Springtime Chores

Springtime has really sprung in Central Texas and Bob and I are taking advantage of the great weather to get some chores done. 

We are lucky enough to be the proud owners of a Bobcat that helps with some of the heavier chores and saves our bodies now that we are getting older. 

Unfortunately due to the drought of last summer we lost a lot of our fruit trees...3 peach trees, 1 pear and 2 plums.  It's heartbreaking because many of those trees we planted long before we moved and built the house over here.  And the peach trees always seemed to produce peaches one after the other so we never had too many peaches all at the same time.  

The Bobcat makes quick work of having to pull them out of the ground. 

So one after another Bob pulled them out of the ground and then on to the next chore.  

In the fall of 2010 we bought a bunch of native wildflower seeds to spread all over our flower beds and along the drive.  This year we were rewarded with this nice show of poppies.  There are lots of other flowers popping up along the drive...many of which we cannot identify.  So I'm thinking that if the rains continue we will have color everywhere hopefully long into the summer.

And of course I couldn't forget the bluebonnets.  They are spectacular this year.  This is just right outside the backyard fence.  And the perfume from this batch is so heavy on some days it will give you a headache.