I took a few pictures of roadside scenes for you ride-alongs to San Antonio. This is the only one that turned out. Not very good, but it gives you some idea of the Hill Country landscape. Since we live in Burnet County, I always take the "back way," across on 29 to 281 in Burnet, then 281 south to SA. This time of year, it's especially pretty, with Englemann daisies and coreopsis along the roadside, and still a few bluebonnets, paintbrush, and purple verbena.
I meant to take some photos at Remember the Alibi, but got to talking to people and forgot. It's a fine mystery bookstore--if you're in the neighborhood (805 West Avenue, in the Castle Hills area), be sure and stop. But I did remember to take a photo of the great bunch of bookies at the Cody Library. Here we are, having some serious fun. (Special thanks to Ray and Ramona for handling all the details of this wonderful evening. You guys are terrific! And Ramona, you can introduce me any day!)
I've been out in the garden, popping pictures. Remember when I pruned the roses within an inch of their collective lives? They're rewarding me happily this month--truly the month of the roses. Today's favorite: the Ducher rose, an antique white China rose that came to this country around 1870. April and her roses will be gone before I know it, but I'll still have this picture.
Today, Bill and I are driving to Goldthwaite, where I'll speak to the Garden Club. It'll be especially nice to have him along (hey--I'll get to knit on my sock!), but you're welcome to come, too.
Reading note. Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, can be confused with paradise.--Henry Mitchell