Welcome to June....

It's been a while since I posted.

We've been away.

It's the time of year, for my 'Girls Group' to get together.

Panama City Beach again.

We're still a good group.

And, we always have fun.

We caught a lot of good sunsets this year.

Afterward, Mr. P & I went to one of our group's home.

Spent a couple days, relaxing on their back porch, overlooking the small

lake, behind their house.  Lots of geese and ducks.

Then, the four of us went to San Augustine for a few days.

We stayed at the Bayfront Westcott House.

A lovely b&b, in an old house, right on the bay.

We did all the tourist things.

Above is Flagler College.  It was built as an exclusive hotel.

I took a lot of photos, and I'll post about San Augustine soon.

Back at home, the grapes are filling out.

We had a BIG rain.  One of those that make me nervous.

And, the creek started flowing again.  Lots of water over the waterfall.

The main thing blooming is the Monarda 'Peter's Purple'.

I love it.  It's supposed to be a bully.  But, that's ok with me.

Thanks Bob, for this pass along.

It's been a busy week, back at home.

But, I did manage to get by the garden center, for those annuals I didn't 

want to plant before we left.

A gardener's gotta do, what a gardener's gotta do.

I think my family believes they need to start intervention.

So, that's the news from Patchwork Garden.

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'Til later...

Take care...

~~Linda~~

They're He-e-re.....

Yep...

It has begun.

New little deer.  More mouths to feed.

Hard to catch sight of them right now.  They're very new.

But, they'll be braver, and the mommas will let them be seen

more, in a couple weeks.

Gotta admit...they're really cute.

Even if they'll be growing up, and eating my landscape.

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'Til later...

Take Care...

~~Linda~~

Excited...

You might not get as excited as we have, 

about something like this.

Some gardeners, though, will totally understand.

A few years ago...2011...we went on the

Texas Hill Country Wine and Wildflower Trail Tour,

with some dear friends.

We did eleven wineries on the first day.

Two on the second day....for obvious reasons.

Each couple...I thought it should be EACH TICKET...received

a bare root grapevine.

We were the ones who had a garden.  So, we planted both.

Only one made it.

It did well.
Had nice leaves.  No grapes.

We finally pruned it, early this year.

And, these showed up.
Cute, huh?

These are the buds.

These are the blooms.
So cool!

Hopefully, those little green things will turn into grapes.

We'll never have a 'vineyard' to overlook,
like we do at Driftwood Estate Winery,
when we pick up our wine.

But, we're still excited to maybe have the chance for some grapes.

I'll keep you posted.

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'Til later...
Take care...
~~Linda~~

Catching Up....

Wow!  May, already.

Time flies....well..when you're busy.

This year, my Blog anniversary fell on Easter.

And, you didn't hear a peep....har, har...

This is anniversary #5!

I have to say, I'm impressed that I've kept this up this long.

Things have changed here, over the years.

I'll do an update sometime soon.  Been too busy with MORE

clean-up.  This year seems worse than ever.

Blogging has let me meet so many nice people...online and in person.

Some of the Austin garden bloggers, got together recently for a preview tour

of the Travis County Master Gardeners' 

Inside Austin Garden Tour.

(Thanks Pam Penick, for the group photo)

Without blogging, I would never have met all these great people.

I've learned a lot, from the bloggers I've met.

About gardening in Central Texas, photography, and just life in general.

So, I'll keep on reading.

And, try to keep up with posting.

Thanks to all of you who have welcomed me into your blogs.

You're welcome here, any time.

So, here's to more years of blogging.

Now...I need to get out there and do more clean-up.

Have a great weekend...

~~Linda~~