Nature

Flowering Friday – Rosemary

June 1, 2012 Austin
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Flowering Friday – Purple Sage

May 25, 2012 Austin

What I know about purple (Silverado) sage: It’s native to this area and very drought-tolerant. When other plants withered last summer, our two sages soldiered on. Deer don’t eat it. Yes! These gorgeous flowers are spurred by… rain. Not the season or any other natural signal. It’s like they’re celebrating the bounty with a fireworks [...]

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Lemon Buds

May 22, 2012 Austin

At our house in California, we had a Meyer Lemon tree in the back yard that was so prolific we were overwhelmed with fruit. Here in Texas, it freezes occasionally, meaning citrus has to be planted in pots and brought inside when freezing temperatures loom. Despite the challenges, I’ve been wanting to bring Meyer Lemons [...]

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A Quaint Scottish Highlands B&B On Wheels

May 1, 2012 Alternative Living Spaces

In Aviemore, in Inverness-shire (that’s in the Highlands of Scotland) you’ll find a yurt, a bothy and a Beer Moth — all three of which are places to stay on the grounds of Inshriach House, and are available on what looks like the UK equivalent of HomeAway, Canopy And Stars. They’re all tiny cozy accommodations, but [...]

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Adventures In Raw Milk

March 17, 2012 Food & Drink

When we decided to move here from NYC, we made the conscious decision to skip the suburbs. For various reasons, the city wasn’t practical for us, so we decided to take it all the way and live in the country. Yes, it’s a bit different than living in Brooklyn. One of the advantages, I hoped [...]

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Gardening As A Subversive Activity

November 20, 2011 Food & Drink
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Getting Back to Beauty Basics

October 11, 2011 Nature

Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://moms.dailybuzz.com/channel/style. ************* Fall, for me, is a time of re-evaluating, re-focusing and starting anew. My birthday is in September. Autumn is typically back-to-school time. It seems appropriate that the Jewish [...]

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Seeing Stars: Amazing Time Lapse Video

October 11, 2011 Media

Landscapes: Volume Two from Dustin Farrell on Vimeo. Watch it full-screen and at the highest resolution you can. Here’s the info about how it was done by Dustin Farrell and the Crew West team.

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Our Deer (In Velvet)

August 9, 2011 Austin

You may have noticed in my last post that I cheated — I used stock photographs to portray the wildlife that strays across our back yard on a regular basis. You see, we don’t yet have a real telephoto lens and, without one, you’ve got to get pretty darned close to get a decent photograph. [...]

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Deer in Velvet

June 24, 2011 Family

At my father’s the other weekend, I commented offhand that we hadn’t seen many bucks lately, when the subject of our local whitetail deer herd came up in conversation. What ensued was a slightly-embarrassing (for me) discussion about how one shouldn’t expect to see any bucks (or identify them as bucks, anyway) in spring, because [...]

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