Evening Raccoon, Morning Toad

First toad sighting of the year. Summer is here!

Outside Looking In

Red Bird

The yard has been FULL of them this year. And noisy ones too!

Friday Texas Coral

Yep, that's red on yellow and I don't need this kind of drama today. Bastard was on our back patio.

Veiny Chard

Beautiful chard from the garden to dress up our burgers!

Spring at Kona Ranch!

photo credit: txrad

Tree Trunk Cleverly Disguised As Cat

Fresh Herbs

Despite a low of 10° last weekend, it didn't faze our oregano plant. Sheldon just picked some for our chili mac dish tonight.

There's also some rosemary in that shot.

A Cure for the Dark & Wet Winter Day Blues

Bright yellow orbs bring joy.

Jami Ward brought these over freshly-picked from her trees near Houston. We have some delicious juice on hand.

Frankentater

This is for real, just as txrad removed it from the bag!

A Large Praying Mantis

Ready for Lemonade

txrad Squeezes His Balls...

...in the kitchen now making hamburger buns.

Flowers & Taters

Friday Critter Blogging

We've been seeing these frequently. I never gave them much thought because I just thought they were a piece of wood that fell off the rotting patio table, or a piece of tree bark.

One day txrad said he saw one move and thought it was some kind of bug. I went out to look and it was completely stationary. I even flipped it over and nothing happened. Then a few minutes later we went out and it was a couple of inches from where we had seen it earlier. txrad insisted it had moved and I said it might have just been moved by the wind.

Then this week I walked outside and saw one in motion. And what's really freaky is that it actually has a head like a tiny little snake that emerges from that piece of "wood" and drags itself around I suppose.

Texas might get the award for the most interesting critters I've ever observed.

Anyone have any idea what this is called?