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Oh darn

    Love bugs.   We got in early enough we scrubbed them off before they stuck too badly.  Hopefully we’re far enough north we’re out of them for the rest of this trip.  Well see…   Couldn’t get into any State Parks for the weekend; they’re all booked up.  We’re spending the night at the KOA in Austin.   2018 May Colorado Trip   Not bad.  Heard a chuck-wills-widow calling tonight.   Tomorrow, north again, but not as much…  
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Just our luck

  Right before we got to our destination for the day, the skies opened up in a deluge; an afternoon thunderstorm attached to a weather front moving through.  Wouldn’t you know though, as we pulled up to the park gate, where Judy had to run inside to check us in, and I had go out and unhook the tow-car, the wind and rain stopped until we got checked in and settled at our campsite.  Just our luck.   We’re at Choke Canyon State Park for the night.   2018 May Colorado Trip   The afternoon storms pushed down about a hundred Mississippi kites for the day.   Glorious after-storm in-between-showers cool weather, but terrible light for photos.  Nothing but silhouettes.   Then a bunch of cattle egrets.     Then black vultures.     We’re headed north again tomorrow.    
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Two of our friends have Christmas cactus plants

  This is Barb and Henry’s.   This is JoAnn’s.   They’re both on our deck.  We babysit each of them all summer, then take them home where they belong in the winter, and they bloom.  We have them all year while they’re plain, but not when they’re at their best.  We’re led to believe they look something like this in December: (not my photo)   So Judy decided we should have one of our own that we can keep all year-long.  She tried to buy one, but none of the nurseries around here carry them.  She took matters into her own hands and planted some starts from the existing stock.   Now we can have our own Christmas cactus.  However, when researching propagation she discovered that we don’t actually have Christmas cactus; with those little sharp edged leaves we all have Thanksgiving cactus!  There is a slight difference.