The nights are still a little cool, but the days have been so warm. My bluebonnets are just thriving! Bluebonnets! The rest of the front garden is slowly coming back to life. I have yet to see any signs from my bougainvillea, but I haven’t lost hope yet. However, the last few days I spent [...]
Tag: 2021
A Crisis of Yarn Choices
I finally caught my 2021 temperature blanket up to February 14, the arrival of Winter Storm Uri. And then I realized I had a problem: the low temperatures under 20 didn’t really stand out the way I hoped. Left: Feb 12, high 33 (mist), low 30 (mist). Right: Feb 14, high 31 (mist), low 14 [...]
Recovery
The storm has passed, and we are sailing into the harbor of Spring. The cold passed by so quickly, it was almost like it didn’t happen. We had a week of 30F temperatures, and then poof, we were back to normal and in the 70s agains. This week we are in the 80s. Craziness. The [...]
2021 Temperature Blanket
We all thought 2020 was weird. 2021 seems to be giving it a run for its money. I’ve seen temperature blankets before, but I haven’t been a fan. Most of them are just rows of a single color, and they span the rainbow. I don’t love the look, and it doesn’t coordinate with any room [...]
Garden Devastation
We reached 74F yesterday. I started pulling covers off my plants after this week’s winter storm. I might have cried a little. Sally Anne did not do a very good job of protecting my gingers. She must have been hiding under them. The bougainvillea I so lovingly kept green all winter has succumbed to the [...]
Snowpocalypse 2021, Part One
You might have heard there was a bit of cold weather across the central part of the United States. You might have heard Texas didn’t cope well. Let me lay it out for you. Let me start with the size of Texas for perspective. I know I have several European friends here. I've been there [...]
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