5,300 MILES, 6 WEEKS AWAY, LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO

We completed the last leg of our 5,300 mile journey with the 400+miles from Van Horn to Austin, arriving home at 6pm last night. It is never a good idea to take a look at the garden at this time of the day! Darn depressing, I can tell you. It looks as though there has been no rain here despite several people talking about 3" a few weeks ago. I was simply dying to get out there and start weeding. How is it the weeds survive without water... of course that is why they do survive.

Things look a lot better in the early morning light. A little overgrown perhaps.

Then there are a few that have not fared well without water. Still those babies are sure to save this plant from extinction.

In the front garden the blackfoot daisies show their mettle.

And the Lindheimer senna.

And the lanky liatris drooping over the rocks. We saw roadsides of this fall plant on our way from Fredricksburg.

I spent 2 hours in the morning pulling out weeds in the vegetable garden. All my butternut squash have disappeared and there were at least 20 when I left. Ah well, the price you pay to spend 6 weeks in the wilderness of our wonderful National Parks.