My two pear trees are showing their age! Instead of the 15 to 25 bushels we have harvested some years there are about 6 or 8 bushels of pears. We picked all we could reach with the orchard ladder. We celebrated our annual Pear Picking Time with Ronee Jordan and her family.These are Keiffer pears. They grow... Continue Reading →

 My two pear trees are showing their age! Instead of the 15 to 25 bushels we have harvested some years there are about 6 or 8 bushels of pears. We picked all we could reach with the orchard ladder. We celebrated our annual Pear Picking Time with Ronee Jordan and her family.These are Keiffer pears. They grow... Continue Reading →

 Dripping Springs LakeAmerican Coots are these black birds riding out the waves. Marsh grasses waving in the wind.This is a cut stone bench on the water's edge where we stopped to rest.These woods are made up of oak, mainly scrub oak and hickory trees. Rock work includes this retaining wall built in the 30's or 40's by... Continue Reading →