Texas Gardening: AUSTIN guys..., 1 by Connie_G

Connie_G wrote:
Dale,

I am ANGRY at that whiney client who wanted $ back from the job! Wow...and I think sometimes I have it bad when a parent (I teach high school) acts like ...well, we won't put it into words here on this family site!

Yes, you need to do something that is not so dependent on labor. Use your KNOWLEDGE and let someone else supply the brawn. My DH is 60, and he constantly says, "I'm not what I used to be." I think about age 60 is when most men start to feel the ageing factor when it comes to physicality.

That sunflower is odd. Do you like it? I'm not partial to silver/gray flowers or foliage. Lots of people here in Austin love a bush that has silvery leaves (sage of some sort...has pretty little lilac-colored blooms once a year) and I have never liked them, because they look half dead, AND after about 5 years they are leggy/have huge holes in the density of foliage.

The amaryllis here is one I grew from a bulb around Christmas. It was fun to photograph in various ways.