March 17, 2024

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ragwort, bluebonnet and iris, wisteria

March 16, 2024

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prairie fire, cornsalad, cedar apple rust on juniper, lone bluebonnet

March 15, 2024

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Some early morning rain left the new playground equipment too wet for children so the dogs had a chance to check things out -- Chebon is scared of kids so be wouldn't normally be anywhere near here. 

March 14, 2024

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violet, fleabane, viburnum, death cannas, spanish oak

March 10, 2024

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our spanish oak

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prairie fire with grass spider, southern dewberry, texas spiny lizard, death camas, turtle idyll

March 8, 2024

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Pan doesn't like thunderstorms, but when one came through this morning Leeloo was there to reassure him.

March 7, 2024

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blanket flower, bluebonnet and prickly pears,
winter jasmine, Texas baby-blue eyes,
blue water speedwell, redbud

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As of yesterday evening Chebon and I have walked our first 500 miles together. When we first brought him home from the shelter in mid-October he was scared of everything. Our first walk was to the neighbors' driveway and back. Our daily average has since increased to a little over three and a half miles a day. He is still scared of children, motorcycles, bicycles and scooters, but he's mostly OK with adult strangers and other dogs.

He and Mei Mei will be celebrating their first birthdays in April.

March 6, 2024

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Dorothy's Ruby Slipperhopper and Cora