowers

I took these pics walking around the expensive subdivision on the top of Hewitt Road today. The orange ones are Calif. poppies but I don't know what the others are, and they are really interesting.

 

I'm walking up there a lot, cuz I hope the climb up the steep hill will get me in better condition. Laure and Nancy were giving me a hard time about getting winded during a fast folk dance a few weeks ago. Realized I no longer live in a 2-story house or climb 2 flights of stairs several times a day at work.

LeafLady (Gail)